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Scientific Staff by Areas of Study

Women’s Health

Biostatistics
Lou Grothaus, MA, Biostatistician
Laura Ichikawa, MS, Biostatistician

Hormonal contraception
Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator 

Health Conditions Affecting Women

• Breast cancer (see also Cancer: Control)
  Bill Barlow, PhD, Senior Investigator
  Diana Buist, PhD, Associate Investigator

• Domestic violence
  Robert S. Thompson, MD, Senior Investigator Emeritus

• Osteoporosis/fracture
  Diana Buist, PhD, Associate Investigator
  Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Senior Investigator
• control
  Diana Buist, PhD, Associate Investigator

• Urinary incontinence
  Katherine Newton, PhD, Senior Investigator
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator

Adolescents/Younger Women

• Bone density
  Laura Ichikawa, MS, Biostatistician
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator
• Depo-provera use and bone density
  Laura Ichikawa, MS, Biostatistician
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Reproductive health
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator
• Chlamydia prevention/screening
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator
  Robert S. Thompson, MD, Senior Investigator Emeritus
• Contraception
  Laura Ichikawa, MS, Biostatistician
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator
• STD/HIV prevention
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator
• Urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator

Midlife Women

• Menopause
  Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Senior Investigator
  Katherine Newton, PhD, Senior Investigator
  Karen Sherman, PhD, Senior Investigator
• Alternative therapies for menopause
  Katherine Newton, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
  Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH, Research Associate 
  Diana Buist, PhD, Associate Investigator
  Katherine Newton, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Selective estrogen receptor modulators
  Katherine Newton, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Urinary incontinence
  Katherine Newton, PhD, Senior Investigator
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis
  Delia Scholes, PhD, Senior Investigator

Older Women
Eric Larson, MD, MPH, Director, Group Health Center for Health Studies; Senior Investigator

• Cardiovascular health
  Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Disability in
  Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Senior Investigator

• Osteoporosis/fracture
  Diana Buist, PhD, Associate Investigator
  Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Senior Investigator

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