Patricia Coogan

Patricia Coogan is Senior Epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology Center and a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. She is a co-investigator for the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS), a prospective study at the Slone Epidemiology Center.

Education

 * Boston University, DSc Epidemiology
 * Boston University, MPH Environmental Health
 * University of Cincinnati, BA Urban Studies

Career
Her research interests focus on “environmental influences on health outcomes including cancer, obesity, and physical activity.

Coogan has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health including one to study air pollution and risk of incident hypertension and diabetes in African American women. It is a five year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Another is a three year study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study the incidence of asthma in African American women.