FACULTY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Boston Veterans Administration Healthcare System J. Michael Gaziano, M.D., M.P.H. Fellowship Co-Director Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), West Roxbury VA Co-Director, Cardiovascular and Epidemiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital J. Michael Gaziano, M.D., M.P.H., MAVERIC (Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research & Information Center) Director and Director of Education, is a cardiovascular epidemiologist with more than 15 years of research experience. He received an M.P.H. at the Harvard School of Public Health while a trainee in the Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where he continues to conduct research. For the past four years he has been on staff at the Brockton-West Roxbury VA Medical Center as a preventive cardiologist and is currently Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation. As MAVERIC Director, he is based at the West Roxbury VA where he oversees the statistical, data coordination, and project coordination officers, and serves as the training program director. He directs and assists the administrative officer in interactions with the technical staff and principal investigators. James W. Levenson, M.D., M.P.H. Fellowship Site Co-Director - Clinical Practice Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Primary Care Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital Traditional and non-traditional CVD risk factors, including the influence of mood and affective states on the incidence of CVD events Richard E. Scranton, M.D., M.P.H. Fellowship Site Co-Director - Research Program Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Physician, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital Cardiovascular and diabetes epidemiology; pharmacoepidemiology; randomized clinical trials; applying methods in health services research and clinical epidemiology to improve cardiovascular and diabetes related outcomes Mary Brophy, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Director, MAVERIC Core Laboratory Hematology/Oncology; clinical trials Louis D. Fiore, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Program Co-Director, MAVERIC Director, MAVERIC Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center Hematology/Oncology; clinical trials David Gagnon, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health Director of Biostatistics, MAVERIC Large dataset analyses using regression techniques, survival analysis, linear and logistical regression, and general linear modeling, as well as factor and cluster analysis Eric Garshick, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director of Projects, MAVERIC Epidemiology research on the health effects of diesel exhaust exposure and its relationship with lung cancer; risk factors for pulmonary disease in spinal cord injury John Hermos, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Associate Professor of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health Consultant, MAVERIC Co-Chair, Institutional Review Board, Boston VA Healthcare System Pharmacoepidemiological research in psychoactive medications, pain management, substance abuse, and digestive diseases Elizabeth Lawler, M.P.H. Instructor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health Project Director, MAVERIC Cardiovascular and geriatric epidemiology, exceptional longevity, race and health disparities Edward Lew, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director of Gastroenterology and Epidemiology, MAVERIC Clinical epidemiology research focusing on acid peptic diseases and gastrointestinal cancers Matthew Liang, M.D., M.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health Director Special Projects, Robert B. Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center Chief, Section of Rheumatology, Boston VA Healthcare System Study Director, MAVERIC, Boston VA Healthcare System Director, Center for Advanced Methodological Support for Innovative SLE Trials Clinical trials; cardiovascular disease epidemiology and SLE research Howard D. Sesso, Sc.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Co-Director of Preventive Cardiology Fellow Training Investigator, MAVERIC Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and cancer, with a focus on lifestyle, dietary, and biochemical factors Avron Spiro III, M.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health Associate Professor of Health Policy and Health Services, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine Senior Scientist, VA Normative Aging Study Impact of health on cognitive aging; longitudinal studies of aging, focusing on personality, well-being, quality of life, and mental health Denotes faculty who graduated from the Fellowship Program

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