Debra A. Schaumberg, ScD, OD, MPH
Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Contact information:
Office address:
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Phone: 617-278-0849
FAX: 617-731-3843
E-mail: dschaumberg@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Primary research interests:
Dr. Schaumberg's principal research interest is in chronic disease epidemiology, especially regarding the roles of both environmental and genetic risk factors and their joint influences on the risk of common eye diseases of public health importance. In particular, she has been at the forefront of identifying novel risk factors for dry eye syndrome, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, and, most recently, age-related macular degeneration, which have enhanced our understanding of these diseases and laid the groundwork for a more informed development of possible preventive and therapeutic strategies.
Selected publications:
Schaumberg DA, Buring JE, Sullivan DA, Dana MR. Hormone replacement therapy and dry eye syndrome. JAMA 2001; 286:2114-9.
Schaumberg DA, Sullivan DA, Buring JE, Dana MR. Prevalence of dry eye syndrome among US women. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 136:318-26.
Miljanovic B, Glynn RJ, Nathan DM, Manson JE, Schaumberg DA. A prospective study of serum lipids and risk of diabetic macular edema in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes 2004; 53:2883-92.
Schaumberg DA, Mendes F, Balaram M, Dana MR, Sparrow D, Hu H. Accumulated lead exposure and risk of age-related cataract in men: JAMA 2004; 292:2750-54.
Schaumberg DA, Glynn RJ, Jenkins AJ, Lyons TJ, Rifai N, Manson JE, Ridker PM, Nathan DM. Effect of intensive glycemic control on levels of markers of inflammation in type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial. Circulation 2005; 111:2446-53.
Miljanovic B, Trivedi KA, Dana MR, Gilbard JP, Buring J, Schaumberg DA. Relationship between dietary n-3 and n-6 fatty acids and clinically diagnosed dry eye syndrome in women. Am J Clin Nutr 2005; 82:887-93.
Schaumberg DA, Christen WG, Kozlowski P, Miller DT, Ridker PM, Zee RYL. A prospective assessment of the Y402H variant in complement factor H, genetic variants in C-reactive protein, and risk of age-related macular degeneration in men. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006; 47:2336-40.
Gulati A, Sullivan R, Buring JE, Sullivan DA, Dana MR, Schaumberg DA. Validation and repeatability of a short dry eye questionnaire. Am J Ophthalmol 2006; 142:125-131.
Schaumberg DA, Christen WG, Buring JE, Glynn RJ, Rifai N, Ridker PM. High sensitivity C-reactive protein, other markers of inflammation, and the incidence of macular degeneration in women. Arch Ophthalmol 2007; 125:300-305.
Schaumberg DA, Hankinson SE, Guo Q, Rimm E, Hunter DJ. A prospective study of two major age-related macular degeneration susceptibility alleles and interactions with modifiable risk factors. Arch Ophthalmol 2007; 125:55-62.
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