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Stressors and Cardio-Metabolic Disease in Police: A 12-year Longitudinal Study

As a follow-up to the 2003-2009 Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress Study, this project will examine how job stress affects police officers over time and detail specific causes of stress.

Title: Stressors and Cardio-Metabolic Disease in Police: A 12-year Longitudinal Study

Principal Investigator: John Violanti, PhD

Co-investigator: Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD

Funding Agency: National Institute Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Period: 09/01/15 - 08/31/19

Abstract: This study will assess police stress over a period of twelve years by examining physiological and psychological measures of stress and evaluating associations of these measures with cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

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ean 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.

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.