Women's Health Initiative Memory Study of Older Women (WHI-ECHO)

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Title: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study-Epidemiology of Cognitive Health Outcomes (WHIMS-ECHO) In Older Women

Principal Investigator: Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD

Funding Agency: Wake Forest University Health Sciences / NIH

Period: 08/01/08 - 12/31/10

Abstract: This study continued to follow participants enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) by conducting cognitive assessment by telephone.

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Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.