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Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School,
and Chief of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
View Dr. Manson's presentation from the Summit.
JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., is chief of the division of preventive medicine, as well as co-director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is also the Elizabeth F. Brigham Professor of Women's Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
The focus of Dr. Manson's research has been women's health, particularly the role of lifestyle factors, diet, antioxidant and other micronutrient supplementation, and hormone replacement therapy as predictors of cardiovascular disease in women. She has studied the role of moderate-intensity exercise as compared with vigorous exercise in the prevention of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and breast cancer in women. She is one of the lead investigators on several women's health studies, including the Women's Health Initiative, the Nurses' Health Study, the Women's Antioxidant and Cardiovascular Study, and the Women's Health Study.
Among various honors, Dr. Manson has been named one of ten "Heroes in Women's Health" by American Health for Women magazine, one of the top ten "Champions of Women's Health" by Ladies Home Journal, and one of Boston's "Top Docs for Women" by Boston Magazine. She has published more than 400 articles and is the editor-in-chief of the textbook, Prevention of Myocardial Infarction. She is also author of The 30-Minute Fitness Solution: A Four-Step Plan for Women of All Ages.
Dr. Manson received her B.A. from Harvard University, her M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and an M.P.H. and DrPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is board certified in both internal medicine and the subspecialty of endocrinology and metabolism.