BU takes on cancer: racial disparities
The online publication BU Today interviews BWHS Co-Investigator Julie Palmer, ScD regarding racial disparities and cancer. (4/9/2012)
View ArticleExploring sarcoidosis in the BWHS
BWHS preliminary research on sarcoidosis in black women reported by CBS.
View ArticleAbuse victimization and obesity
Read the Los Angeles Times article about the BWHS study that examines the link between childhood abuse and obesity.
View ArticleAfro.com on the BWHS
Read an afro.com article about the BWHS, with Advisory Board member Ellen Grant, PhD, LICSW-R, Principle Investigator Lynn Rosenberg, ScD and Co-Principle Investigator Julie Palmer, ScD (8/29/2012)
View ArticleA Message from the BWHS Advisory Board, Sept 2012
Click below to read a message from BWHS Advisory Board members Jacqueline McLeod, MPH, MEd, Ellen Grant, PhD, LCSW-R, and Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD. A message from the BWHS Advisory Board, Sept 2012
View ArticleChildhood abuse linked to adult-onset asthma
Read a ScienceDaily.com report of BWHS research looking at the link between childhood abuse and adult-onset asthma. (12/2012)
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Ellen Grant, BWHS Advisory Board Member, appointed Deputy Mayor of Buffalo, NY
In December 2013 BWHS Advisory Board Member Ellen Grant, PhD, LICSW-R accepted the position of Deputy Mayor of Buffalo NY, where she will oversee and coordinate educational initiatives for the mayor’s...
View ArticleBWHS Participant Speaks About Breast Cancer Survival
Hear a message from Sylvia Tyree. She is a breast cancer advocate and past president and board member of the organization Sisters Conquering Cancer, a Virginia-based non-profit that works to increase...
View ArticleSugar-sweetened beverages and health
Research brief published by the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network titled “The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Black Americans’ Health”. (January 2011) AACORN was...
View ArticleChildhood trauma and fibroids
An article on thegrio.com features recent BWHS work looking at a possible link between a history of abuse in childhood and fibroids in adulthood..
View ArticleBWHS highlighted in Essence Magazine
If you read Essence, see page 143 of the May 2013 issue where the work of the BWHS is recognized.
View ArticleParticipants: 2013/14 Health Questionnaire available soon
BWHS participants will soon receive an email invitation to complete the 2013/14 Questionnaire. Once it is available, the questionnaire can be accessed here on the website or through the link provided...
View ArticleBWHS participant’s diary of her ordeal with breast cancer published in...
In the September 2013 issue of Essence Magazine, “Our Cancer, Our Lives” shares the heartfelt and thoughtful diary entries of BWHS participant Heather Wright and her husband Mark Wright, detailing her...
View ArticleStudying Asthma and Racism
Stress can have an adverse effect on health; BWHS researcher Patricia Coogan, PhD looked at the association between the experience of racism and the diagnosis of adult-onset asthma. Read about the...
View ArticleBWHS looks at fast food and obesity
Recent BWHS research that found a link between fast food burgers and the risk of becoming obese. Read about the study on WBUR’s Common Health Blog (a Boston area NPR news station) and the Jersey...
View ArticleJulie Palmer, Principal Investigator of BWHS, on women and medical research
Dr. Julie Palmer discusses the importance of research specific to women’s health and why women subjects are under-represented in much medical research in the Boston University publication BU Today...
View ArticleBWHS research on weight featured in Essence Magazine
“The New Science of Weight Loss”, in the January 2014 issue of Essence Magazine, highlights research from the BWHS. The BWHS has contributed to the understanding of weight gain and weight control...
View ArticleA Thank You to BWHS Participants — Advisory Board members talk about the BWHS
Hear BWHS Advisory Board Members Ellen Grant, Jaqueline McLeod, and C. Alicia Georges talk about how they became involved in the study, what your contributions have accomplished thus far, and the...
View ArticleBirthweight and Diabetes – BWHS on NYTimes.com
New York Times online highlights the research of BWHS epidemiologist Edward Ruiz-Narvaez, who looked at the link between low birth weight and development of Type 2 diabetes later in life.
View ArticlePhysical Activity and Breast Cancer
Recent BWHS research on breast cancer and physical activity shows a link between vigorous physical exercise and lowered breast cancer risk in African American women. This link has been identified in...
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