Bernard L. Harlow, Ph.D.
Mayo Professor & Division Head, EpiCH
Ph.D., University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, 1987
MPH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1977
B.S., University of Rhode Island, 1975
Teaches:
PubH 6348 Grant Writing
PubH 8377 Seminar Class
Research Interests:
Clinical and population-based reproductive epidemiology, the epidemiology of reproductive cancers, data collection methods, and influence of psychiatric disorders on reproductive function.
Member: University of Minnesota Cancer Center
(http://www.cancer.umn.edu/)
>>> Research Projects
Recent Publications:
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Harlow BL, Vitonis AF, Stewart EG. The influence of oral contraceptive use on risk of adult-onset vulvodynia. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2008;53(2):102-110.
Harlow BL, Abenhaim HA, Vitonis AF, Harnack L. The influence of dietary oxalates on the risk of adult-onset vulvodynia. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2008;53(3):171-178.
Huyck KL, Panhuysen CIM, Cuenco KT, Zhang J, Goldhammer H, Jones ES, Somasundaram P, Lynch AM, Harlow BL, Lee H, Stewart EA, Morton CC. The impact of race as a risk factor for symptom severity and age at diagnosis of uterine leiomyomata among affected sisters. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:168.e1-168.e9.
Prizment AE, Anderson KE, Harlow BL, Folsom AR: Reproductive risk factors for incident bladder cancer: Iowa Women’s Health Study. Int J Cancer 2007;120:1093-1098.
Phillips GS, Wise LA, Harlow BL. A prospective analysis of alcohol consumption and onset of perimenopause. Maturias 2007;56:263-272.
Harlow BL, Vitonis AF, Sparen P, Cnattingius S, Joffe H, Hultman CM. Incidence of hospitalization for postpartum psychotic and bipolar episodes in women with and without prior prepregnancy or prenatal psychotic hospitalizations. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007;64:42-48.
Otto M. W., Teachman B. A, Cohen L. S., Soares C. N., Vitonis A. F., & Harlow B. L. Dysfunctional attitudes and episodes of major depression: Predictive validity and temporal stability in never-depressed, depressed, and recovered women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2007;116:475-483.
Joffe H, Kim DR, Foris JM, Baldassano CF, Gyulai L, Hwang CH, McLaughlin WL, Sachs GS, Thase ME, Harlow BL, Cohen LS. Menstrual dysfunction prior to onset of psychiatric illness is reported more commonly by women with bipolar disorder than by women with unipolar depression and healthy controls. J Clin Psychiatry, 2006;67(2):297-304.
Bachmann GA, Rosen R, Pinn VW, Utian WH, Ayers C, Basson R, Binik YM, Brown
C, Foster DC, Gibbons JM Jr, Goldstein I, Graziottin A, Haefner HK, HarlowBL, Spadt SK. Leiblum SR, Masheb RM, Reed BD, Sobel JD, Veasley C, Wesselmann U, Witkin SS. Vulvodynia: a state-of-the-art consensus on definitions, diagnosis and management. Consensus Development Conference. Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2006;51(6):447-56.
Thurston RC, Joffe H, Soares CN, Harlow BL. Physical activity and risk of vasomotor symptoms in women with and without a history of depression: Results from the Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. Menopause, 2006;13(4):553-560.
Lambert-Messerlian GM, Harlow BL. The influence of depression, body mass index and smoking on serum inhibin B levels in late reproductive aged women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91:1496-1500.
Cohen LS, Altshuler LL, Harlow BL, Nonacs R, Newport DJ, Viguera A, Suri R, Burt V, Hendrick V, Reminick A, Loughead A, Vitonis AF, Stowe ZN. Relapse of major depression during pregnancy in women who maintain or discontinue antidepressant treatment: A prospective study. JAMA, 2006;295:499-507.
Rich-Edwards JW, Kleinman K, Abrams A, Harlow BL, McLaughlin TJ, Joffe H, Gillman MW. Sociodemographic predictors of antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among women in a medical group practice J Epi Comm Health, 2006;60:221-227.
Cohen LS, Soares CN, Vitonis AF, Otto MW, Harlow BL. Risk for New Onset of Depression During the Menopausal Transition. The Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006;63:385-390.
Abenhaim H, Harlow BL. Live births and cesarean sections and the development of menstrual abnormalities. Int J Obstet Gynecol, 2006;92:111-116.
Lee S. Cohen, MD; Claudio N. Soares, MD, PhD; Allison F. Vitonis, BA; Michael W. Otto, PhD; Bernard L. Harlow, PhD. Risk for New Onset of Depression During the Menopausal Transition. The Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006;63:385-390.
Rich-Edwards JW, Kleinman K, Abrams A, Harlow BL, McLaughlin TJ, Joffe H, Gillman MW. Sociodemographic predictors of antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among women in a medical group practice J Epi Comm Health, 2006;60:221-227.
Cohen LS, Altshuler LL, Harlow BL, Nonacs R, Newport DJ, Viguera A, Suri R, Burt V, Hendrick V, Reminick A, Loughead A, Vitonis AF, Stowe ZN. Relapse of major depression during pregnancy in women who maintain or discontinue antidepressant treatment: A prospective study. JAMA, 2006;295:499-507.
Lambert-Messerlian GM, Harlow BL. The influence of depression, body mass index and smoking on serum inhibin B levels in late reproductive aged women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91:1496-1500.
Thurston RC, Joffe H, Soares CN, Harlow BL. Physical activity and risk of vasomotor symptoms in women with and without a history of depression: Results from the Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. Menopause, 2006;13(4):553-560.
Phillips GS, Wise LA, Harlow BL. A prospective analysis of alcohol consumption and onset of perimenopause. Maturias 2006, doi: 10.1016/jmaturitas.2006.08.008
Harlow BL, Stewart EG. Adult-onset vulvodynia in relation to childhood violence victimization. Am J Epidemiol. 2005;161:871-880.
Allsworth JE, Zierler S, Lapane KL, Krieger N, Hogan JW, Harlow BL. Longitudinal study of the inception of perimenopause in relation to lifetime history of sexual or physical violence. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2004;58(11):938-43.
Wise LA, Palmer JR, Harlow BL, Spiegelman D, Stewart EA, Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L. Risk of uterine leiomyomata in relation to tobacco, alcohol and caffeine consumption in the Black Women's Health Study. Hum Reprod. 2004;19(8):1746-54.
Rayworth BB, Wise LA, Harlow BL. Childhood abuse and risk of eating disorders in women. Epidemiology. 2004;15(3):271-8.
Nichols HB, Harlow BL. Childhood abuse and risk of smoking onset. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2004;58(5):402-6.
Harlow BL, Cohen LS, Otto MW, Spiegelman D, Cramer DW. Early life menstrual characteristics and pregnancy experiences among women with and without major depression: the Harvard study of moods and cycles. J Affect Disord. 2004;79(1-3):167-76.
Wise LA, Palmer JR, Harlow BL, Spiegelman D, Stewart EA, Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L. Reproductive factors, hormonal contraception, and risk of uterine leiomyomata in African-American women: a prospective study. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;159(2):113-23.
Joffe H, Cohen LS, Harlow BL. Impact of oral contraceptive pill use on premenstrual mood: predictors of improvement and deterioration. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003;189(6):1523-30.
Gale S, Harlow BL. Postpartum mood disorders: a review of clinical and epidemiological factors. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2003;24(4):257-66.
Harlow BL, Stewart EG. A population-based assessment of chronic unexplained vulvar pain: have we underestimated the prevalence of vulvodynia? J Am Med Womens Assoc. 2003;58(2):82-8.
Harlow BL, Wise LA, Otto MW, Soares CN, Cohen LS. Depression and its influence on reproductive endocrine and menstrual cycle markers associated with perimenopause: the Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003;60(1):29-36.
Wise LA, Krieger N, Zierler S, Harlow BL. Lifetime socioeconomic position in relation to onset of perimenopause. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002;56(11):851-60.
Jain T, Harlow BL, Hornstein MD. Insurance coverage and outcomes of in vitro fertilization. N Engl J Med. 2002;347(9):661-6.
Cohen LS, Soares CN, Otto MW, Sweeney BH, Liberman RF, Harlow BL. Prevalence and predictors of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in older premenopausal women. The Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. J Affect Disord. 2002;70(2):125-32.
Harlow BL, Missmer SA, Cramer DW, Barbieri RL. Does tubal sterilization influence the subsequent risk of menorrhagia or dysmenorrhea? Fertil Steril. 2002;77(4):754-60.
Stewart EA, Faur AV, Wise LA, Reilly RJ, Harlow BL. Predictors of subsequent surgery for uterine leiomyomata after abdominal myomectomy. Obstet Gynecol. 2002;99(3):426-32.
Harlow BL, Cohen LS, Otto MW, Liberman RF, Spiegelman D, Cramer DW. Demographic, family, and occupational characteristics associated with major depression: the Harvard study of moods and cycles. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2002;105(3):209-17.
Hughes SA, Sun D, Gibson C, Bellerose B, Rushing L, Chen H, Harlow BL, Genest DR, Sheets EE, Crum CP. Managing atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS): human papillomavirus testing, ASCUS subtyping,or follow-up cytology? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;186(3):396-403.
Cramer DW, Barbieri RL, Fraer AR, Harlow BL. Determinants of early follicular phase gonadotrophin and estradiol concentrations in women of late reproductive age. Hum Reprod. 2002;17(1):221-7. |
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Professional Experience:
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2005-present, Mayo Professor of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005-Present, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1999-2005, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1996-2005, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1989-1996, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1987-1989, Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1987-2005, Clinical Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
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