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UB Expert

Jean Wactawski-Wende

Dr. Wactawski-Wende's research interests include the study of women's health issues including the areas of osteoporosis, cancer, hormones and menopause. She has conducted several prevention trials.

Expertise:

• Women's health issues, such as hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer
• Epidemiology

Dr. Wactawski-Wende is co-director of UB's Women's Health Initiative Vanguard Clinical Center. She is a specialist in epidemiology and women's health, with emphasis on areas involved in WHI. In addition to being co-principal investigator on the WHI trials, she is principal investigator or co-PI on a number of WHI ancillary studies funded at UB. These include research into the association between osteoporosis and periodontal disease; the pathways leading to benign breast disease; the potential protective effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on macular degeneration, and the study of HRT and its effect on memory and cognitive function. Always willing to talk to reporters.