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The TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health

The TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health - Project Staff

Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, Director
Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield is professor of women's studies and health education. She has devoted her career to the study and teaching of women's health issues. She is currently principal investigator of a three-year NIH grant to prepare a web-accessible archive of the entire TREMIN data set from 1934 to the present. She is on the board of directors of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.

Patricia Koch, Assistant Director
Patricia Barthalow Koch is Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Women's Studies. She specializes in research and teaching in women's health and human sexuality. She is also a Fellow in The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

George P. Vogler, Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Director, Center for Developmental and Health Genetics
George P. Vogler is Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Director of the Center for Developmental and Health Genetics in the College of Health and Human Development. He is a genetic epidemiologist with a focus on complex age-related traits with an interest in intergenerational aspects of the Tremin project.

Susannah Barsom, Advisor and Instructor, Department of Biobehavioral Health
Susannah Barsom is a biological anthropologist who has participated in several reproductive health research studies, including the BiMORA Project, Ovarian Function in Rural Bangladeshi Women, and Pregnancy-Related Sickness in Rural Bangladesh. She has conducted NSF-funded reproductive ecological research in South America, studying seasonal patterns of fertility among the Añú, an indigenous Venezuelan population. Dr. Barsom has considerable experience in reproductive endocrinological laboratory work and is currently an active collaborator on the TREMIN data collection team. She is an investigator on an NIH-funded grant to prepare a web-accessible TREMIN data archive.

Mona Ostrowski, Data Manager
Mona Ostrowski works in the PRI computer core and is the data manager on an NIH-funded grant to prepare a web-accessible TREMIN data archive. Her areas of interest include epidemiology and public health, and managing large-scale data sets.

Jeanne Spicer, Data Manager
Jeanne Spicer is Manager of Programming Services in the PRI Computer Core. Her areas of interest include survey data collection & data management.

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