BIRCWH 2002-2014
The Boston University (BU) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s (BIRCWH) Scholars Program recruited, selected and trained junior faculty in conducting clinical and health services research on women’s health issues. It provided mentored research training to promising faculty with proven commitment to addressing both health disparities in women and the needs of women across the lifespan. The long-term goals of the BU BIRCWH Program were to mentor an identified cadre of outstanding scholars and to provide them with the support and training needed for them to develop independent research careers in women’s health.
Boston University Medical Center received funding from the Office of Women’s Health Research, NIH through their Mentored Research Scientist Development Program Award (K12) for the BU BIRCWH Research Scholars Program from 2002-2014.
| Scholar: Tracy Battaglia MD, MPH | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 1/1/2003-12/31/2005 | Effect of risk perception on breast and colorectal screening in a multi-ethnic population | Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Women’s Health Unit, Boston Medical Center Director of Community Engagement Core, Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute Chief Medical Officer of the New England Division of the American Cancer Society |
Women’s Health
(Internal Medicine) |
55 | ||||
| Scholar: Julie Keysor PhD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 1/1/2003-12/31/2005 | Gender differences regarding relationships among environment, attitudes and disability | Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Sargent College, Boston University; Director of Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation among Persons with Arthritis, Boston University | Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University | 95 | ||||
| Scholar: Michele David MD, MPH, MBA, FACP | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2003-6/31/2005 | Social and cultural factors in managing chronic disease in Caribbean immigrants and other underserved populations | Co-Director of Haitian Health Institute at Boston Medical Center;
Internist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates |
Internal Medicine | 40 | ||||
| Scholar: Irene Tien MD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2003-6/31/2005 | Welfare issues for mothers of children referred to the Child protection team | Pediatric Emergency Physician, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton Lower Falls, MA.
Adjunct Lecturer at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Oral examiner for American Board of Emergency Medicine |
Emergency Medicine | 13 | ||||
| Scholar: Lynette Craft PhD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2004-6/31/2006 | Implementing exercise as adjunct treatment for clinically depressed women | Assistant Professor, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. | Psychiatry | 25 | ||||
| Scholar: Eve Davison PhD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 1/1/2005-
12/31/2007 |
Late onset stress symptomatology in older female survivors of sexual trauma | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine;
Director of Women’s Stress Disorder Treatment Team, Coordinator of Clinical Training, Women’s Health Sciences Division; Internship site director, Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology; Co-director of Health, Stress, and Aging research program; Veteran’s Affairs Boston Healthcare System
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Psychiatry, Women’s Health, Veteran Affairs | 19 | ||||
| Scholar: Angela Jefferson PhD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2005-6/31/2007 | Inflammatory markers as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease in women | Associate Professor of Neurology,
Director of Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, Director of Jefferson Laboratory of Cognitive Aging Vanderbilt University |
Neurology, Psychology, & Psychiatry | 76 | ||||
| Scholar: Rebecca Perkins MD, MSc | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2005-6/31/2008
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Improving on the PAP smear in Honduras | Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 30 | ||||
| Scholar: Andrea Coviello MD, MSE | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 1/1/2006-12/31/2008
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Androgen mediated metabolic dysfunction and cardiovascular disease in women | Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Boston University School of Medicine |
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition (Internal Medicine) Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology | 42 | ||||
| Scholar: Andrea Kronman MD, MSc | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2006-6/31/2008 | Gender Disparities in Primary Care and the Use of Health Services by Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries at the End-Of-Life | Clinician, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
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Internal Medicine | 19 | ||||
| Scholar: Erica Bernstein MD, PhD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 1/1/2008-6/31/2009 | Adiposity Related Mediators of Aging-Associated Diastolic Dysfunction in Male and Female Centerarians | Permanent Disability | Geriatrics (Internal Medicine) | 2 | ||||
| Scholar: Natalie Pierre Joseph MD, MPH | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 3/1/2008-6/31/2010 | What parental factors influence the acceptance of the HPV vaccine | Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine | Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine | 18 | ||||
| Scholar: Renee Boynton-Jarrett MD, ScD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 4/1/2008-6/1/2010 | The Social Ecology of Obesity in Adolescent Girls | Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
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Pediatrics, Pediatric primary care | 23 | ||||
| Scholar: Amy Baranoski MD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2009-6/31/2011 | Risk factors for non-adherence with cervical pap testing in HIV positive women | Assistant Professor of Medicine & Assistant Course Director, Drexel University College of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health; | Infectious Disease and HIV Medicine | 11 | ||||
| Scholar: Theresa Ellis PhD, PT, NCS | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2009-6/31/2011 | Unveiling the Natural History of Quality of Life and Mobility Changes In Persons with Parkinson’s Disease | Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Neuro-rehabilitation, Boston University; Consultant for Research Development, Program Evaluation and Staff Development, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital | Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University | 40 | ||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 9/1/2010-4/1/2011 | The effects of breast milk Iodine, Perchlorate, and Thiocyanate concentrations on infant thyroid function | Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California Los Angeles | Endocrinology | 45 | ||||
| Scholar: Natasha Hochberg MD, MPH | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2011-7/31/2014 | Infectious Disease | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine |
Epidemiology, Infectious diseases | 22 | ||||
| Scholar: Shruthi Mahalingaiah MD | ||||||||
| Appointment Period | Research Topic | Current Position | Departmental Affiliation | Total Publications | ||||
| 7/1/2011-7/31/2014 | Environmental exposures and gynecological disease | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 11 | ||||
