William G. Christen, ScD, OD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
wchristen@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
I am an epidemiologist with more than 30 years of experience studying the epidemiology of chronic disease, with a particular emphasis on eye disease. I serve or have served as Principal Investigator of investigator-initiated grants from the National Eye Institute to examine cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), dry eye, and glaucoma in our on-going or completed randomized trials and large cohort studies.
PhD: University of Miami
OD: New England College of Optometry
MS: Harvard School of Public Health
ScD: Harvard School of Public Health
- Christen WG, Manson JE, Glynn RJ, Gaziano JM, Chew EY, Buring JE, Hennekens CH. Beta-carotene and age-related maculopathy in a randomized trial of U.S. physicians. Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:333-339. PMCID: PMC1821351
- Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Chew EY, Buring JB. Low-dose aspirin and medical record confirmed age-related macular degeneration in a randomized trial of women. Ophthalmology 2009;116:2386-2392. PMCID: PMC2787838
- Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Chew EY, Albert CM, MansonJE. Folic Acid, Pyridoxine, and Cyanocobalamin Treatment Combination and Age-related Macular Degeneration in Women. The Women’s Antioxidant and Folic Acid Cardiovascular Study. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:335-341. PMCID: PMC2648137
- Christen WG. Chew EY. Does long-term aspirin use increase the risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration? Expert Opin Drug Saf 2014;13:421-429. PMID: 24547895
- Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Manson JE, Macfadyen J, Bubes V, Schvartz M, Buring JE, Sesso HD, Gaziano JM. Effects of multivitamin supplement on cataract and age related macular degeneration in a randomized trial of male physicians. Ophthalmology 2014;121:525-534. PMCID: PMC3946650