Francine Grodstein, ScD 
Epidemiologist, Channing Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Channing Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital
181 Longwood Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Phone: 617-525-2279
Fax: 617-525-2008
fgrodstein@partners.org
Research Interests
Dr. Grodstein received her doctorate in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, in 1993. She then completed post-doctoral training with the Nurses’ Health Study research group at Channing Lab, a division of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During her postdoctoral work, she focused on women’s health and examined the risks and benefits of postmenopausal hormone therapy, including several landmark studies of the relation of hormones to cardiovascular disease and to overall mortality rates. Since then, she has continued to conduct research on healthy aging in women. Dr. Grodstein leads a cognitive research group at Channing Lab, which collaborates with four different large-scale epidemiologic studies, including several randomized clinical trials. The group addresses a wide variety of health and lifestyle risk factors for the prevention of cognitive decline, including early biomarker predictors of cognitive impairment. In addition, as part of Dr. Grodstein’s more general interest in aging in women, she also participates in studies of urinary incontinence, a common problem in older women.
Selected Publications
Grodstein F, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC, Manson JE, Joffe M, Rosner B, Fuchs C, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ, Hennekens CH, Speizer FE. Postmenopausal hormone therapy and mortality. N Eng J Med 1997; 336:1769-1775.
Grodstein F, Clarkson TM, Manson JE. Understanding the divergent data on postmenopausal hormone therapy. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:645-50.
Weuve J, Kang JH, Manson JE, Breteler MM, Ware JH, Grodstein F. Physical activity, including walking, and cognitive function in older women. JAMA 2004; 292:1454-61.
Kang JH, Cook N, Manson J, Buring JE, Grodstein F. A randomized trial of vitamin E supplementation and cognitive function in women. Arch Intern Med 2006; 166:2462-8.
Grodstein F, Fretts R, Lifford K, Resnick NM, Curhan GC. Association of age, race and obstetric history with urinary symptoms among women in the Nurses’ Health Study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003; 189:428-34.
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