In this episode we interviewed Dr. JoAnn Manson, the Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Dr. Manson is a physician epidemiologist, endocrinologist, and Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI of several research studies, including the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Center In Boston, the cardiovascular component of the Nurses’ Health Study, the Vitamin D and Omega-3 TriaL (VITAL); the COSMOS trial, and the Vitamin D for COVID-19 (VIVID) trial.
Show Notes & Links Of Interest
Introduction and Bio [00:11]
Link: Professor of Medicine and Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School [00:31]
Link: T.H Chan School of Public Health [00:37]
Link: Brigham and Women’s Hospital [00:43]
Interview Begins [03:20]
Question: How does she describe herself and her career? [03:31]
Question: What was her childhood like and how did it influence where she is today? [04:19]
Question: What were some of her biggest challenges she faced during her career and how did she attack those challenges? [06:47]
Question: What does she recommend for fighting self doubt? [09:01]
Question: Does she feel that young women wanting to attain a similar career as her would need to follow the same path that she did or does she feel that path has changed? [12:41]
Question: Does she feel young people need to know what they want to do for their career prior to entering college or does she think it is better to figure that out while in college? [15:39]
Question: What are the pros and cons of being a doctor, a researcher and an educator all at the same time? [17:50]
Link: Women’s Health Initiative [19:35]
Question: What does she think she would be doing if she had not pursued a career in medicine and science? [22:03]
Question: How important does she think it is to have have female representation in the medical field when it comes to diagnosing and treating female patients? [24:24]
Question: Was there a pivotal moment in her life that helped bring her to where she is today? [27:36]
Link: Nurse’s Health Study [28:26]
Question: What changes does she see coming to her field that are exciting to her? [30:59]
Question: What advice would she give to young girls as they pursue their dreams? [36:06]
Question: What one quality or trait does she feel young girls should embrace when pursuing their dreams? [37:55]
Wrap up [41:03]
JoANN MANSON’s Bio
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH, MACP, is Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Dr. Manson is a physician epidemiologist, endocrinologist, and Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI of several research studies, including the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Center In Boston, the cardiovascular component of the Nurses’ Health Study, the Vitamin D and Omega-3 TriaL (VITAL); the COSMOS trial, and the Vitamin D for COVID-19 (VIVID) trial. Her primary research interests include randomized clinical prevention trials of nutritional and lifestyle factors related to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, the role of endogenous and exogenous estrogens as determinants of chronic disease, life course-related risk factors for CVD in women, and biomarker predictors of CVD. Dr. Manson has received numerous honors, including the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Population Research Prize, AHA’s Distinguished Scientist Award, AHA’s Research Achievement Award, election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (National Academy of Medicine), membership in the Association of American Physicians, fellowship in AAAS, Bernadine Healy Award for Visionary Leadership in Women’s Health, Alma Dea Morani Renaissance Women Award, James D. Bruce Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians (ACP), and election to mastership in ACP. Dr. Manson has published more than 1,200 peer-reviewed articles in the medical literature, is the author or editor of several books and textbooks, serves as Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Clinical Trials, and is past president of the North American Menopause Society. She is one of the most highly cited researchers in the world and was one of the physicians featured in the National Library of Medicine’s exhibition, History of American Women Physicians.
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