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Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD Distinguished Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology / Family & Preventive Medicine Cancer Prevention & Control Program Contact by Email

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor is a Professor and Division Chief of Epidemiology in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Her research concerns healthy aging with a particular focus on gender differences and women’s health. Her pioneering work spans many areas including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, memory loss and exogenous and endogenous hormones. She is author of more than 700 publications.

Dr. Barrett-Connor is founder and director of the Rancho Bernardo Heart and Chronic Disease Study, begun in 1972, with continuous support from the NIH. She is (or was) Principal Investigator of several multi-center clinical trials including the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) study, the Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS), the Raloxifene Use in The Heart (RUTH) study, and Diabetes Prevention Program Follow-up Study (DPPOS).

Dr. Barrett-Connor has served as President of the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association; President of the Epidemiology Council of the American Heart Association; President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research; President of the American Epidemiological Society; Member of the Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, and member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute on Aging. She is a Master of the American College of Physicians of Medicine and a member of the Institute of Medicine. She has received many awards including four MERIT awards from the NIH.

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