Sponsoring Investigators

Review the list of WHI Sponsoring Investigators by mentorship areas to identify an investigator with appropriate expertise in your area of interest. Some investigators are currently involved with multiple ancillary studies and/or manuscripts and may be unable to devote time to an additional project. Once you have identified a possible collaborator, consult their institutional profile () for additional information. If that information is missing or not current, try contacting their institution or the WHI Help Desk. Please see the WHI Investigator Categories for guidelines and responsibilities of a Sponsoring PI. For sponsoring investigators, if you would like to be added to the list, please complete the following survey: https://surveyhero.com/c/WHImentor

Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role	Mentorship Areas

Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Garnet Anderson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience Biomarkers: Early Detection Cancer: Breast, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Ovarian, Prevention, Screening, Survivorship Gynecologic Health: Menopausal Hormone Therapy Study Methods: Clinical Trials, Observational Studies, Survival Analysis
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Laura Baker Wake Forest School of Medicine Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Healthy Aging/Resilience Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity, Multi-domain (Nutrition, Exercise, Cognitive Training, Risk Factor Management) Health Disparities/Health Equity: Race/Ethnicity Other Areas: Sleep and Cognition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Daniel Beavers Wake Forest School of Medicine Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience, Independence Biomarkers: Inflammatory/Cytokines, Lipids, Nutrition Cardiovascular Disease: Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Prevention Environmental Risk Factors: Air Pollution, Built Environment, Home Environment Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity Musculoskeletal: Body Composition, Bone Health/Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Osteopenia/Osteoperosis, Sarcopenia Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Study Methods: Clinical Trials, Longitudinal Analysis, Meta-Analysis, Observational Studies, Survival Analysis Other Areas: Statistical Approaches (i.e., Bayesian Methods), Methods for Clinical Trials and Observational Studies, Missing Data, Misclassification
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Jane Cauley University of Pittsburgh Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Independence Lifestyle Musculoskeletal: Body Composition, Bone Health/Fractures, Osteopenia/Osteoperosis, Sarcopenia Other Areas: Sleep
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Carolyn Crandall University of California - Los Angeles Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Gynecologic Health: Menopausal Hormone Therapy Musculoskeletal: Bone Health/Fractures, Osteopenia/Osteoperosis
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Macarius Donneyong The Ohio State University Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Health Disparities/Health Equity: Race/Ethnicity Other Areas: Pharmacoepidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness, Health Services Research
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Charles Eaton Brown University Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Biomarkers: Hormonal, Inflammatory/Cytokines, Lipids, Nutrition Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Prevention Health Disparities/Health Equity: Race/Ethnicity, Rural/Urban Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity, Smoking, Sleep Musculoskeletal: Body Composition, Bone Health/Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Mark Espeland Wake Forest School of Medicine Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Healthy Aging/Resilience Diabetes Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Other Areas: Statistics
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Barbara Howard MedStar Research Institute and Georgetown University Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet Diabetes Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Karen Johnson University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Prevention Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity, Smoking Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Study Methods: Clinical Trials
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Charles Kooperberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Genomics/Proteomics/Metabolomics Study Methods: Statistical Genetics Other Areas: High-Dimensional Statistical Methods
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Andrea LaCroix University of California, San Diego Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience, Independence Biomarkers: Epigenomics, Hormonal, Inflammatory Cytokines, Lipids Cancer: Breast, Colorectal, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Prevention, Screening, Survivorship Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Prevention Gynecologic Health: Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Sexual Dysfunction Lifestyle: Physical Activity, Smoking Musculoskeletal: Bone Health / Fractures, Osteopenia / Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia Study Methods: Clinical Trials, Observational Studies, Survival Analysis Other Areas: longevity, healthy survival
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Mike LaMonte University at Buffalo Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Prevention Diabetes Lifestyle: Physical Activity, Physical Function, Lifestyle Composite Scores Musculoskeletal: Body Composition, Sarcopenia Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Other Areas: Periodontal Disease, Microbiome
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Marian Limacher University of Florida College of Medicine Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Clinical Medicine/Cardiology, Prevention, Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Simin Liu Brown University Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Polypharmacy Biomarkers: Discovery Methodologies, Early Detection, Epigenomics, Genomics, Hormone, Immune/Autoimmune, Inflammatory/Cytokines, Lipids, Nutrition Cancer: Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Prevention, Screening/Early Detection Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, Prevention, Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack Diabetes Environmental Risk Factors: Rural/Urban, Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Heavy Metals Genomics/Proteomics/Metabolomics Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Juhua Luo Indiana University Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Cancer: Breast, Colorectal, Endometrial/Uterine, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Pancreatic, Prevention, Survivorship Diabetes Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity, Smoking Mental/Psychosocial: Depression, Optimism/Pessimism, Social Determinants, Social Support/Social Isolation, Stress Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role JoAnn Manson Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Biomarkers: Hormonal, Inflammatory/Cytokines, Lipids, Nutrition Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology / Risk Prediction, Prevention Diabetes Lifestyle: Physical Activity Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Lisa Martin George Washington University Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Biomarkers: Lipids Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Clinical Medicine/Cardiology, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Hypertension, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Prevention, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Amy Millen University at Buffalo Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Healthy Aging/Resilience Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet Other Areas: Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, etc.
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Michelle Naughton The Ohio State University Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Cancer: Breast, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Survivorship Health Disparities/Health Equity: Race/Ethnicity, Rural/Urban Mental/Psychosocial: Social Determinants, Social Support/Social Isolation Other Areas: Quality of Life/Patient-Reported Outcomes, Sleep, Urinary Incontinence Measurement
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Marian Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Biomarkers: Lipids, Metabolomics, Nutrition Cancer: Breast, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Prevention, Survivorship Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Judith Ockene University of Massachusetts Medical School Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Cardiovascular Disease Health Disparities/Health Equity Lifestyle Mental/Psychosocial Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Ross Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Study Methods: Clinical Trials, Meta-Analysis, Pooling and Dietary Pattern Analysis, Survival Analysis
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Alex Reiner Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Biomarkers: Genomics, Immune/Autoimmune, Inflammatory/Cytokines, Proteomics Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack Genomics/Proteomics/Metabolomics
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Tom Rohan Albert Einstein College of Medicine Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Cancer: Breast, Colorectal, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction Lifestyle: Smoking Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Gloria Sarto University of Wisconsin - Madison Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Health Disparities/Health Equity: Race/ Ethnicity
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Aladdin Shadyab Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Healthy Aging/Resilience, Independence Biomarkers: Early Detection, Epigenomics, Genomics, Proteomics Gynecologic Health: Menarche, Menopause Lifestyle: Physical Activity Musculoskeletal: Osteoarthritis Other Areas: Exceptional longevity, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, cognitive aging
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Michael Simon Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Center Sponsors writing proposals	Mentorship Areas Cancer: Breast, Clinical Medicine/Oncology, Clinical Cancer Genetics, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Survivorship Health Disparities/Health Equity: Race/Ethnicity
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Sylvia Smoller Albert Einstein College of Medicine Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Hypertension, Stroke, CVD risk factors Aging and Cognition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Beverly Snively Wake Forest School of Medicine Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Mental/Psychosocial: Cognitive Function/Dementia, Cognitive Impairment, Psychosocial Comorbidities in Neurological Diseases Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Other Areas: Biostatistics, Genetics, Disease Screening, Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases, Vaccines, Maternal Vaccination
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Marcia Stefanick Stanford University Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience Cancer: Breast, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Ovarian, Prevention, Screening, Survivorship Gynecologic Health: Menopausal Hormone Therapy Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Physical Activity Study Methods: Clinical Trials, Observational Studies, Survival Analysis Health Disparities/Health Equity: Gender/Sex/Sexual Orientation, Race.Ethnicity
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Lesley Tinker Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Biomarkers: Lipids, Nutrition Cardiovascular Disease: Hypertension, Prevention Diabetes Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Other Areas: WHI in General
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Mara Vitolins Wake Forest School of Medicine Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Cancer: Prevention, Survivorship Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience Biomarkers: Early Detection, Genomics, Hormonal, Inflammatory/Cytokines, Lipids, Metabolomics Cancer: Breast, Colorectal, Endometrial/Uterine, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Lung, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prevention, Screening/Early Detection, Survivorship Diabetes Environmental Risk Factors: Air Pollution, Built Environment Genomics/Proteomics/Metabolomics Gynecologic Health: Hysterectomy/Oophorectomy, Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Oral Contraceptives, Pregnancy Health Disparities/Health Equity Lifestyle: Physical Activity, Smoking Musculoskeletal: Body Composition, Bone Health/Fractures, Osteopenia/Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition Study Methods: Clinical Trials, Longitudinal Analysis, Meta-Analysis, Survival Analysis Other Areas: Oral Health, Microbiome
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Robert Wallace University of Iowa Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Aging/Gerontology/Geriatrics: Falls, Healthy Aging/Resilience, Independence, Polypharmacy Cancer: Breast, Colorectal, Endometrial/Uterine, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Lung, Pancreatic, Prevention, Screening/Early Detection, Survivorship Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis/Coronary Heart Disease, Epidemiology/Risk Prediction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Prevention, Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack Lifestyle: Nutrition/Diet, Smoking Mental/Psychosocial: Anxiety, Cognitive Function/Dementia, Depression, Social Determinants, Stress Musculoskeletal: Body Composition, Bone Health/Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Osteopenia/Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcopenia Obesity/Weight Management/Body Composition
Name, Institution, Sponsorship Role Eric Whitsel University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Sponsors writing and study proposals	Mentorship Areas Cardiovascular Disease: Epidemiology/Risk Prediction Environmental Risk Factors: Air Pollution, Built Environment, Geographic Information Systems, Noise Pollution, Rural/Urban Genomics/Proteomics/Metabolomics