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Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD, FACE, FAHA
Professor and Head, Division of Epidemiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Belfer Building, Room 1312
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 430-2358 | (718) 430-2359
Fax:      (718) 430-3076
E-mail: sylvia.smoller@einstein.yu.edu

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My research has spanned both cancer and cardiovascular disease, and both these areas of investigation have been brought together in my role as the Principal Investigator in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). The WHI is a multi-center, multi-part national study of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in older women. It consists of several interrelated clinical trials, and a long-term observational study whose overall objectives are to prevent cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and to identify biomarker, genetic, and lifestyle risk factors for these and other diseases in postmenopausal women. My current research also includes studies on the effects of hormone therapy on dementia and cognition, of blood biomarkers and risk of stroke, and of diet, depression and other psychosocial variables and cardiovascular risk. Current research also includes participating in an international stroke genetics consortium to do genome-wide association studies of ischemic stroke. Current research also includes the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) which is a multi-center study of cardiovascular and other health parameters of Hispanics of different ethnic backgrounds.
I am the author of the book: Biostatistics and Epidemiology, a Primer for Health and Biomedical Professionals, (published by Springer-Verlag) now in its third edition. In addition to my own research, I enjoy mentoring students and junior faculty and supervise some of their research projects.
Division: Epidemiology
Campus: Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus

Research Interests: Biostatistics & Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors; Clinical Trials; Depression and Heart Disease; Epidemiology Methods; Health Disparity; Hypertension; Hypertension and Hyperlipedemia; Longitudinal data analysis; Myocardial Infarction; Predictors of Intentional Weight Loss; Psychosocial & Race/Sex Differences in CHD; Social Determinants of Health; Stroke; Survival analysis; Women's Health
Research Projects: Ancillary to HCHS/SOL: Sociocultural Factors and CVD risk/prevalence in Hispanics.; Aspirin, inflammation markers, and colorectal adenoma; Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on the Development and Progression of Dementia (WHIMS); Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS); Hormones and Biomarkers Predicting Stroke in Women; WHI Study of Cognitive Aging; Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Cancer Survivor Cohort Pilot Study; Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Clinical Trials of Hormone Therapy, Diet Modification and Calcium/Vitamin D Supplementation, and Observational Study; Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Nutrition & Physical Activity Assessment Study (NPAAS)
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WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE

WHI is a multicenter study funded by NIH to study Women's Health. This study includes a Hormone Replacement Therapy Trial, Dietary Modification Trial and a Calcium/Vitamin D Supplementation Trial.

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The Women's Health Initiative at Einstein

Albert Einstein College of Medicine was one of 40 institutions across the country that received an award to conduct the Women's Health Initiative clinical trials and observational study. The WHI started in1993 and contunues to 2015 for follow-up and ancillary studies on genetic and blood biomarkers, cognition, aging, obesity and other factors related to women's health

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Women's Health Initiative at Einstein