MARLENE B. GOLDMAN

Dr. Goldman is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Previously, she was an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard where she taught epidemiologic principles and methods and developed a program in reproductive epidemiology. Trained as a chronic disease epidemiologist, she has thirty years of experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of epidemiologic studies. Her research interests include the influence of environmental, occupational, and lifestyle factors on reproduction and the health consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation.

Goldman designed and co-edited Women and Health, a 100-chapter epidemiology textbook on women’s health published by Academic Press.  The book won the 1999 Award of Excellence in Medical Science from the Association of American Publishers.  As an active member of ACE, she has been on the Program Planning Committee for the last two years and is a member of the Continuing Education Committee as well as the Board of Directors.  From 1996 to 1999 she was an Epidemiology Section Councilor and is currently a Governing Councilor for the Epidemiology Section of APHA.  Goldman is an associate editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology and a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.