Journal of Fertilization: In Vitro - IVF-Worldwide, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics & Stem Cell Biol
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Stacey A. Missmer

Biography

Dr.Stacey Missmer grew up in Macungie, Pennsylvania and received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Lehigh University. Dr. Missmer is a Harvard University trained reproductive epidemiologist with expertise in creating and maintaining studies that enroll participants and continue to work with them for scientific discovery across many years. Since 1998, she has led endometriosis and pelvic pain investigations, publishing more than 150 peer-reviewed high impact papers focused on women’s health. Dr. Missmer is Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School; Associate Scientist in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital; and Associate Professor in Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation and of the Endometriosis Special Interest Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and co-founded the “EPHect” endometriosis international harmonization project. Dr. Missmer applies these decades of experience to developing, establishing, and overseeing all aspects of the Women’s Health Study: from Adolescence to Adulthood.

Research Interest

 Endometrosis

Gynecologic cancers

Chronic diseases

Cancer Epidemiology

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