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CURRICULUM VITAE
Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, and Head, Division of Epidemiology.
Dorothy & William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Professor in Social Medicine
CITIZENSHIP: United States
EDUCATION:
1969 Ph.D. New York University (Statistics/Operations Research)
1970 Fellow, Faculty Institute on Medical Care Teaching, Joint Committee on Medical
Care Education, American Public Health Association
CURRENT POSITIONS:
1969-Present Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
1969-1973 Assistant Professor
1973-1979 Associate Professor
1980-Present Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health and
Head, Division of Epidemiology
1/1998-3/2000 Interim Chairman, Department of Epidemiology & Social Medicine
1992-Pres. Dorothy & William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Chair in Social
Medicine
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
April 27, 2010 Spirit of Achievement Award, National Women’s Auxilliary of the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine
May 26, 2010 President’s Medallion, Yeshiva University
May 17, 2010 Annual Faculty Mentoring Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
1982 Fellow, American College of Epidemiology
ELECTED FELLOWSHIPS:
1973 Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences
1976 Fellow, Council on Epidemiology, American Heart Association
2001 Fellow, American Heart Association
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1978-1980 College Committee on Appointments & Promotions for Associate Professors
1981-1983 College Committee on Appointments & Promotions for Professors
1975-1980 Admissions Committee Member
1980-1983 Co-Chairman, Admissions Committee
1982 Chairman, Search Committee for Director of the Rose F. Kennedy Center for Research
in Mental Retardation and Human Development
1984-1991 Chairman, Library Committee
1985-1992 Member, Committee on Clinical Investigations (IRB)
1985-1990 Member, Information Management and Technology Committee
2004-2008 Member of the Board, Rabbi Schneier Center for International Affairs
1993-1995 Member, Steering Committee, Cancer Center (AECOM)
1996-2000 Program Leader, Cancer Control and Prevention, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
2000 -Pres. Committee on Ethical Research Performance (CERP)
2005-2007 Member, Search Committee for Chair of Surgery Department
2006-2008 Member, Search Committee for Chair of Ophthalmology Department
2007-2008 Member, Search Committee for Chair of Computational and Systems Biology
2008-2009 Master Plan Steering Committee
2009-Pres. Scientific Advisory Committee, Dept. of Communications & Public Affairs
Other External Activities:
1982 Consultant to NIH - Peer Review Committees
-National Institute of Child Health Care and Human Development
-National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, Peer Review Committees
1983 Editorial Board, Journal of Community Health
1983 Deputy Chairperson of the Health Services Research and Development Scientific
Review & Evaluation Board, Veterans Administration
1985-1989 Epidemiologist, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for
Behavioral Medicine & Computer Science in Diabetes Research & Management.
1985-1987 Clinical Trials Review Committee, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
1991-2005 Elected Member, The Harvey Society
1994 Review Committee of applications for the U.S. Army's Breast Cancer Research
Program.
1998 Epidemiology Committee of the New York Cancer Project.
2000-2004 Associate Editor, The Clinical Journal of Women’s Health
2000-2001 Vice Chair, The Women’s Heath Initiative Steering and Executive Committees
2001-Pres. Member, Publications and Presentations Committee of the Women’s Health Initiative
Study
2003-Pres. Member, Women’s Health Initiative Steering Committee
2003-Pres. Member, Sandra Daugherty Foundation Scientific Review Committee
2003-2007 Data and Safety Monitoring Board for ICEST (The International Collaborative
Exfoliation Syndrome Treatment Study)
2006-Pres. Member, Protocol Review Committee (PRC) for the Sickle Cell Disease Clinical
Research Network (SCDCRN), NHLBI/NIH
2006-Pres. Chair Publications Committee, Hispanic Community Health Study,
Member, Steering Committee,
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2006-Pres. Steering Group, International Collaborative Group: Lp-PLA2 Studies Collaboration
(under the auspices of the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration), Cambridge
University, UK
Professional Societies
& Committee Activities:
American Statistical Association
1967-1968 President Hudson Valley Chapter
1969-1974 Roster Secretary, Teachers of Statistics in the Medical Sciences, Training Section
Computer and Information Sciences Section
New York Academy of Science
1970-1972 Advisory Board Member
1974-1976 Chairman, Computer Sciences Committee
1975-1978 Conference Committee
New York Heart Association
1976-1986 Council on Community Programs
Subcommittee on Hypertension
American Heart Association
1982-1986 Public Affairs Committee
1983-1986 Credentials Committee, Council on Epidemiology
1990-1993 Scientific Sessions Program Committee
1995-2000 Task Force on Women's Health Issues: Epidemiology Council of the American Heart
Association.
2005-Pres. Stroke Statistics Committee, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, AHA
SELECTED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
1972-1980 Co-Investigator, Hypertension Detection & Follow-Up Program (HDFP)
1977-1980 Co-PI, Vitamin A and Cervical Cancer
1980-1983 Co-PI, Dietary Intervention Study of Hypertension (DISH)
1980-1983 Director, Nutritional & Behavior Core of the Dietary Intervention Study of
Hypertension (DISH)
1981-1984 PI, Efficacy of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine Scans (CVNMS)
1984-1988 Co-PI, Trial of Antihypertensive Interventions & Management (TAIM)
1984-1988 Director, Nutritional & Behavior Core, Chairman, Design Committee (TAIM)
1988-1991 Co-PI, Continuation of Trial of Antihypertensive Interventions & Management
(COTAIM)
1988-1992 PI, Nutrition & Behavior Core, (COTAIM) Chairman, Design Committee (COTAIM)
1984-1991 Co-PI, Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP)
1986-1987 PI, Outcome Following Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine Scan (CVNMS)
1990-1992 PI, DISH Data Analysis Study
1994-Pres. Cancer Investigator of the NCI-designated Cancer Center at AECOM Control and
Epidemiology Program
1994-2005 PI, Women's Health Initiative East (WHI)
1995-2005 PI, Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS)
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1995-2003 PI, Myocardial Ischemia & Migraine Study (MIMS)
1999-2005 PI, The Women’s Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging (WHISCA)
2002-2008 PI, Hormones and Biomarkers Predicting Stroke in Women (HaBPS)
2005-2010 PI, Clinical Centers for the Clinical Trial and Observational Study of the Women’s
Health Initiative (WHI) – Extension Study
2005-2008 PI, The Effects of Hormone Therapy on the Development and Progression of Dementia
(WHIMS) – Extension
2005-2007 PI, Women Health Initiative Study on Cognitive Aging Extension
2005-2006 PI, The Effects of Hormone Therapy on Subclinical Neurological Pathology
(WHIMS-MRI) WHI Memory Study Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
2005 PI, Women’s Health Initiative Coronary Artery Calcium Study
2006-2013 PI (2006-2008), Co-PI (2008-2013) Hispanic Community Health Study
2010-2014 PI , The NINDS International Stroke Genetics Consortium Study
PUBLICATIONS (After 1970) in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. Eviatar A, Goodhill V, Wassertheil SM. The Significance of Spontaneous and Positional Nystagmus
Recorded by Electronystagmorgraphy. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology,
79(6):1117-1138, 1970. PMID: 5490197.
2. Eviatar A, Wassertheil SM. The Clinical Significance of 'Directional Preponderance' Concluded by
Electronystagmorgraphy. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, Vol. LXXXV, No. 4, April 1971.
PMID: 5572826.
3. Lerner RC, Arnold CB, Wassertheil SM. New York's Obstetricians Survey on Abortion. Family
Planning Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1971.
4. Rosenblut A, Jonas S, Wassertheil S, Meyer S. Patient Waiting Time and an Individual Appointment
System in a Medical Clinic. Hospital Topics, March 1972.
5. Wassertheil-Smoller SM, Arnold CB, Lerner RC, Heimrath S. Women Obstetricians and the New
York State Abortion Law. H.S.M.H.A. Health Reports, 87(4):328-335, 1972. PMID: 5022814.
6. Wassertheil-Smoller SM, Arnold CB, Lerner RC. New York Obstetricians and the New Abortion
Law: Physician Experience with Abortion Techniques. American Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, 113(7):979-986, 1972. PMID: 4635750.
7. Drapkin A, Merskey C, Consultant: Wassertheil-Smoller SM. Anticoagulant Therapy After Acute
Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Medical Association, 222:541-548, 1972. PMID:
4117261.
8. Wassertheil-Smoller SM, Arnold CB, Lerner RC, Heimrath S. New York State Physicians and the
Social Context of Abortion. Journal of the American Public Health Association, 63(2):144-149, 1973.
PMID: 4684276.
9. Wassertheil-Smoller SM, Arnold CB, Lerner RC, Heimrath S. Contraceptive Practices of Wives of
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Obstetricians. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 117, No. 5, November 1, 1973.
PMID: 4742377.
10. Lerner RC, Bruce J, Ochs JR, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Arnold BC. Abortion Programs in New York
City: Services, Policies and Potential Health Hazards. Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, Vol. 52,
No. 1, Winter 1974. PMID: 4496422.
11. Albin S, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Jacobson S, Bell B. Evaluation of Emergency Room Triage
Performed by Nurses. American Journal of Public Health, 65(10):1063-1068, 1975. PMID: 1163704.
12. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Bell B, Blaufox MD. Computer-Aided Management of Hypertensive
Patients. Medical Care, Vol. 13, No. 12, December 1975. PMID: 1195905.
13. Jonas S, Flesh R, Brook R, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Monitoring Utilization of a Municipal Hospital
Emergency Department. Hospital Topics, January/February 1976. PMID: 1254307.
14. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD. Planning Case Finding Activities for a Community
Hypertension Control Program. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 52, No. 6,
July/August 1976. PMID: 1067879.
15. Oberman A(Chairman), Castle CH, Daugherty S, Detels R, Hawkins CM, Krishan I,
Wassertheil-Smoller S. HDFP Cooperative Group, Blood Pressure Studies in 14 Communities: A
Two-Stage Screen for Hypertension. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 237, No. 22,
May 1977. PMID: 576938.
16. Wassertheil-Smoller S (Chairman), Apostolides A, Schnaper H, Stamler R, Taylor J, Tyler M, HDFP
Cooperative Group. Patient Participation in a Hypertension Control Program. Journal of the
American Medical Association, 239(15):1507-1514, 1978. PMID: 439340.
17. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Bijur P, Blaufox MD. An Evaluation of the Utility of High Blood Pressure
Detection Fairs. American Journal of Public Health, 68(8):765-770, 1978. PMID: 686203.
18. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Croen L, Siegel B. Physician's Changing Attitudes About Striking. Medical
Care, 17(1):79-85, 1979. PMID: 759745.
19. Alderman M, Rafter J, Samet R, Thomson G, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Survey of High Blood Pressure
Treatment Facilities in the Greater New York Area. New York State Journal of Medicine, 79:754-757,
1979. PMID: 286174.
20. Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Follow-Up of Hypertension Screening and Methodologies for
Improving Blood Pressure Normalization. New York State Journal of Medicine, 79(2):231-235, 1979.
PMID: 285353.
21. Wolinsky H, Goldfischer S, Katz D, Markle R, Gidez L, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Coltoff-Schiller G.
Hydrolase Activities in the Rat Aorta. III. Effects of Regular Swimming Activity and Its Cessation.
Circulation Research, 45(4):546-553, 1979. PMID: 113128.
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22. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Apostolides A, Miller M, Oberman A, Thom T, HDFP Cooperative Group.
Recent Status of Detection, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in the Community. Journal of
Community Health, 5(2):82-93, 1979. PMID: 262241.
23. Wolinsky H, Katz D, Markle R, Mills J, Brem S, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Hydrolase activities in the
rat aorta. IV. Relation between clearance rates of circulating 125I-labeled low-density lipoproteins
and levels of tissue hydrolase activity. Circulation Research. 1980; 47(3): 433-42. PMID: 6996864.
24. Thomson GE, Alderman MH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rafter JG, Samet R. High Blood Pressure
Diagnostic and Treatment Practices: Institutional Survey of New York Area. American Journal of
Public Health, Vol. 71, No. 4, April 1981. PMID: 7468884.
25. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Romney SL, Wylie-Rosett J, Slagle S, Miller G, Lucido D, Duttagupta C,
Palan PR. Dietary Vitamin C and Uterine Cervical Dysplasia. American Journal of Epidemiology,
114(5):714-724, 1981. PMID: 7304600.
26. Romney SL, Palan P, Duttagupta C, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wylie-Rosett J, Miller G, Slagle S,
Lucido D. Retinoids and the Prevention of Cervical Dysplasias. American Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, 141(8):890-894, 1981. PMID: 7198387.
27. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Langford H, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Babcock C, Hotchkiss J. Rate of
Hypertension Return After Withdrawal of Prolonged Antihypertensive Therapy. Clinical Science,
63:423s-425s, 1982.
28. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Tabaddor K, Feiner C, Shulman K. Factors Affecting Short-Term Outcome of
Head Trauma Patients. Neuroepidemiology, 1(3):137-196, 1982.
29. Apostolides AY, Cutter G, Daugherty SA, Detels R, Kraus J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ware J.
Three-year Incidence of Hypertension in Thirteen U.S. Communities. Preventive Medicine, 1982;
11(5):487-99. PMID: 7156059.
30. Wassertheil-Smoller, Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Hawkins M. Diuretics and salt
restriction in blood pressure control. Current Concepts in Nutrition. 1983; 12: 175-89. PMID:
6342972.
31. Gendelman HE, Linzer M, Gabelman M, Smoller S, Scheuer J. Syncope in a General Hospital: The
Usefulness of the Brain Scan, the EEG, and the Holter Cardiac Monitor. New York State Journal of
Medicine, 83:1161-1165, 1983. PMID: 6580561.
32. Kraus JF, Curb JD, Cutter G, Daugherty SA, Neill KC, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Baseline Medical
History Characteristics of the Hypertensive Patients. Hypertension 5(6):VI51-IV94, Part II, 1983.
PMID: 6360876.
33. Wylie-Rosett JA, Romney SL, Slagle NS, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Miller GL, Palan PR, Lucido DL,
Duttagupta C. Influence of Vitamin A on Cervical Dysplasias and Carcinoma in Situ. Nutrition and
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Cancer 6(1):49-57, 1984. PMID: 6545570.
34. Blaufox MD, Langford HG, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Cutter GR. Effect of
Dietary Change on the Return of Hypertension After Withdrawal of Prolonged Antihypertensive
Therapy (DISH). Journal of Hypertension, 2:179-181, Suppl. 3, 1984. PMID: 6599665.
35. Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Curb JD, Cutter GR, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Pressel S, Babcock C, Abernethy JD, Hotchkiss J, Tyler M, Caggiula A, Wing RR, Does Effective
Antihypertensive Therapy Partially "Cure" Hypertension? Transactions of the American Clinical and
Clinatological Association, 96:111-119, 1984. PMID: 6399642.
36. Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Curb JD, Cutter GR, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Pressel S, Babcock C, Abernethy JD, Hotchkiss J, Tyler M, Caggiula A, Wing RR, Return of
Hypertension After Withdrawal of Prolonged Antihypertensive Therapy, Effect of Weight Loss, Sodium
Reduction and Baseline Factors. Transactions of the Assoc. of American Physicians, 97:190-196,
1984. PMID: 6535339.
37. Romney SL, Duttagupta C, Basu J, Palan PR, Karp S, Slagle SN, Dwyer A, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Wylie-Rosett J, Plasma Vitamin C and Uterine Cervical Dysplasia. American Journal of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, 151:976-979, 1985. PMID: 3985059.
38. Blaufox MD, Langford HG, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Curb JD, Cutter GR, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Pressel S, Babcock C, Abernethy JD, Hotchkiss J, Tyler M, The Dietary Intervention Study of
Hypertension (DISH). Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports, 6(9):1036-1052, 1985.
39. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Levine B, Cameron
M, Babcock C, Pressel S, Caggiula A, Cutter G, Curb D, Wing R, Effective Dietary Intervention in
Hypertensives: Sodium Restriction and Weight Reduction. Journal of the American Dietetic
Association, 85(4):423-432, 1985. PMID: 3884691.
40. Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Curb JD, Cutter GR, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Pressel S, Babcock C, Abernethy JD, Hotchkiss J, Tyler M, Dietary Therapy Slows the Return of
Hypertension After Stopping Prolonged Medication. Journal of the American Medical Association,
253(5):657-664, 1985. PMID: 3881608.
41. Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Hawkins CM, Curb JD, Cutter GR, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Pressel S, Babcock C, Abernethy JD, Hotchkiss J, Tyler M, Dieet Vertraagt Het Wederoptreden van
Hypertensie na Het Stopzetten van Langdurige Medicamenteuze Behandeling (Dietary Therapy Slows
the Return of Hypertension After Stopping Prolonged Medication), JAMA -Belgische uitgave, Nr
38:40-46, June 1985.
42. Langford HG, Stamler J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Prineas RJ. All-Cause Mortality in the Hypertension
Detection and Follow-Up Program: Findings for the Whole Cohort and for Persons with Less Severe
Hypertension, With and Without Other Traits Related to Risk of Mortality. Progress in Cardiovascular
Diseases. 29(3):29-54, 1986. PMID: 3538178.
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43. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Steingart RM, Wexler JP, Tobin J, Budner N, Wachspress J, Lense L and
Slagle S, Nuclear Scans: A Clinical Decision Making Tool That Reduces the Need for Cardiac
Catheterization. J. of Chronic Diseases 40(5):385-397, 1987. PMID: 3558717.
44. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Langford HG, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Cutter G and Pressel S, Prediction
of Response to Sodium Intervention for Blood Pressure Control. J. of Hypertension, Vol. 4(Supp.
5):S343-S346, 1986. PMID: 3553478.
45. Tobin JN, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wexler JP, Steingart RM, Budner N, Lense L and Wachspress J,
Sex and the Heart: Sex Bias in Considering Coronary Bypass Surgery. Annals of Internal Medicine,
Vol. 107(1): 19-25, 1987. PMID: 3496029.
46. Bornstein MB, Miller A, Slagle S, Weitzman M, Crystal H, Drexler E, Keilson M, Merriam A,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Spada V, Weiss W, Arnon RJ, Teitelbaum D, Sela M: A Pilot Trial of COP 1
in Exacerbating-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. New Engl. J. Med. 317:408-414, 1987. PMID:
3302705.
47. Bornstein MB, Miller A, Slagle S. Weitzman M, Crystan H, Drexler E, Keilson M, Merriam A,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Spada V, et al. Clinical experience with COP-1 in multiple sclerosis.
Neurology 1988;38(7 Suppl 2):66-69. PMID: 3290717.
48. Marantz PR, Tobin JN, Steingart RM, Wassertheil-Smoller S. The Relationship Between Left
Ventricular Systolic Function and Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosed by Clinical Criteria.
Circulation, 77(3):607-612, 1988. PMID: 3342491.
49. The Israeli Sprint Study Group. Wassertheil-Smoller S. (Study Review Committee), Secondary
Prevention Reinfarction Israeli Nifedipine Trial (SPRINT). A Randomized Intervention Trial of
Nifedipine in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. European Heart Journal, 9:354-364, 1988.
PMID: 2898363.
50. Steingart RM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Budner N, Tobin J, Wachspress J, Lense L, Wexler JP, and
Slagle S: The Clinical Use of Nuclear Exercise Tests. International Journal of Technology in Health
Care, 4:613-622, 1988. PMID: 10291101.
51. Davis BR, Blaufox MD, Hawkins CM, Langford HG, Oberman A, Swencionis C,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wylie-Rosett J, Zimbaldi N, for the TAIM Group. Trial of Antihypertensive
Interventions and Management: Design, Methods, and Selected Baseline Results. Controlled Clinical
Trials 1989;10:11-30. PMID: 2649308.
52. Langford HG, Rockhold RW, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Oberman A, Davis BR, Blaufox MD. Effect
of weight loss on thiazide produced erectile problems in men. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 1989;
101:190-4. PMID: 2486442.
53. Wylie-Rosett J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Elmer P. Assessing Dietary Intake for Planning Patient
Education and Evaluation. Patient Education and Counseling, 15:217-227, 1990.
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54. Oberman A, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Langford H, Blaufox MD, Davis BR, Blaszkowski T, Zimbaldi
N, Hawkins CM, for the TAIM Group. Pharmacologic and Nutritional Treatment of Mild
Hypertension: Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Status. Annals of Internal Medicine, 112:89-95, 1990.
PMID: 1967210.
55. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Langford HG, Yamori Y, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Davis B, Cutler J,
Wylie-Rosett J, Zimbaldi N.: Estimation of Protein Intake. Comparison of Dietary Assessment and
Urinary Excretion. The Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 16(8):S28-S31, 1990. PMID:
1706024.
56. Langford HG, Rockhold RW, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Oberman A, Davis BR, Blaufox MD: Effect of
Weight Loss on Thiazide Produced Erectile Problems in Men. American Clinical and Climatological
Association, Volume CI: 190-194, 1990. PMID: 2486442.
57. Langford HG, Davis BR, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hawkins CM, Zimbaldi
N. for the TAIM Group. Effect of Drug and Diet Treatment of Mild Hypertension on Diastolic Blood
Pressure. Hypertension, 17:210-217, 1991. PMID: 1671380.
58. Steingart RM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Tobin JN, Wexler JP, Budner N: Nuclear Exercise Testing in
the Management of Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 32:753-758, 1991. PMID:
2022978.
59. Marantz PR, Croen L, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Lukashok H: Teaching Clinical Epidemiology To
Medical Students Using a Collaborative Learning Model. American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
7:121-3, 1991. PMID: 1910887.
60. Vogt TM, Schron E, Pressel S, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Eddleman EE, Miller S, Stamler J. Systolic
Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP). Part 3: Sociodemographic characteristics.
Hypertension. 1991 March; 17(3 Suppl): II24-34. PMID: 1999374.
61. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Davis BR, Swencionis C, O'Connell-Knerr M,
Hawkins CM, and Langford HG: Effect of Antihypertensives on Sexual Function and Quality: The
TAIM Study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 114(8):613-620, 1991. PMID: 2003706.
62. Steingart RM, Wassertheil-Smoller S: Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Underdiagnosed and
Undertreated. The Journal of Myocardial Ischemia, 3(3):13-22, 1991.
63. Vogt TM, Schron E, Pressel S, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Eddleman EE, Miller S, Stamler J: Part 3:
Sociodemographic Characteristics. Supplement II Hypertension, 17(3):II-24 - II-34, 1991.
64. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Davis BR, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Langford H (deceased), Wylie-Rosett J,
Hawkins M, Zimbaldi N: The TAIM Study: Sex-Race Differences in Effects of Diet and Drugs on
Cardiovascular Risk. Cardiovascular Risk Factors, 1(7):427-435, 1991.
65. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD, Oberman AS, Langford HG, Davis BR, Wylie-Rosett J, for the
TAIM Study Group: The Trial of Antihypertensive Interventions and Management (TAIM) Study:
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Adequate Weight Loss, Alone and Combined With Drug Therapy In The Treatment Of Mild
Hypertension. Archives of Internal Medicine, 152(1):131-136, 1992. PMID: 1728908.
66. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Davis BR, Swencionis C, O'Connell-Knerr M,
Hawkins CM, and Langford HG (Deceased), for the TAIM Research Group: The TAIM Study:
Antihypertensive Therapy and Quality of Life. Cardiology Board Review, 1992; 9(3):65-72.
67. Davis BR, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hawkins CM, Cutler JA, Zimbaldi N,
Langford HG: for The TAIM Research Group: Effect of Antihypertensive Therapy on Weight Loss.
Hypertension, 19(4):393-399, 1992. PMID: 1555871.
68. Blaufox MD, Langford H (Deceased), Lee HB, Davis B, Oberman A, Smoller S: Renin Predicts
Diastolic Blood Pressure Response to Non-Pharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapy. JAMA,
267(9):1221-1225, 1992. PMID: 1538559.
69. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Davis B, and Langford H(Deceased): The Trial of
Antihypertensive Interventions and Management (TAIM) Study: Final Results With Regard to Blood
Pressure, Cardiovascular Risk, and Quality of Life. Am J Hypertens 1992; 5:37-44. PMID: 1736933.
70. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Davis BR: Quality of Life and Antihypertensive Therapy. Primary
Cardiology 1992; 18(11):54-60.
71. Marantz PR, Tobin JN, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ahn C, Steingart RM, Wexler JP. Prognosis in
ischemic heart disease. Can you tell as much at the bedside as in the nuclear laboratory? Arch
Intern Med 1992;152(12):2433-7. PMID: 1456854.
72. Davis BR, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hawkins CM, Cutler JA, Zimbaldi N,
Langford HG. Effect of antihypertensive therapy on weight loss. The Trial of Antihypertensive
Interventions and Management Research Group. Hypertension 1992; 19(4):393-9. PMID: 1555871.
73. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Davis BR, Breuer B, Chang CJ, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Langford HG
(Deceased): Differences in Precision of Dietary Estimates Among Different Population Subgroups.
Annals of Epidemiology 1993; 3:619-628. PMID: 7921310.
74. Wassertheil-Smoller S.: Nonmedicinal Therapy for Systemic Hypertension. Physician Assistant 1993;
17: 23-25.
75. Wylie-Rosett J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD, Davis BR, Langford HG (Deceased), Oberman
A, Jennings S, Hataway H, Stern J, Zimbaldi N. Trial of Antihypertensive Intervention and
Management: Greater efficacy with weight reduction than with a sodium-potassium intervention. J Am
Diet Assoc, 1993; 93(4):408-415. PMID: 8454808.
76. Thaler L, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Langford HG (Deceased): Effect of
Withdrawal of Antihypertensive Drug on Depressive Mood. American Journal of Hypertension, 1993;
6(12):1055-1062. PMID: 8136096.
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77. Davis BR, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Zimbaldi N, Cutler JA, Kirchner K,
Langford HG: Reduction in Long-term Antihypertensive Medication Requirements. Effects of Weight
Reduction by Dietary Intervention in Overweight Persons With Mild Hypertension. Arch Inter Med.,
1993; 153:1773-1782. PMID: 8333814.
78. Wylie-Rosett J, Swencionis C, Peters MH, Dornelas EA, Edlen-Nezin L, Kelly LD, and Wassertheil-
Smoller S.: A weight reduction intervention that optimizes use of practitioner's time, lowers glucose
level, and raises HDL cholesterol level in older adults. J Am Diet Assoc., 1994; 94(1):37-42; quiz 43-
4. PMID: 7505787.
79. Ho GYF, Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Oberman A and Langford H: Plasma Renin Predicts
Success of Antihypertensive Drug Withdrawal. AJH 1994; 7:679-684. PMID: 7986457.
80. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Blaufox MD, Davis BR, Kirchner K, Langford HG (deceased) and Oberman
A. The trial of antihypertensive interventions and management (TAIM). Nieren-und
Hochdruckkrankheiten, Jahrgang 23, 1.Supplement, September 1994; S22-S27.
81. Davis BR, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Zimbaldi N, Kirchner K, Wylie-Rosett
J, Langford HG (Deceased), for the TAIM Research Group. Lack of Effectiveness of a Low-
Sodium/High-Potassium Diet in Reducing Antihypertensive Medication Requirements in Overweight
Persons With Mild Hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension 1994; 7(10 Pt 1):926-932. PMID:
7826557.
82. Krakoff LR and Wassertheil-Smoller S. Defining the Patient Group for Cost Effective Withdrawal of
Antihypertensive Therapy. PharmacoEconomics 1995; 7(3)221-228. PMID: 10155311.
83. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Davis BR, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Kirchner K. Gender Differences and
Similarities in Effects of Nonpharmacologic Approaches to the Treatment of Mild Hypertension.
American Journal of Human Biology 1995; 7:195-201.
84. Eberhardt RT, Frishman WH, Landau A, Hershman D, Simonoff P, Wassertheil-Smoller S and
Aronson M. Increased mortality in elderly individuals receiving digoxin therapy: results from the
Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study. Cardiology in the Elderly 1995; 3:177-182.
85. Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Applegate WB, Berge K, Chang CJ, Davis BR, Grimm Jr. R, Kostis J,
Pressel S and Schron E. Change in Depression as a Precursor of Cardiovascular Events. Archives of
Internal Medicine 1996; 156:553-561. PMID: 8604962.
86. Frost PH, Davis BR, Burlando AJ, Curb JD, Guthrie GP, Isaacsohn JL, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Wilson AC, Stamler J. Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Men and Women Aged 60 Years and
Older. Findings From the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program. Circulation 1996; 94:26-34.
PMID: 8964114.
87. Frost PH, Davis BR, Burlando AJ, Curb JD, Guthrie GP, Isaacsohn JL, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Wilson AC, Stamler J, for the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Research Group. Serum Lipids and
Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease. Findings From the Systolic in the Elderly Program (SHEP).
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Circulation 1996; 94:2381-2388. PMID: 8921777.
88. Schron, E.B., Wassertheil-Smoller, S. Clinical Trial Participant Satisfaction: Survey of SHEP
Enrollees. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1997; 45:934-938. PMID: 9256844.
89. Kostis JB, Davis BR, Cutler J, Grimm RH, Berge KG, Cohen JD, Lacy CR, Perry Jr. HM, Blaufox
MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Black HR, Schron E, Berkson DM, Curb JD, Smith WM, McDonald R
and Applegate WB, for the SHEP Cooperative Research Group. Prevention of Heart Failure by
Antihypertensive Drug Treatment in Older Persons with Isolated Systolic Hypertension. JAMA 1997;
278(3):212-216. PMID: 9218667.
90. Barnhart JM, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Racial Variation in the Use of Coronary-Revascularization
Procedures. Letters to the Editor. The New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 337(2):131-132.
PMID: 9221341.
91. Keller SI, Somer BG, Frishman WH and Wassertheil-Smoller S. Value of electrocardiographic left
axis deviation for predicting cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the elderly: A report from the
Bronx Aging Study. A report from the Bronx Aging Study. The Journal of Noninvasive Cardiology
1998; II(V):13-18.
92. Somer BG, Keller SI, Frishman WH and Wassertheil-Smoller S. Value of Electrocardiographic
Nonspecific ST- and T-Wave Changes for Predicting Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the
Elderly: A Report From the Bronx Aging Study. The Journal of Noninvasive Cardiology 1998;
II(IV):12-17.
93. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Tobin J, Steingart R. Assessing the appropriateness of medical care. New
England Journal of Medicine 1998; 339(20):1478-9; author reply 1480. PMID: 9841323.
94. Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Renin Profiling to Predict Response to Antihypertensive
Therapy. Letters to the Editor. JAMA 1999; 281(9):793. PMID: 10070992.
95. Feinfeld DA, Keller S, Somer B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Carvounis CP, Aronson M, Nelson M and
Frishman WH. Serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen over a six-year period in the very old.
Creatinine and BUN in the very old. Geriatric Nephrology and Urology 1998; 8:131-135. PMID:
10221170.
96. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Tobin J, Steingart R. Assessing the appropriateness of medical care. N
Engl J Med 1998; 339(20):1478-9; author reply 80. PMID: 9841323.
97. Ho GY, Palan PR, Basu J, Romney SL, Kadish AS, Mikhail M, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Runowicz
C, Burk RD. Viral characteristics of human papillomavirus infection and antioxidant levels as risk
factors for cervical dysplasia. International Journal of Cancer 1998; 78(5):594-9. PMID: 9808528.
98. Frishman WH, Sokol S, Aronson MK, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Katzman R. Risk factors for
cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and dementia in the elderly. Current Problems in
Cardiology 1998; 23(1):1-62. PMID: 9256844.
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99. Weisen SF, Frishman WH, Aronson MK and Wassertheil-Smoller S. Self-rated health assessment
and development of both cardiovascular and dementing illnesses in an ambulatory elderly
population: A report from the Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study. Heart Disease 1999; 1(4):201-205.
100. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Fann C, Allman RM, Black HR, Camel GH, Davis B, Masaki K, Pressel S,
Prineas RJ, Stamler J, Vogt TM, For the SHEP Cooperative Research Group. Relation of low body
mass to death and stroke in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP). The Archives
of Internal Medicine 2000; 160(4):494-500. PMID: 10695689.
101. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Anderson G, Psaty BM, Black HR, Manson J, Wong N, Francis J, Grimm
R, Kotchen T, Langer R and Lasser N. Hypertension and Its Treatment in Postmenopausal Women.
Baseline Data from the Women’s Health Initiative. Hypertension 2000; 36:780-789. PMID:
11082143.
102. Barnhart JM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Monrad ES. Clinical and Nonclinical Correlates of Racial
and Ethnic Differences in Recommendation Patterns for Coronary Revascularization. Clin. Cardiol.
2000; 23:580-586. PMID: 10941543.
103. Kario K, Tobin JN, Wolfson LI, Whipple R, Derby CA, Singh D, Marantz PR and Wassertheil-
Smoller S. Lower standing systolic blood pressure as a predictor of falls in the elderly: A community-
based prospective study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001; 38(1):246-252. PMID:
11451282.
104. Strickler HD, Wylie-Rosett J, Rohan T, Hoover DR, Smoller S, Burk RD and Yu H. The Relation of
Type 2 Diabetes and Cancer. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2001; 3(2):263-274. PMID:
11478333.
105. Wylie-Rosett J, Swencionis C, Ginsberg M, Cimino C, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Caban A, Segal-
Isaacson CJ, Martin T, Lewis J. Computerized weight loss intervention optimizes staff time: the
clinical and cost results of a controlled clinical trial conducted in a managed care setting. Journal of
the American Dietetic Association 2001; 101:1155-1162; quiz 1163-4. PMID: 11678486.
106. Writing Group for the Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Risks and Benefits of Estrogen Plus
Progestin in Healthy Postmenopausal Women. Principal Results From the Women’s Health Initiative
Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA-Express, 288:321-333, 2002.
107. Barnhart J, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Racial disparities in health care. JAMA 2002; 287(22):2942;
author reply 43. PMID: 12052116.
108. Shumaker SA, Legault C, Rapp SR, Thal L, Wallace RB, Ockene JK, Hendrix SL, Jones III BN,
Assaf AR, Jackson RD, Kotchen JM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wactawski-Wende J, for the WHIMS
Investigators. Estrogen Plus Progestin and the Incidence of Dementia and Mild Cognitive
Impairment in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: A
Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA.2003; 289:2651-2662. PMID: 12771112.
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109. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hendrix SL, Limacher M, Heiss G, Kooperberg C, Baird A, Kotchen T,
Curb JD, Black H, Rossouw JE, Aragaki A, Safford M, Stein E, Laowattana S, Mysiw WJ for the
WHI Investigators. Effect of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Stroke in Postmenopausal Women: The
Women's Health Initiative: A Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2003;289:2673-2684. PMID: 12771114.
110. Smoller JW, Pollack MH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Barton B, Hendrix S, Jackson RD, Dickes T,
Oberman A, Sheps D. Prevalence and Correlates of Panic Attacks in Post-Menopausal Women:
Results from an Ancillary Study to the Women’s Health Initiative. Archives of Internal Medicine
2003;163:2041-2050. PMID: 14504117.
111. Hsia J, Barad D, Margolis K, Rodabough R, McGovern P, Limacher M, Oberman A, Smoller S.
Usefulness of prior hysterectomy as an independent predictor of Framingham risk score: the WHI.
The American Journal of Cardiology 2003; 92(3):264-269. PMID: 12888128.
112. Wilcox S, Evenson KR, Aragaki A, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Mouton CP, Loevinger BL. The effects
of widowhood on physical health, mental health, and health behaviors: the Women’s Health
Initiative. Health Psychology 2003; 22(5):513-522. PMID: 14570535.
113. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Shumaker S, Ockene J, Talavera GA, Greenland P, Barbara Cochrane B,
Robbins J, Aragaki A, Dunbar-Jacob J. Depression and Cardiovascular Sequelae in Post-
Menopausal Women: the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). Arch Intern Med. 2004; 164:289-298.
PMID: 14769624.
114. Anderson GL, Limacher M, Assaf AR, Bassford T, Beresford SA, Black H, Bonds D, Brunner R,
Brzyski R, Caan B, Chlebowski R, Curb D, Gass M, Hays J, Heiss G, Hendrix S, Howard BV, Hsia
J, Hubbell A, Jackson R, Johnson KC, Judd H, Kotchen JM, Kuller L, LaCroix AZ, Lane D, Langer
RD, Lasser N, Lewis CE, Manson J, Margolis K, Ockene J, O’Sullivan MJ, Phillips L, Prentice RL,
Ritenbaugh C, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto G, Stefanick ML, Van Horn L, Wactawski-Wende J,
Wallace R, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Effects of conjugated equine estrogens in postmenopausal
women with hysterectomy: the Women’s Health Initiative randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2004;
291:1701-1712. PMID: 15082697.
115. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Psaty B, Greenland P, Oberman A, Kotchen T, Mouton C, Black H,
Aragaki A, Trevisan M. Association Between Cardiovascular Outcomes and Antihypertensive Drug
Treatment in Older Women. JAMA 2004; 292(23):2849-2859. PMID: 15598916.
116. Kim CK, McGorray SP, Bartholomew BA, Marsh M, Dicken T, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Curb JD,
Oberman A, Hsia J, Gardin J, Wong ND, Barton B, McMahon RP, and Sheps DS. Depressive
symptoms and heart rate variability in postmenopausal women. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005;
165(11):1239-44. PMID: 15956002.
117. Ockene JK, Barad DH, Cochrane BB, Larson JC, Gass M, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Manson JE,
Barnabei VM, Lane DS, Brzyski RG, Rosal MC, Wylie-Rosett J, and Hays J. Symptom experience
after discontinuing use of estrogen plus progestin. JAMA 2005; 294(2):183-93. PMID: 16014592.
118. Smoller JW, Pollack MH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Brunner R, Curb D, Oberman A, Hendrix S, Hsia J,
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Sheps DS. Panic Attacks, Daily Life Ischemia, and Chest Pain in Postmenopausal Women.
Psychosom Med. 2006; 68(6):824-832. PMID: 17101813.
119. Prentice RL, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Patterson R, Kuller LH, Ockene JK, Margolis KL, Limacher
MC, Manson JE, Parker LM, Paskett E, Phillips L, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto GE, Shikany JM,
Stefanick ML, Thomson CA, Horn LV, Vitolins MZ, Wactawski-Wende J, Wallace RB, Wassertheil-
Smoller S, Whitlock E, Yano K, Adams-Campbell L, Anderson GL, Assaf AR, Beresford SAA, Black
HR, Brunner RL, Brzyski RG, Ford L, Gass M, Hays J, Heber D, Heiss G, Hendrix SL, Hsia J, Hubbell
A, Jackson RD, Johnson KC, Kotchen JM, LaCroix AZ, Lane DS, Langer RD, Lasser NL, and
Henderson MM. Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer. The Women’s Health
Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. JAMA 2006; 295(6):629-642. PMID:
16467232.
120. Howard BV, Horn LV, Hsia J, Manson JE, Stefanick ML, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kuller LH,
LaCroix AZ, Langer RD, Lasser NL, Lewis CE, Limacher MC, Margolis KL, Mysiw WJ, Ockene JK,
Parker LM, Perri MG, Phillips L, Prentice RL, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto GE, Schatz KJ,
Snetselaar LG, Stevens VJ, Tinker LF, Trevisan M, Vitolins MZ, Anderson GL, Assaf AR, Bassford T,
Beresford SAA, Black HR, Brunner RL, Brzyski RG, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Gass M, Granek I,
Greenland P, Hays J, Heber D, Heiss G, Hendrix SL, Hubbell FA, Johnson KC, and Kotchen JM.
Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. The Women’s Health Initiative
Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. JAMA 2006; 295(6):655-666. PMID: 16467234.
121. Hendrix SL, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Johnson KC, Howard BV, Kooperberg C, Rossouw JE,
Trevisan M, Aragaki A, Baird A, Bray PF, Buring JE, Criqui MH, Herrington D, Lynch JK, Mouton
C, Rapp SR, Torner J, for the WHI Investigators. Effects of Conjugated Equine Estrogen on Stroke in
the Women’s Health Initiative. Circulation 2006; 113(20):2425-34. Epub 2006 May 15. PMID:
16702472
122. Thom T, Haase N, Rosamond W, Howard VJ, Rumsfeld J, Manolio T, Zheng Z-J, Flegal K,
O'Donnell C, Kittner S, Lloyd-Jones D, Goff DC Jr., Hong Y, Members of the Statistics Committee
and Stroke Statistics, Adams R, Friday G, Furie K, Gorelick P, Kissela B, Marler J, Meigs J, Roger
V, Sidney S, Sorlie P, Steinberger J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wilson M, Wolf P. Heart Disease
and Stroke Statistics – 2006 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics
Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation 2006 Feb 14; 113(6): e85-151. Epub
2006 Jan 11. PMID: 16407573.
123. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hendrix S, Limacher M, Heiss G, Kooperberg C, Baird A, Kotchen T, Curb
JD, Black H, Rossouw JE, Aragaki A, Safford M, Stein E, Laowattana S, Mysiw WJ. Effect of
Estrogen Plus Progestin on Stroke in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative: A
Randomized Trial. JAMA 2003; 289:2673-2684. PMID: 12771114.
124. Barnhart JM, Wassertheil-Smoller S. The Effect of Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Social Circumstances
on Coronary Revascularization Preferences: A Vignette Comparison. Cardiology in Review 2006;
14:215-222. PMID: 16924161.
125. Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, Sato A, Cochrane B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ockene JK,
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Blanchette PL, Ko MG. Elderly women diagnosed with non-specific chest pain may be at increased
cardiovascular risk: Women’s Health Initiative. J Women’s Health (Larchmt). 2006; 15(10):1151-
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126. Ostfeld RJ, Cheung YW, Saal I, Janis G, Cabeza Y, Du Y, Smoller S, Wylie-Rosett J. A brief office
intervention is associated with improved health measures. Int J Cardiol. 2007; 119(2):239-41. Epub
2006 Oct 27. PMID: 17070611.
127. Ballantyne C, Cushman M, Psaty B, Furberg C, Khaw KT, Sandhu M, Oldgren J, Rossi GP,
Maiolino G, Cesari M, Lenzini L, James SK, Rimm E, Collins R, Anderson J, Koenig W, Brenner
H, Rothenbacher D, Berglund G, Persson M, Berger P, Brilakis E, McConnell JP, Koenig W, Sacco
R, Elkind M, Talmud P, Rimm E, Cannon CP, Packard C, Barrett-Connor E, Hofman A, Kardys I,
Witteman JC, Criqui M, Corsetti JP, Rainwater DL, Moss AJ, Robins S, Bloomfield H, Collins D,
Packard C, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ridker P, Ballantyne C, Cannon CP, Cushman M, Danesh J, Gu
D, Hofman A, Nelson JJ, Thompson S, Zalewski A, Zariffa N, Di Angelantonio E, Kaptoge S,
Thompson A, Thompson S, Walker M, Watson S, Wood A. Collaborative meta-analysis of
individual participant data from observational studies of Lp-PLA2 and cardiovascular diseases.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Feb; 14(1):3-11. PMID: 17301621.
128. Rosamond W, Flegal K, Friday G, Furie K, Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Ho M, Howard V, Kissela
B, Kittner S, Lloyd-Jones D, McDermott M, Meigs J, Moy C, Nichol G, O'Donnell CJ, Roger V,
Rumsfeld J, Sorlie P, Steinberger J, Thom T, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hong Y; American Heart
Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart disease and stroke
statistics – 2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and
Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation. 2007 Feb 6; 115(5): e69-171. PMID: 17194875.
129. Smoller JW, Pollack MH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Jackson RD, Oberman A , Wong ND, Sheps D.
Panic Attacks and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events Among Post-Menopausal Women in the
Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007; 64: 1153-1160.
130. Pal L, Hailpern SM, Santoro NF, Freeman R, Barad D, Kipersztok S, Barnabei VM, Wassertheil-
Smoller S. Association of pelvic organ prolapse and fractures in postmenopausal women: Analysis
of baseline data from the women's health initiative estrogen plus progestin trial. Menopause 2008;
15(1):59-66. PMID: 18257143.
131. Gunter MJ, Hoover DR, Yu H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE, Manson JE, Howard BV, Wylie-
Rosett J, Anderson GL, Ho GYF, Kaplan RC, Li J, Xue X, Harris TG, Burk RD, Strickler HD.
Insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, endogenous estradiol, and risk of colorectal cancer in
postmenopausal women. Cancer Res. 2008; 68(1):329-37. PMID: 18172327.
132. Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, Ren H, Cochrane B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ockene JK,
Blanchette PL, Ko MG. Cardiovascular Risk in Women With Non-Specific Chest Pain (from the
Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Trials). Am J Cardiol. 2008; 102(6):693-699. Epub 2008 Jul 2.
PMID: 18725513.
133. Johnson KC, Margolis KL, Espeland MA, Colenda CC, Fillit H, Manson JE, Masaki KH, Mouton
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CP, Prineas R, Robinson JG and Wassertheil-Smoller S. A Prospective Study of the Effect of
Hypertension and Baseline Blood Pressure on Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Postmenopausal
Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008; 56(8):1449-1458. PMID:
18637980.
134. Chen JC, Brunner RL, Ren H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Larson JC, Levine DW, Allison M,
Naughton MJ, Stefanick ML. Sleep Duration and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Postmenopausal
Women. Stroke 2008; July 17. PMID: 18635832.
135. Hsia J, Otvos JD, Rossouw JE, Wu L, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hendrix SL, Robinson JG, Lund B,
Kuller LH, for the Women’s Health Initiative Research Group. Lipoprotein Particle Concentrations
May Explain the Absence of Coronary Protection in the Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Trials.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2008;28(9):1666-71. Epub 2008 Jul 3. PMID:
18599797.
136. Rohan TE, Negassa A, Chlebowski RT, Habel L, McTiernan A, Ginsberg M, Wassertheil-Smoller
S, Page DL. Conjugated equine estrogen and risk of benign proliferative breast disease: a
randomized controlled trial. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008;100(8):563-71. Epub
2008 Apr 8. PMID: 18398105.
137. Gunter MJ, Hoover DR, Yu H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Manson JE, Li J, Harris TG, Rohan TE,
Xue X, Ho GY, Einstein MH, Kaplan RC, Burk RD, Wylie-Rosett J, Pollak MN, Anderson G,
Howard BV, Strickler HD. A prospective evaluation of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I as
risk factors for endometrial cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008; 17(4):921-9. PMID:
18398032.
138. McGinn AP, Kaplan RC, Verghese J, Rosenbaum DM, Psaty BM, Baird AE, Lynch JK, Wolf PA,
Kooperberg C, Larson JC, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Walking speed and risk of incident ischemic
stroke among postmenopausal women. Stroke 2008; 39(4):1233-9. PMID: 18292379.
139. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kooperberg C, McGinn AP, Kaplan RC, Hsia J, Hendrix SL, Manson JE,
Berger JS, Kuller LH, Allison MA, Baird AE. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, hormone
use, and the risk of ischemic stroke in postmenopausal women. Hypertension 2008; 51(4):1115-22.
Epub 2008 Feb 7. PMID: 18259035.
140. Rohan TE, Negassa A, Chlebowski RT, Lasser NL, McTiernan A, Schenken RS, Ginsberg M,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Page DL. Estrogen plus Progestin and Risk of Benign Proliferative Breast
Disease. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008; 17(9):2337-2343. Epub 2008 Aug 25. PMID:
18725513.
141. Margolis KL, Ray RM, Van Horn L, Manson JE, Allison MA, Black HR, Beresford SAA, Connelly
SA, Curb DA, Grimm, Jr. RH, Kotchen TA, Kuller LH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Thomson CA,
Torner JC and for the Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D
Supplementation on Blood Pressure. The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trial.
Hypertension 2008; 52(5):847-855. Published Online Sep 29, 2008; DOI:
10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114991. Online ISSN: 1524-4563. PMID: 18824662.
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142. Allison MA, Manson JE, Langer RD, Aragaki A, Smoller S, Lewis CE, Thomas A, Lawson W,
Cochrane BB, Hsia J, Hunt JR and Robinson J. Association Between Different Measures of Blood
Pressure and Coronary Artery Calcium in Postmenopausal Women. Hypertension 2008; 52:833-
840. PMID: 18794404.
143. Kaplan RC, McGinn AP, Baird AE, Hendrix SL, Kooperberg C, Lynch J, Rosenbaum DM, Johnson
KC, Strickler HD, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Inflammation and hemostasis biomarkers for predicting
stroke in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Stroke
Cerebrovasc Dis 2008; 17(6):344-355. PMID: 18984425.
144. Rohan TE, Negassa A, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Curb JD, Ginsberg M, Lane DS, Neuhouser ML,
Shikany JM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Page DL. Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of benign
proliferative breast disease: a randomized, controlled dietary modification trial. Cancer Prev Res
(Phila Pa). 2008 Sep;1(4):275-84. Epub 2008 Jul 9. PMID: 19138971.
145. Gunter MJ, Hoover DR, Yu H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE, Manson JE, Li J, Ho GY, Xue
X, Anderson GL, Kaplan RC, Harris TG, Howard BV, Wylie-Rosett J, Burk RD, Strickler HD.
Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women. J Natl
Cancer Inst. 2009 Jan 7;101(1):48-60. Epub 2008 Dec 30. PMID: 19116382; PMCID:
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146. Rohan TE, Negassa A, Chlebowski RT, Ceria-Ulep CD, Cochrane BB, Lane DS, Ginsberg M,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Page DL. A randomized controlled trial of calcium plus vitamin D
supplementation and risk of benign proliferative breast disease. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009
Jul;116(2):339-50. Epub 2008 Oct 14. PMID: 18853250.
147. Lloyd-Jones D, Adams R, Camethon M, De Simone G, Ferguson TB, Flegal K, Ford E, Furie K, Go
A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Hailpem S, Ho M, Howard V, Kissela B, Kittner S, Lackland D, Lisabeth
L, Marelli A, McDermott M, Meigs J, Mozaffarian D, Nichol G, O'Donnell C, Roger V, Rosamond
W, Sacco R, Sorlie P, Stafford R, Steinberger J, Thorn T, Wasserthiel-Smoller S (Wassertheil-
Smoller S), Wong N, Wylie-Rosett J, Hong Y, for the American Heart Association Statistics
Committee. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 – Update: A Report From the American
Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation. 2009 Jan
27; 119(3): 480-6. PMID: 19171871.
148. Kerwin DR, Jaramill SA, Chlebowski RT, Kuller L, Vitolins M, Coker Lah, Kotchen JM, Nicklas
BJ, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hoffman RG, and Espeland MA for the Women’s Health Initiative
Memory Study. Body Mass Index, Body Fat Distribution, and Cognition in Older Women: Results
from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS). Submitted. In Review.
149. Berger JS, Brown DL, Burke GL, Oberman A, Kostis JB, Langer RD, Wong ND, Wassertheil-
Smoller S. Aspirin Use, Dose, and Clinical Outcomes in Postmenopausal Women With Stable
Cardiovascular Disease. The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual
Outcomes. 2009; 2:78-87. PMID: 20031819.
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150. Neuhouser ML, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Thomson C, Aragaki A, Anderson GL, Manson JE,
Patterson RE, Rohan TE, van Horn L, Shikany JM, Thomas A, LaCroix A, Prentice RL.
Multivitamin use and risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease in the Women's Health Initiative
cohorts. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Feb 9; 169(3):294-304. PMID: 19204221.
151. Rajpathak SN, Freiberg MS, Wang C, Wylie-Rosett J, Wildman RP, Rohan TE, Robinson JG, Liu S,
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Alcohol consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease in
postmenopausal women with diabetes: Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Eur J Nutr.
2009 Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19823890.
152. Smoller JW, Allison M, Cochrane BB, Curb JD, Perlis RH, Robinson JG, Rosal MC, Wenger NK,
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Antidepressant use and risk of incident cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative study. Arch Intern Med.
2009 Dec 14;169(22):2128-39. PMID: 20008698.
153. Kuller LH, Margolis KL, Gaussoin SA, Bryan NR, Kerwin D, Limacher M, Wassertheil-Smoller S,
Williamson J, Robinson JG. Relationship of hypertension, blood pressure, and blood pressure
control with white matter abnormalities in the women's health initiative memory study (whims)-mri
trial. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2010 March; 12:203-212. PMID: 20435228.
154. Ogorodnikova AD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Mancuso P, Sowers MR, Rajpathak SN, Allison MA,
Baird AE, Rodriguez B, Wildman RP. High-molecular-weight adiponectin and incident ischemic
stroke in postmenopausal women. A women's health initiative study. Stroke 2010 Jul; 41(7): 1376-
81. Epub date: 2010/05/29. PMID: 20508194.
155. Rajpathak SN, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Crandall J, Liu S, Ho GY. Hepatocyte growth factor and
clinical diabetes in postmenopausal women. Diabetes Care. 2010 Sept; 33(9): 2013-5. Epub date: 2010/06/04. PMID: 20508194.
156. Rajpathak SN, Wang T, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Strickler HD, Kaplan RC, McGinn AP, Wildman
RP, Rosenbaum D, Rohan TE, Scherer PE, Cushman M, Ho GY. Hepatocyte growth factor and the
risk of ischemic stroke developing among postmenopausal women: Results from the women's health
initiative. Stroke. 2010 May; 41(5): 857-862. Epub 2010 Mar 4. PMID: 20203323.
157. The Lp-PLA2 Studies Collaboration. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipzse A2 and risk of coronary
disease, stroke, and mortality: collaborative analysis of 32 prospective studies. Lancet 2010 May 1;
375(9725): 1536-44. PMID: 20435228.
158. Rajpathak SN, Xue X, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Van Horn L, Robinson JG, Liu S, Allison M, Martin
LW, Ho GYF and Rohan, TE. Effect of 5 y of calcium plus vitamin D supplementation on change in
circulating lipids: results from the Women's Health Initiative. Am J Clin Nutr 2010 Apr; 91(4):
894-899. Epub 2010 Feb 24. PMID: 20181812.
159. WRITING GROUP MEMBERS, Lloyd-Jones D, Adams RJ, Brown TM, Carnethon M, Dai S, De
Simone G, Ferguson TB, Ford E, Furie K, Gillespie C, Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Hailpern S,
Ho PM, Howard V, Kissela B, Kittner S, Lackland D, Lisabeth L, Marelli A, McDermott MM,
Meigs J, Mozaffarian D, Mussolino M, Nichol G, Roger VL, Rosamond W, Sacco R, Sorlie P,
Updated 1/18/11 Page 20 of 34
Roger VL, Thom T, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wong ND, Wylie-Rosett J; American Heart
Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart disease and stroke
statistics – 2010 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2010 Feb 23;
121(7): e46-e215. PMID: 20019324.
160. Lloyd-Jones D, Adams RJ, Brown TM, Carnethon M, Dai S, De Simone G, Ferguson TB, Ford E,
Furie K, Gillespie C, Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Hailpern S, Ho PM, Howard V, Kissela B,
Kittner S, Lackland D, Lisabeth L, Marelli A, McDermott MM, Meigs J, Mozaffarian D, Mussolino
M, Nichol G, Roger VL, Rosamond W, Sacco R, Sorlie P, Stafford R, Thom T, Wasserthiel-
Smoller S, Wong ND, Wylie-Rosett J; American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke
Statistics Subcommittee. Executive summary: heart disease and stroke statistics--2010 update: a
report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2010 Feb 23; 121(7):948-54. PMID:
20177011.
161. Schnall E, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Swencionis C, Zemon V, Tinker L, O'Sullivan MJ, Van Horn L,
Goodwin M. The relationship between religion and cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause
mortality in the women's health initiative observational study. Psychol Health. 2010 Feb; 25(2):249-
263. PMID: 20391218.
162. Rajpathak SN, Gupta LS, Waddell EN, Upadhyay UD, Wildman RP, Kaplan R, Wassertheil-
Smoller S, Wylie-Rosett J. Elevated risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome among Asians
and south Asians: results from the 2004 New York City HANES. Ethn Dis. 2010 Summer; 20(3):
225-30. PMID: 20828094.
163. Kabat G, Wactawski-Wende J, Kakani C, Tindle HA, Ockene J, Luo J, Smoller S. Cigarette
Smoking in Relation to Risk of Ductal Carcinoma In situ of the Breast in a Cohort of
Postmenopausal Women. Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 1; 172(5): 591-9. Epub 2010 Aug 1. PMID:
20679068.
164. Wassertheil-Smoller S. Stroke in Women. Nutr Metab Cardiovas Dis 2010 Jul; 20(6):419-25.
Doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2010.02.017. PMID: 20605084.
165. Sorlie PD, Avilés-Santa LM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kaplan RC, Daviglus ML, Giachello AL,
Schneiderman N, Raij L, Talavera G, Allison M, Lavange L, Chambless LE, Heiss G. Design and
implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Ann Epidemiol. 2010
Aug; 20(8): 629-41. PMID: 20609343.
166. Kabat GC, Kim M, Shikany JM, Rodgers AK, Wactawski-Wende J, Lane D, Powell L, Stefanick
ML, Freiberg MS, Kazlauskaite R, Chlebowski RT, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE. Alcohol
consumption and risk of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in a cohort of postmenopausal
women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Aug; 19(8): 2066-72. Epub 2010 Jul 20. PMID:
20647412.
167. Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kim MY. Statistical analysis of clinical trials. Semin Nucl Med. 2010 Sept;
40(5): 357-63. PMID: 20674595.
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168. Rajpathak SN, Xue X, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Van Horn L, Snetselaar L, Martin LW, Rohan TE.
Effect of long term low-fat dietary intervention on change in hemostatic factors: Results from the
Women’s Health Initiative. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:
20884191.
169. Kabat GC, Kim M, Wactawski-Wende J, Lane D, Adams-Campbell LL, Gaudet M, Stefanick ML,
Vitolins M, Chlebowski RT, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE. Recreational physical activity,
anthropometric factors, and risk of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in a cohort of
postmenopausal women. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Dec; 21(12): 2173-81. Epub 2010 Sep 4.
PMID: 20814736.
170. Furie KL, Kasner SE, Adams RJ, Albers GW, Bush RL, Fagan SC, Halperin JL, Johnston SC,
Katzan I, Kernan WN, Mitchell PH, Ovbiagele B, Palesch YY, Sacco RL, Schwamm LH,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Turan TN, Wentworth D; on behalf of the American Heart Association
Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and
Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Stroke. Guidelines for the
Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack. Guideline for Healthcare
Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2011
January; 42(1):227-76. Epub 2010 Oct 21. PMID: 20966421.
171. Kerwin DR, Gaussoin SA, Chlebowski RT, Kuller LH, Vitolins M, Coker LH, Kotchen JM, Nicklas
BJ, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hoffmann RG, Espeland MA, for the Women’s Health Initiative
Memory Study. Interaction Between Body Mass Index and Central Adiposity and Risk of Incident
Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study
(WHIMS). J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan; 59(1): 107-112. PMID: 21226681.
172. Goveas JS, Espeland MA, Woods NF, Wassertheil-Smoller S, and Kotchen J. Depressive
Symptoms and Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia in Elderly Women:
The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan; 59(1): 57-66. PMID:
21226676.
173. Wildman RP, Kaplan R, Manson JE, Rajkovic A, Connelly SA, Mackey RH, Tinker LF, Curb JD,
Eaton CB, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Body Size Phenotypes and Inflammation in the Women’s Health
Initiative Observational Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jan 13. Epub 2011 Jan 13. PMID:
21233809.
174. Goveas J, Espeland M, Tummala A, Woods N, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kotchen J, Manson J,
Smoller J, Ockene JK, Denburg N, Hogan P, Mysiw WJ. Antidepressant use and incident cognitive
decline and cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: The Women’s Health Initiative
Memory Study [WHIMS] Paper in Progress.
175. Goveas JS, Espeland MA, Hogan P, Dotson V, Tarima S, Coker LH, Ockene J,Brunner R, Woods
NF, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kotchen JM, Resnick S. Depressive symptoms, brain volumes and
subclinical cerebrovascular disease in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative MRI
Study. J Affect Disord. 2011 Jul;132(1-2):275-84. Epub 2011 Feb 24. PMID: 21349587
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176. Kabat GC, Kim M, Phipps AI, Li CI, Messina CR, Wactawski-Wende J, Kuller L,Simon MS,
Yasmeen S, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE. Smoking and alcohol consumption in relation to
risk of triple-negative breast cancer in a cohort of postmenopausal women. Cancer Causes Control.
2011 May;22(5):775-83. Epub 2011 Mar 1. PubMed PMID: 21360045.
177. Driscoll I, Espeland MA, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Gaussoin SA, Ding J, Granek IA, Ockene JK,
Phillips LS, Yaffe K, Resnick SM. Weight Change and Cognitive Function: Findings From the
Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Aug;19(8):1595-
600. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.23. Epub 2011 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 21394095.
178. Wang T, Rohan TE, Gunter MJ, Xue X, Wactawski-Wende J, Rajpathak SN, Cushman M, Strickler
HD, Kaplan RC, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Scherer PE, Ho GY. A prospective study of inflammation
markers and endometrial cancer risk in postmenopausal hormone nonusers. Cancer Epidemiol
Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):971-7. Epub 2011 Mar 17. PubMed PMID: 21415362; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC3096873.
179. Rajpathak SN, Kaplan RC, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Cushman M, Rohan TE, McGinn AP, Wang T,
Strickler HD, Scherer PE, Mackey R, Curb D, Ho GY. Resistin, but not adiponectin and leptin, is
associated with the risk of ischemic stroke among postmenopausal women: results from the women's
health initiative. Stroke. 2011 Jul;42(7):1813-20. Epub 2011 May 5. PubMed PMID: 21546486.
180. Pal L, Hailpern SM, Santoro NF, Freeman R, Barad D, Kipersztok S, Barnabei VM,Wassertheil-
Smoller S. Increased incident hip fractures in postmenopausal women with moderate to severe
pelvic organ prolapse. Menopause. 2011 Sep;18(9):967-973. PubMed PMID: 21738078.
181. Kabat GC, Kim MY, Woods NF, Habel LA, Messina CR, Wactawski-Wende J, Stefanick ML,
Chlebowski RT, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE. Reproductive and menstrual factors and risk of
ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in a cohort of postmenopausal women. Cancer Causes Control.
2011 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21750889.
182. Bertone-Johnson ER, Powers SI, Spangler L, Brunner RL, Michael YL, Larson JC, Millen AE,
Bueche MN, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Liu S, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ockene JK, Ockene I, Manson
JE. Vitamin D intake from foods and supplements and depressive symptoms in a diverse population
of older women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21865327.
INVITED PAPERS, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS, AND BOOKS
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Hawkins, M., Diuretics and Salt
Restriction in Blood Pressure Control, in Nutrition and Drugs, Dr. Myron Winick (ed.), John Wiley & Sons,
New York, pp. 175-189, 1983.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., "Low Vitamin C Intake as a Risk for Cervical Dysplasia." in Nutritional Factors
in the Induction and Maintenance of Malignancy, C.E. Butterworth & M.L. Hutchinson (eds.), Academic
Press, New York, pp. 289-301, 1983.
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Langford, H.G., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Hawkins, C.M., Curb, J.D., Cutter, G.R.,
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Babcock, C., Pressel, S., Abernethy, J.D., Hotchkiss, J., Tyler, M., Effect of
Weight Loss on the Return of Hypertension After Withdrawal of Prolonged Antihypertensive Therapy.
Nutritional Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Academic Press, pp. 301-315, 1984.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Complementary Role of Diet and Drugs in the Treatment of Hypertension, In The
Non-Pharmacologic Therapy of Hypertension, Biblioteca-Cardiologica, Vol. 41:69-84, 1987 S. Karger, AC,
Basel Switzerland.
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Management: The Role of Nutrition and Medication in Clinical Practice,
Edited by S. Wassertheil-Smoller, M.H. Alderman and J. Wylie-Rosett, PSG, Publishing, Inc., 1988
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., The Case for Nutritional Intervention, IN: Cardiovascular Health and Risk
Management: The Role of Nutrition and Medication in Clinical Practice, Edited by S. Wassertheil-Smoller,
M.H. Alderman and J. Wylie-Rosett, PSG, Publishing, Inc., Pgs. 16-41, 1988
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Lamport, B., Epidemiology of Nutrition and Hypertension, in Series Title,
Contemporary Issues in Clinical Nutrition, Volume Title, Nutritional Factors in Hypertension, eds. H.
Langford and B. Levine, Alan R. Liss, Inc., pp. 17-34, 1990.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S.: Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health Care Professionals,
Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990.
Bornstein MB, Slagle S, Weitzman MB, Crystal H, Merriam AE, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Spada V, Weiss
W, Miller AE, Drexler E, Keilson M, Appel AE, Rolak L, Arnon R, Sela M, Jacobsohn I, Teitelbaum D:
Clinical Trials of COP 1 in Multiple Sclerosis, IN: Handbook of Multiple Sclerosis, Edited by Cook, D.,
Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 469-480, New York, 1990.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S.: Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health Care Professionals, 2nd. Ed.
Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S.: Subacute psychobiological factors predisposing to triggering of coronary
syndromes. IN: Willich SN and Muller JE. (editors): Triggering of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Implications
for Prevention. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht: The Netherlands 1995:95-110.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S: “Hypertension,” In Behavioral Medicine and Women. A Comprehensive
Handbook. Blechman, E.A. & Brownell, K.D. (editors), The Guilford Press, New York, pp. 667-672, 1998.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. The Logic of Scientific Reasoning. Clinical Journal of Women’s Health
2000;1(1):29-31
Wassertheil-Smoller S. The Null Hypothesis and the Error of Our Ways. Clinical Journal of Women’s
Health 2001;1(2):86-88.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Probability and Uncertainty in Epidemiology and in Life. Clinical Journal of
Women’s Health 2001;1(3):157-161.
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Wassertheil-Smoller S. Design of Studies. Clinical Journal of Women’s Health 2001;1(4):206-211.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. History of the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine. Einstein
Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine 2001;18:29-34.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S.: Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health and Biomedical
Professionals, 3rd.
Ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004.
Wassertheil-Smoller S: “Postmenopausal Hormones. An Overview.” IN Controversies in Science &
Technology. From Maize to Menopause. Volume 1. Daniel Lee Kleinman, Abby J. Kinchy, Jo
Handelsman, Editors. The University of Wisconsin Press, Publishers, 2005.
Wassertheil-Smoller S: Depression and Cardiovascular Disease, Cover Article: Menopause Management ,
Vol. 19, No.2, March/April, 2010
Wassertheil-Smoller S: Stroke in Women, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Special issue on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women, in press 2010
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kim, M: Statistical Analysis of Clinical Trials, Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, for
September 2010 issue
ABSTRACTS, REVIEWS, AND PRESENTATIONS
Wassertheil, S., Lerner, R., Arnold, C., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. The Social
Context of Abortions: A Study of Physicians' Views. Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting,
October 1971, Minneapolis, MN. (Presented by S. Wassertheil).
Lerner, R., Arnold, C., Wassertheil, S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Performing
Abortions in New York. Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting, October 1971, Minneapolis, MN.
Wassertheil, S., Arnold, C., Lerner, R., Albin, S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Contraceptive Practices of Wives of Obstetricians. Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting,
November 1972, Atlantic City, NJ. (Presented by S. Wassertheil).
Wassertheil, S., Arnold, C., Lerner, R., Ochs, J., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. New
York State Obstetricians and the New Abortion Law: Physician Experience with Abortion Techniques.
Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting, November 1973, San Francisco, CA.
Albin, S., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Jacobson, S., Bell, B., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Emergency Room Triage. Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting, November 1973, San Francisco,
CA.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Bell, B., Blaufox, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Computer-Aided Management: A Case Study. Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting, November
1973, San Francisco, CA. (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller).
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Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Review: Proceedings of the
Sixth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability. Volume IV, Biology and Health.
Reviewed by S. Wassertheil-Smoller in Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 19, No. 1, March 1974, Stony
Brook Foundation, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program Cooperative Group. Results of a Two-Stage Screen for
Hypertension in 14 Communities. American Heart Association Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 1974.
Circulation, 50, October-December 1974. Suppl. 3, Abstracts of the 47th Scientific Sessions.
Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program Cooperative Group. Improvement in Current Community
Control of Hypertension. American Heart Association Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 1975.
Circulation, 52, October-December 1975. Suppl. 2-3, Abstracts of the 48th Scientific Sessions (Presented
by S. Wassertheil-Smoller).
Bijur, P., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., O'Flynn, S., Blaufox, M.D., High Blood Pressure Detection Fairs, Use
or Misuse? Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting, October 1976, Miami, FL.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Hotchkiss, J., Blaufox, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Computer Assisted Long-Term Management of Hypertension. National Conference on High Blood Pressure
Control 80, April 1977, Washington, D.C.
Blaufox, M.D., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Community Hypertension Control Presentation at monthly
meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences Biomedical Sciences Section and WNYC radio Interview on
Program called “New York Hypothesis: Scientist at Work,” October 1977.
Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program Cooperative Group. Recent Status of Community
Detection, Treatment and Control of Hypertension. Programs and Abstracts, APHA Annual Meeting,
October 1978, Los Angeles, CA. (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller).
Apostolides AY, Cutter G, Daugherty S, Detels R, Kraus J, Smoller S, Ware J, on behalf of the
Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program, Three Year Incidence of Hypertension in 14 U.S.
Communities. Circulation, Part II, Vol. 62, No. 4, October 1980.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Langford H, Blaufox MD, Oberman A, Raiford Y, Lucido D, Cagguila A, Wylie J,
Sodium and Potassium Intake in Hypertensive Patients, 21st Conference on Cardiovascular Disease
Epidemiology, American Heart Association, Council on Epidemiology (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller
on March 28, 1981, Washington, D.C.)
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Romney, S.L., Wylie, J., Slagle, S., Miller, G., Lucido, D., Duttagupta, C., Palan,
P.R., Dietary Vitamin C and Uterine Cervical Dysplasia, International Epidemiological Association,
Edinburgh, Scotland, August 1981.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Hawkins, M., Diuretics and Salt
Restriction in Blood Pressure Control, Institute on Human Nutrition Symposium on Nutrition and Drugs,
Teachers College/Columbia University (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller on December 3, 1981, New
York Statler Hotel, NYC).
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Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Babcock, C., Hotchkiss, J., Rate of
Hypertension Return After Withdrawal of Prolonged Antihypertensive Therapy, Ninth Scientific Meeting of
the International Society of Hypertension, Mexico City (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller, March 1982,
Mexico City).
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Validity in Computerized Nutrient Analysis of Dietary Data, Nutrition and the
Computer, Teachers College/Columbia University (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller on June 3, 1982,
New York).
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Hawkins, M., Dietary Intervention in
the Study of Hypertension, International Symposium on the Control of Hypertension, Tel-Aviv, Israel
(Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller, November 10, 1982, Tel-Aviv, Israel).
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Low Vitamin C Intake as a Risk for Cervical Dysplasia. Second Annual
Bristol-Myers Symposium on Nutrition Research, New York, NY. (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller,
December 8-9, 1982, NY).
Langford, H., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Hawkins, C.M., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Pressel, S., Babcock,
C., Results of Dietary Intervention in the Study of Hypertension. Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for
Clinical Trials, St. Louis, MO (Presented by S. Pressel, May 8-11, 1983, St. Louis).
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Problems of Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness in Cardiovascular Nuclear
Medicine. Nuclear Medicine 1983, New York, NY. (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller, May 23-26,
1983 NY).
Wexler, J., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Steingart, R., Budner, N., Lense, L., Scharff, S., Slagle, S.,
Wachspress, J., Clinical Prediction of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. Journal of Nuclear Medicine,
Vol. 24, p. 90, 1983.
Oberman, A., Langford, H., Blaufox, D., Pressel, S., Curb, D., Cutter, G., Wassertheil-Smoller, S.,
Abernethy, J., Effect of Dietary Change on Blood Pressure Control After Withdrawal of Prolonged
Antihypertensive Therapy. Thirty-Eighth Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions, Council for High
Blood Pressure Research, Cleveland, OH (Presented by A. Oberman, October 10-12, 1984, Cleveland).
Wassertheil-Smoller, S. on behalf of the Hypertension Detection & Follow-Up Program Cooperative
Group, Analysis of Mortality Results from HDFP in White Women with Moderate or Severe Hypertension.
American Heart Association's Fifty-Seventh Scientific Sessions, Miami Beach, FL (Presented by S.
Wassertheil-Smoller, November 12-15, 1984 Miami Beach).
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Steingart R, Wexler J, Budner N, Tobin J, and Slagle S, To Cath or Not to Cath:
The Impact of Nuclear Medicine. (Presented by S. Wassertheil-Smoller, November 12-15, 1984 Miami
Beach).
Frate DA, Langford HG, Meydrech EF, Johnson SA, Wassertheil-Smoller S, The Role of Sodium and
Potassium in the Distribution of Blood Pressures in a Biracial Population. 112th Annual Meeting of the
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American Public Health Association, Anaheim, CA, November, 1984.
Steingart, R., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Wexler, J., Budner, N., Tobin, J., Wachpress, J., Lense, L.,
Underutilization of Clinical Data Leads to Overutilization of Technology. American College of Cardiology,
35th Annual Scientific Session, March 9-13, 1986, Atlanta, GA. Journal of the American College of
Cardiologists Vol. 7(2):214A, 1986.
Marantz, P.R., Tobin, J.N., Steingart, R.M., Wexler, J.P., Budner, N., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Clinical
Criteria for Diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure. Clinical Research, 34:375A, 1986.
Steingart, R.M., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Wexler, J., Budner, N., Tobin, J., Wachspress, J., Lense, L.
Underutilization of Clinical Data Leads to Overutilization of Technology. J. Amer. College of Cardiology,
7(2):214A, February, 1986.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Steingart, R., Wexler, J, Tobin, J., Budner, N., Wachspress, J., Lense, L. Sex
Differential in Physicians' Referral to Cardiac Catheterization. 26th Conference on Cardiovascular Disease
Epidemiology, San Francisco, CA, March 3-5, 1986. CVD Epidemiology Newsletter 39:14, 1986.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Steingart, R., Wexler, J, Tobin, J., Budner, N., Wachspress, J., Lense, L. Nuclear
Scan - Impact on Decisions. 26th Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, San Francisco, CA,
March 3-5, 1986. CVD Epidemiology Newsletter 39:14, 1986.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Cutter, G., Pressel, S, Prediction of
Response to Sodium Intervention for Blood Pressure Control. Presented at 26th Conference on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, San Francisco, CA, March 3-5, 1986. CVD Epidemiology Newsletter
39:29, 1986.
Smoller, S.W., Davis, B., Hataway, H., Blaufox, M.D., Jennings, S., Oberman, Langford, H. Precision of
Dietary Estimates Among Different Population Subgroups in TAIM. Presented at the 28th Annual
Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, March 17-19, 1988, Santa Fe, NM. CVD
Epidemiology Newsletter #43, Winter 1988.
Wassertheil-Smoller S., Tobin, J.N., Steingart, R.M., Wexler, J.P., Budner, N. Impact of Cardiac Nuclear
Scans on Five Year Patient Outcome. Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Society of
Technology Assessment in Health Care, June 10-11, 1988, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jennings, S.G., Wylie-Rosett, J., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Copeland, K., Hataway, H., Stern, J., Langford,
H.G. for the Trial of Antihypertensive Interventions and Management. Food Consumption Patterns as
Sources of Nutrients Related to Hypertension Intervention. Presented at the National Conference on High
Blood Pressure Control, May 6-9, 1989, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Smoller, S.W., Blaufox, M.D., Davis, B., Langford, H.G., Oberman, S., Knerr, M., Swencionis, C. The
TAIM Study: Effects of Drug, Diet and Blood Pressure on Quality of Life. Presented at the Fourth Scientific
Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, May 10-12, 1989, New York, NY.
Smoller, S.W., Langford, H., Oberman, A., Blaufox, M.D., Davis, B., Knerr, M., Swencionis, C. The TAIM
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Study: Age and Sex Related Effects of Drugs, Diet and Blood Pressure on Quality of Life in Mild
Hypertensives. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Preventive Cardiology and the 29th Annual
Meeting of the AHA Council on Epidemiology, June 18-22, 1989, Washington, D.C.
Marantz, P.R., Tobin, J.N., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Steingart, R., Wexler, J.P. Prognosis in Heart Disease:
Can You Tell as Much at the Bedside as in the Nuclear Lab. Presented at the American Heart Association,
November 13-16, 1989.
Smoller, S.W., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Langford, H.G., Davis, B.R. TAIM Study: Adequate Weight
Loss as Effective as Drug Therapy for Mild Hypertension. Presented at the 30th Annual Conference on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology of the AHA, March 29-31, 1990, San Diego, CA.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H., Oberman, A., Blaufox, M.D., Zimbaldi, N, Davis B. TAIM Study:
Threshold Effect for Sodium Intake to Lower Blood Pressure. Presented at the Fifth Scientific Meeting of
the American Society of Hypertension, May 17-20, 1990, New York, NY.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Langford, H.G., Davis, B.R., Wylie-Rosett, J. TAIM
Study: Adequate Weight Loss as Effective as Drug Therapy for Mild Hypertension. Presented at the Fifth
Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, May 17-20, 1990, New York, NY.
Swencionis, D., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Corrigan, S., Raczynski, J., Hughes, G., O'Connell-Knerr, M.,
Langford, H., Davis, B., Oberman, A., Blaufox, M.D., Zimbaldi, N., and Schlundt, D.: A Battery to Assess
Quality of Life in Treatments for Mild Hypertension. Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine,
Chicago, April 20, 1990.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Blaufox, M.D., Oberman, A., Langford, H.G., Davis, B.R.: TAIM Study:
Adequate Weight Loss as Effective as Drug Therapy for Mild Hypertension. Presented at the 13th Scientific
Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Montreal, Canada, June 24-29, 1990.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Langford, H.G., Oberman, A., Blaufox, M.D., Zimbaldi, N., Davis, B.R.: TAIM
Study: Effect of Sodium, Potassium, and Sodium/Potassium Ratio on Blood Pressure Reduction. Presented
at the 13th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Montreal, Canada, June 24-29,
1990.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Oberman, A., Blaufox, M.D., Davis, B., Langford, H.G., for the TAIM Study
Group: Black-White Differences in Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs and Diet on Cardiovascular Risk.
Presented at The Sixth Scientific Meeting of The American Society of Hypertension, New York, New York,
May 15-19, 1991.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S: Optimum Therapy for Mild Hypertension: TAIM. Presented at the Sixth Scientific
Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, May 17, 1991, New York, NY.
Smoller, SW, Blaufox, MD, Davis, B, Langford, HG, Wylie-Rosett, J: TAIM: Black-White Differences in
Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs and Diet on Cardiovascular Risk. Presented at the Sixth Scientific
Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension on May 18, 1991, New York, NY.
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Thaler, L, Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Blaufox, MD, Oberman, A: Effect of Antihypertensive Drug
Discontinuation on Mood. Presented at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of The Society of Behavioral
Medicine, New York, New York, March 25-28, 1992.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Blaufox, MD, Oberman, A, Derby, C, Hawkins, CM, Langford, HG (deceased):
Effect of Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Drugs on Blood Lipids: The DISH Study. Presented at the
Seventh Scientific Meeting of The American Society of Hypertension, New York, New York, May 6-10,
1992.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Derby, C, Oberman, A, Blaufox, MD, Hawkins, CM, Langford, HG (deceased):
Effect of Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Drugs on Blood Lipids: The DISH Study. Presented at the 14th
Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Madrid, Spain, June 14-18, 1992.
Davis BR, Oberman A, Blaufox MD, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Zimbaldi N, Kirchner K, Langford HG, for
the TAIM Research Group. Long-term Drug and Low Sodium Restriction/Potassium Supplementation
Treatment of Mild Hypertension: Final Results of the Trial of Antihypertensive Interventions and
Management (TAIM). Presented at The American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology Meeting,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 17-20, 1993. Circulation, 87(2):3, 1993.
Frost, P.H., Davis, B.R., Burlando, A.J., Camel, G., Chiappini, M., Curb, J.D., Guthrie, G.P., Isaacson, J.,
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Stamler, J., Wilson, A. for the SHEP Cooperative Research Group: Serum Lipids
and Coronary Heart Disease in Persons with Isolated Systolic Hypertension. The 66th Scientific Sessions
of the American Heart Association Meeting, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November
8-11, 1993. Circulation, 88(4,2):I-612, 1993.
Frost, P.H., Davis, B.R., Burlando, A.J., Camel, G., Chiappini, M., Curb, J.D., Guthrie, G.P., Isaacson, J.,
Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Stamler, J., Wilson, A. for the SHEP Cooperative Research Group: Risk Factors
for Coronary Heart Disease in Persons with Isolated Systolic Hypertension. The 66th Scientific Sessions of
the American Heart Association Meeting, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 8-
11, 1993. Circulation, 88(4,2):I-612, 1993.
Blaufox, M.D., Davis, B.R., Oberman, A., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Zimbaldi, N., Kirchner, K., Langford,
H.G.: Effect of weight reduction and sodium restriction/potassium supplementation on the long-term control
of blood pressure: Final results of the TAIM Clinical Trial. The American Society for Hypertension
Meeting, New York, N.Y., May 1993.
Davis, B.R., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Oberman, A., Blaufox, M.D., Zimbaldi, N., Kirchner, K., Wylie-
Rosett, J.: Dietary treatment of mild hypertension - Are the less obese more likely to remain off drugs?
Presented at the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Tampa, Florida,
March 1994.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Fann C and Davis B. for the SHEP Study Group. Effect of body mass index on
death and stroke in men and women in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP).
Hypertension 12(part II), 1997. Presented at the Eighth European Meeting of Hypertension June 13-16, 1997
in Milan, Italy.
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Wassertheil-Smoller S, Davis B, Fann C, for the SHEP Study Group. Relationship of body mass index to
death and stroke among elderly hypertensives in the Systolic Hypertension In The Elderly Program (SHEP).
Presented at the Twelfth Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension Meeting May 27-31,
1997, San Francisco, California.
Keller SI, Somer BG, Frishman WH, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Value of ECG Left Axis Deviation for
Predicting Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the Elderly: The Bronx Aging Study. American
Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 1997;6(2):40.
Somer BG, Keller SI, Frishman WH, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Value of ECG Non-Specific ST and T Wave
Changes for Predicting Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the Elderly: The Bronx Aging Study.
American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 1997;6(2):40.
Frishman WH, Weisen SF, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Aronson M. Self-rated Health Assessment and the
Development of Cardiovascular and Dementing Illnesses in the Old: A Report From the Bronx Longitudinal
Aging Study. JACC 1998;31/2(Suppl. A):129A.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Anderson G, Psaty BM, Black H, Manson J, Wong N, Francis J, Grimm R,
Kotchen T, Langer R, Lasser N. Different classes of antihypertensive drug treatment in relation to self-
reported health in post-menopausal women: the Women’s Health Initiative, American Society of
Hypertension Fifteenth Scientific Meeting, New York City, New York, May 19, 2000. American Journal of
Hypertension 2000;13(4, Part 2):22A.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. "Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Women: Is Tailored Therapy
Necessary?" Presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension. New
York, NY, May 17, 2002.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hendrix S, Heiss G, Limacher M. “Effect of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Stroke in
the Women’s Health Initiative,” presented at the American Heart Association, International Stroke
Conference, Phoenix, AZ, February, 2003
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Limacher M, Hendrix S, Heiss G. “Hypertension and Stroke Risk in the Estrogen
Plus Progestin Trial of the Women’s Health Initiative.” Presented at the American Heart Association
Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Miami Beach, March 2003.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Psaty B, Greenland P, Margolis K, Oberman A, Kotchen T, Mouton C, Hilkert R,
Black H, Anderson G, Trevisan M and Aragaki A. Cardiovascular Outcomes Related to Anti-
Hypertensive Drug Therapy in Older Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study.
Presented at the Fourteenth European Meeting on Hypertension in Paris, France, June 13-17, 2004.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Psaty B, Greenland P, Margolis K, Oberman A, Kotchen T, Mouton C, Hilkert R,
Black H, Anderson G, Trevisan M and Aragaki A. Two Drug Class Anti-Hypertensive Drug Therapy and
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Presented
at the Fourteenth European Meeting on Hypertension in Palais des Congres de Paris – Hall Maillot, Paris,
France, June 14, 2004.
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Cochrane B, Ockene J, Barad D, Larson J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Gass M, Manson J, Barnabei V, Lane D,
Wylie-Rosett J, Rosal M, Brzyski R, Hays J. Menopausal Symptoms Reported by Women After Stopping
Study Pills in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Plus-Progestin (E + P) Clinical Trial.
Menopause 2004;11(6):667.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Weight Loss and Stroke. Presented at the 46th
Annual Conference on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in association with the Council on Nutrition, Physical
Activity and Metabolism. March 2-4, 2006, Phoenix, Arizona.
Pal L, Hailpern S, Santoro N, Barad D, Freeman R, Barnabei V, Kipersztok D, and Smoller S. Pelvic
Organ Prolapse: A Sinister Marker for Fragility Fractures: Baseline Data From The Womens Health
Initiative Estrogen and Progesterone (E P) Trial. Presented at the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
53rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Toronto, ON Canada, Friday, March 24, 2006.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Dietary potassium and risk of stroke and death: the Women’s Health Initiative
Observational Study. Presentation at the Sixteenth European Meeting on Hypertension, Madrid, Spain, June
12-15, 2006.
McGinn AP, Wolf PA, Kaplan RC, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Metabolic Syndrome and Incident Stroke in
Postmenopausal Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Circulation. 2007 Mar 115
(8): e214-e301 (poster presentation). Presented at 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease
Epidemiology and Prevention; American Heart Association, Orlando FL , March 2007.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kooperberg C, McGinn AP, Kaplan RC, Hendrix S, Berger J, Lynch J, Manson
J, Hsia J, Kuller L, Allison M. Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) and the Risk of
Stroke in Postmenopausal Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Circulation.
2007 Mar 115 (8): e214-e301 (oral presentation). Presented at 47th Annual Conference on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention; American Heart Association, Orlando FL , March
2007.
Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, Sato A, Cochrane B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ockene JK,
Blanchette PL, Ko MG. Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Non-Specific Chest Pain: Women's Health
Initiative Hormone Trials. Poster presented at the American College of Cardiology 57th Annual
Scientific Session, March 29-April 1, 2008 in Chicago, IL.
Sarto G, Manson J, Coker L, Phillips L, Stefanick M, Espeland MA, Resnick S, Wassertheil-Smoller S
and Rapp SR. Influence Of Educational Attainment And Occupation On Relationships That Cognitive
Function Has With MRI Based Neuropathology, Mild Cognitive Impairment, And Dementia: Results
From The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study. Presented at the International Conference on
Alzheimer's Disease 2008 (ICAD) Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 2008.
Wassertheil-Smoller S, McGinn AP, and Kaplan RC, for the WHI Hormones and Biomarkers Predicting
Stroke (HaBPS) Study Group. Anti-Hypertensive Drugs and Inflammatory Biomarkers, The Women’s
Health Initiative Observational Study. Presented at the 18th
Scientific Meeting European Society of
Hypertension and the 22nd
Scientific Meeting International Society of Hypertension, Berlin, Germany,
June 17th
, 2008.
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Rajpathak SN, Wang T, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Strickler H, Kaplan R, Rohan TE, Ho G. Resistin, but
not adiponectin and leptin, is associated with the risk of developing ischemic stroke among
postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative. International Stroke Meeting. Abstract to be
presented at the International Stroke Meeting, San Antonio, TX, February 2010.
INVITED TALKS
Wassertheil-Smoller, S: Gender differences and similarities in effects of non-pharmacologic approaches to
the treatment of mild hypertension. Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists, Toronto, Canada, April 1993.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S. Insights from the TAIM Study. Sodium and Hypertension: Results of Randomized
Trials. Presented at The International Conference of the Academy of Nutrition Medicine and the University
Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, October 30th, 1993.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Women are different from men in affairs of the heart. Presented at the American
Society of Hypertension Meeting, New York City, New York, May 1998.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Women and Cardiovascular Health and Disease, the Northeast Regional
Cardiovascular Health Summit, Feb 2-3, 2000, New York City, sponsored by the NYS Department of Health
in conjunction with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, the American Heart Association, IPRO and
ASA Health System Education.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Stroke Risk and Mortality Among Chinese Americans. Presented at the
inauguration of the Taiwan Society of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control. Taiwan, China, May
24, 2001.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Multi-Center Studies in Cardiovascular Disease. Presented at the inauguration of
the Taiwan Society of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control. Taiwan, China, May 31, 2001.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Breast Cancer and Hormones, the Women’s Health Initiative. Presented at Grand
Rounds, Dept. of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, 2002.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. The Risks of Estrogen: Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Trial. Presented at the
9th
Annual Graylyn Conference on Women’s Health, Graylyn International Conference Center of Wake
Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 29-31, 2003.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Menopausal Hormones and Stroke Risk. Invited presentation at the Geriatric
Research Education and Clinical Center Annual Conference, University of Arkansas for Medical Science,
Little Rock, Arkansas (Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System),
Little Rock, Arkansas, February 6, 2004.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. WHI Memory Study. Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Effect of Estrogen
+ Progestin. Invited presentation at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session 2004,
New Orleans, March 8, 2004.
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Wassertheil-Smoller S. Effect of Hormones on Stroke. Invited presentation at the American College of
Cardiology Annual Scientific Session 2004, New Orleans, March 8, 2004.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Hormones, Heartaches & Sleepless Nights. Keynote Presentation at the 1st.
Women’s Health Symposium, at the Phyllis & Harvey Sandler Center for Jewish Life Enhancement on the
campus of the Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, Palm Beach, Florida, January 12, 2005.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Cancer Findings of the Women’s Health Initiative. Invited Presentation in
Symposium on: Genetic Susceptibility to Estrogen Carcinogenesis at the XXXV International Congress of
Physiological Sciences and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. San
Diego, California, April 6, 2005.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. "What Have We So Far Learned From the WHI?” Presented to the Menopause
Society, New York, NY, October 11, 2005.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Breast Cancer and Hormones. Invited presentation to the Oncology Department,
Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New
York, November 2, 2005.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. What Lessons Have We Learned From the Women’s Health Initiative? Presented
at Grand Rounds, Ob/Gyn Department, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, Tuesday, March 28, 2006.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Mind and Heart: Depression, Anxiety and Cardiovascular Disease. Presented
at Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Montefiore Medical Center, April 24, 2007.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Applying Epidemiologic Methods in the Hispanic Community Health Study –
Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) American College of Epidemiology, Minority Affairs Committee Scientific
Workshop, September 15, 2007
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Invited Faculty at the 2010 NHLBI-Northwestern University Population Studies
Workshop. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, July 11-14, 2010.
Wassertheil-Smoller S. Invited Faculty at 3rd International Postgraduate Course
Lysosomal Storage Disorders: from science into clinic, Nov 7-9, 2010
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