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Sioban D. Harlow
Funded Research:
Knee OA - intersections of obesity, inflammation and metabolic dysfunction (Continuation YR 02) (Arthritis Foundation)
SWAN IV Pulse Wave Velocity - Subcontract (NIA)
STRAW+10: Addressing the Unfinished Agenda of Staging Reproductive Aging (NIA)
Lifestage Exposures and Adult Disease (NIEHS)
Methods of Studying Variability as a Predictor of Health Status (NIA)
Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (P30) (NIDDK)
Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) IV (NINR)
Study of Women's Health Across the Nation V: Endocrinology/CLASS Laboratory (NIA)
A Secular Change in Menstrual Characteristics of Adult and Midlife Women (NICHD)
Staging Reproductive Aging in Four Cohorts: Issues of Hormone Use Spotting Bias (NIA)
The Epidemiology of Obesity Metabolism in the Menopausal Transition (NHLBI)
Hip Strength Across the Menopausal Transition (NIA)
Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (NCI)
An Institutional Framework to Promote Global Health Research and Training (Fogarty)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology.
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Harlow is interested in reproductive and occupational epidemiology. Her research focuses on quantifying the variations in menstrual cycle characteristics across the reproductive life span, identifying host and environmental determinants of variation in menstrual cycle patterns, and occupational risks to women's health.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Snow, Rachel C., Rebecca Winter, and Sioban D. Harlow. Forthcoming. "Gender Attitudes and Fertility Aspirations among Young Men in Five High Fertility East African Countries." Studies in Family Planning. DOI. Abstract.
Ylitalo, K., W. Herman, and Sioban D. Harlow. 2013. "Serial anthropometry predicts peripheral nerve dysfunction in a community cohort." Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 29(2): 145-51. PMCID: PMC3565056. DOI. Abstract.
Bromberger, J., L. Schott, K. Matthews, H. Kravitz, J. Randolph, Sioban D. Harlow, S. Crawford, R. Green, and H. Joffe. 2012. "Association of past and recent major depression and menstrual characteristics in midlife: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation." Menopause, 19(9): 959-66. PMCID: PMC3404212. DOI. Abstract.
Campbell, Christine M. Pierce, M. Curado, Sioban D. Harlow, and A. Soliman. 2012. "Variation of cervical cancer incidence in Latin America and the Caribbean." Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health, 31(6): 492-498. Abstract.
Crissman, H., R. Adanu, and Sioban D. Harlow. 2012. "Women's Sexual Empowerment and Contraceptive Use in Ghana." Studies in Family Planning, 43(3): 201-212. DOI. Abstract.
Garcia-Perez, H., Sioban D. Harlow, and C. Denman. 2012. "Measuring Urinary Incontinence in a Population of Women in Northern Mexico: Prevalence, Severity and Help-Seeking Behaviors." Journal of Women's Health, 21(4): 54-54.
Garcia-Perez, H., Sioban D. Harlow, C. Sampselle, and C. Denman. 2012. "Measuring urinary incontinence in a population of women in northern Mexico: prevalence and severity." International Urogynecology Journal, Published online 25 October 2012. DOI. Abstract.
Goo, L., and Sioban D. Harlow. 2012. "Intimate partner violence affects skilled attendance at most recent delivery among women in Kenya." Maternal and Child Health Journal, 16(5): 1131-7. DOI. Abstract.
Harlow, Sioban D., M. Gass, Juan Carlos Hallak, R. Lobo, P. Maki, R. Rebar, S. Sherman, P. Sluss, T. de Villiers, and Straw Collaborative Group. 2012. "Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop + 10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging." Menopause, 19(4): 387-95. PMCID: PMC3340903. DOI. Abstract.
Harlow, Sioban D., M. Gass, Juan Carlos Hallak, R. Lobo, P. Maki, R. Rebar, S. Sherman, P. Sluss, T. de Villiers, and Straw Collaborative Group. 2012. "Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop +10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging." Climacteric, 15(2): 105-14. PMCID: PMC3580996. DOI. Abstract.