Maria Mori Brooks PhD

Dr. Brooks research has focused on the design, conduct, and analysis of multicenter clinical trials and cohort studies. Most of her work has involved the evaluation of treatments and risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease, diabetes and blood disorders and the epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases and women’s health. Dr. Brooks is the Principal Investigator of the Coordinating Center of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a longitudinal cohort study designed to characterize the physiological and psychosocial changes that occur during the menopausal transition and evaluate their impact on health outcomes in old age.  She is also the Principal Investigator of the Data Coordinating Center for the Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) and the Sickle Cell Disease and Cardiovascular Risk - Red cell Exchange (SCD-CARRE) trials, two randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of transfusion interventions, and the Data Core for the Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Analgesia for Cardiac and Idiopathic Scoliosis Spine Fusion Elective Surgery in Children (PRECISE).