Professional Bio
Loren Lipworth, ScD, is a Research Professor of Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Her research focuses on identifying lifestyle, environmental and genetic risk factors for chronic diseases, in particular cancer, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and neurocognitive outcomes, that may contribute to racial/ethnic, socioeconomic and other health disparities.
Dr. Lipworth's research utilizes both large-scale population-based cohorts and electronic health record databases. Specific areas of current research include endometrial cancer, kidney cancer and breast cancer; heart failure and abdominal aortic aneurysm; chemical, physical and built environment risk factors for cancer; and health outcomes related to occupational radiation exposure.
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Education
ScD - Epidemiology - Harvard University, 1996
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Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
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777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307