The Women's Health Initiative: The Latest Findings from Long-Term Follow-Up

JoAnn Manson speaks to Hannah Branch, Commissioning Editor Dr JoAnn Manson is board-certified endocrinologist, epidemiologist and specialist in women’s health and preventive medicine. She is a Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School (MA, USA). In addition, she is Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine, and Co-Director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr Manson is Principal Investigator of several notable NIH-funded investigations, including the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Center in Boston (MA, USA) and the VITAL trial. She has been honored with a number of awards, such as the American Medical Women’s Association’s Woman in Science Award, the American Heart Association’s Distinguished Scientist Award and the Bernadine Healy Award for Visionary Leadership in Women’s Health. She is also an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National ...