Faculty Bio

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Faculty

Administration

Jane A. Cauley, DrPH

Professor
Department of Epidemiology
A524 Crabtree Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-624-0218
E-mail: JCauley@edc.pitt.edu






Research Interests

• Epidemiology of Osteoporotic Fractures and Falls
• Epidemiology of Aging, including Women's health issues, and heart disease
• Epidemiology of Sex Hormones and Their Relationship to Chronic Disease
• Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
• Inflammation, Vitamin D and Fractures/ Osteoporosis
• Ethnic/Racial Differences in Fracture

Research Support

Principal Investigator


• Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) (1986- present) NIAMS
• Osteoporotic Fractures In Men, (MrOS) (1999- present) NIAMS
• Postmenopausal Evaluation and Risk-reduction with Lasofoxifene (PEARL) (2001-09) Pfizer
• Safety and Efficacy of Zoledronic Acid in Osteoporosis, (HORIZON) (2002-09) Novartis
• Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men (MrOS Sleep) (2003-present) NHLBI
• Health Decline in Aged Caregivers: An Epidemiological Study (2005-10) Boston University
• Estradiol, Cytokines & Bone Turnover- Effects on Fracture (2005-08) NIAMS
• Changes in Sleep and Cognition in Older Women (SOF Sleep) (2006-2011) Cal Pac Med Center
• Biochemical Antecedents of Fracture in Minority Women (2007-09) NHLBI
• Hip Strength Across the Menopausal Transition (SWAN Hip) (2007-12) NIA
• Pitt-MCRC for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Inflammation of Aging: Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Hormones & Fracture in Older Men (2007-12) NIAMS

Co-Principal Investigator


• Bone Strength Phenotypes in Men: Genes and Environment (2004-09) NIAMS
• Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) (2004-09) NIAMS
• Hormone Therapy, Estrogen Metabolism and Risk of Breast Cancer or Hip Fracture in the WHI Hormone Trial (2007-09) NHLBI
• Peripheral Nerve Function Decline in an Aged Cohort (2007-11) NIA
• National Children’s Study (2007-12) NICHD

Education & Training

• Boston College - B.S.N. Nursing, 1975
• University of Pittsburgh - M.P.H. Epidemiology/Public Health Nursing, 1980
• University of Pittsburgh - Dr.P.H. Epidemiology, 1983

Selected Publications

Cauley JA, Lui LY, Stone KL, Hillier TA, Hochberg M, Beck TJ, Ensrud KE. Longitudinal study of changes in hip bone mineral density in Caucasian and African-American women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(2):183-9.

Cauley JA, Lui LY, Ensrud KE, Zmuda JM, Stone KL, Hochberg MC, Cummings SR. Bone mineral density and the risk of incident nonspinal fractures in black and white women. JAMA. 2005; 293(17);2102-8.

Cauley JA, Fullman RL, Stone KL, Zmuda JM, Bauer DC, Barrett-Connor E, Ensrud K, Lau EM, Orwoll ES; MrOS Research Group. Factors associated with lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density in older men. Osteoporos Int. 2005;16(12):1525-37.

Cauley JA, McTiernan A, Rodabough RJ, LaCroix A, Bauer DC, Margolis KL, Paskett ED, Vitolins MZ, Furberg CD, Chlebowski RT; The Women’s Health Initiative Research Group. Statin use and breast cancer: Prospective Results from the Women’s Health Initiative. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006; 98(10):700-7.

Cauley JA. Osteoporosis in men: prevalence and investigation. Clin Cornerstone. 2006;8 Suppl 3:S20-5. Review.

Cauley JA, Song, J, Dowsett SA, Mershon JL, Cummings SR. Risk factors for breast cancer in older women: the relative contribution of bone mineral density and other established risk factors. Breast Cancer Res and Treat 2007 102:181-88.

Cauley JA, Danielson ME, Boudreau RM, Forrest, KYZ, Zmuda JM, Pahor M, Tylavsky FA, Cummings SR, Harris TB, Newman AB for the Health ABC Study. Inflammatory Markers and Incident Fracture Risk in Older Men and Women. J Bone Miner Res. 2007 Jul;22(7):1088-95.

Cauley JA, Wu L, Wampler NS, Barnhart JM, Allison M, Chen Z, Jackson R, Robbins J. Clinical risk factors for fractures in multiethnic women: The Women’s Health Initiative. J Bone Miner Res. 2007 Nov;22(11):1816-26.

Cauley JA, Hocherg MC, Lui, LY, Palermo L, Ensrud KE, Hillier TA, Nevitt MC, Cummings SR. Long term risk of incident vertebral fracture. JAMA 2007;298(23)2761-67.

Cauley JA, Palermo L, Vogt M, Ensrud KE, Ewing S, Hochberg M, Nevitt MC, Black DM. Prevalent Vertebral Fractures in Black Women and White Women. J Bone Miner Res. 2008 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print].

Cauley JA, Ensrud KE. Considering competing risks…not all black and white. Arch Intern Med 2008; 168(8):793-94.