Lauren Wise

Lauren Anne Wise is a Canadian-American epidemiologist and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. She earned a Master of Science with a concentration in reproductive epidemiology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2000. She completed a Doctor of Science in epidemiology with a minor in biostatistics from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2004. Her dissertation examined reproductive and hormonal risk factors for uterine fibroids in the Black Women's Health Study.

Career Lauren Wise is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist by training. She has been on faculty at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) since 2004. In 2015, she was promoted to Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at BUSPH. Her research involves the study of environmental and genetic determinants of benign gynecologic disorders, subfertility, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. She is Principal Investigator of Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO), a NICHD-funded North American preconception cohort study of nearly 24,000 females and 5,500 of their male partners in which recruitment and follow-up occur via the internet (http://presto.bu.edu). She received NICHD and NIEHS funding to continue this research. She is also Principal Investigator of NIEHS-funded studies of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids) in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids (SELF), a prospective cohort study of 1,693 young African American women from Detroit, Michigan. In addition, she has contributed to the Black Women's Health Study which includes more than 59,000 African American women and investigates health conditions disproportionately affecting Black women.

She serves on the editorial boards of Human Reproduction, the American Journal of Epidemiology, and Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology. In 2021, she was President of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER).

Wise received the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Early Career Public Health Research Award in 2011. She earned the American Journal of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiologic Research's Article of the Year award in 2013 and 2020.

Publications Wise has published more than 415 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her most cited first-authored papers include: Wise LA, JR Palmer, BL Harlow, D Spiegelman, EA Stewart, et al. Reproductive factors, hormonal contraception, and risk of uterine leiomyomata in African-American women: a prospective study. American journal of epidemiology 159 (2), 113–123, 2004. Wise LA, S Zierler, N Krieger, BL Harlow. Adult onset of major depressive disorder in relation to early life violent victimisation: a case-control study. The Lancet 358 (9285), 881–887, 2001. Wise LA, KJ Rothman, EM Mikkelsen, HT Sørensen, A Riis, EE Hatch. An internet-based prospective study of body size and time-to-pregnancy. Human reproduction 25 (1), 253–264, 2009.