Marcia Stefanick, Ph.D, Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center, SPRC) and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine.
About Marcia Stefanick, Ph.D.
Marcia Stefanick is a professor of medicine at Stanford Prevention Research Center and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Stefanick’s research, which has been widely disseminated nationally and internationally, has emphasized the role of lifestyle—especially exercise, diet, weight control, and menopausal hormone therapy—on chronic disease prevention, particularly heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and more recently, dementia. Her primary academic interests include sex/gender differences in and the influence of sex hormones on human physiology and disease, menopause, and health promotion over the life course, including healthy aging. She offers courses on these subjects at Stanford, where she plays major leadership roles in the Women’s Health at Stanford program, the Cardiovascular Institute’s Women’s Heart Health Program, and the Cancer Prevention and Control Program of the Stanford Cancer Center.
Answered Questions
Marcia Stefanick: On Estrogen and the Brain
Is the hormone estrogen good or bad for the brain?
Marcia Stefanick: The Question of Cancer Prevention Through Diet
It's clear that just cutting out fat doesn't prevent breast or colon cancer.
Marcia Stefanick: Continue Hormone Replacement Therapy?
When women should consider stopping combination therapy or estrogen alone.
