Penelope Howards
Assoc Professor
Associate Professor
Faculty, Epidemiology
I received my PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. I describe myself as a reproductive epidemiologist with methodologic interests. My most recent research has focused on fertility and other women's health issues in cancer survivors, women with lupus, and women with sickle cell disease. I enjoy exploring how to address sources of bias that arise in applied studies. In addition, I am interested in how to teach epidemiologic concepts. I teach Advanced Epidemiology Methods II (EPI 545) and have organized several symposium on teaching epidemiology at annual meetings of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. I previously served as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Epidemiology PhD Program and continue to be interested in mentoring students.
Contact Information
Rollins School of Publich Health ,
Atlanta , GA 30322
1518 Clifton Rd., NE, CNR 3029
Phone: 404-727-8499
Fax: 404-727-8737
Email: penelope.howards@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Reproductive Health
Education
- PhD 2004, University of North Carolina
- MS 1994, Pennsylvania State University
- AB 1990, Dartmouth College
Courses Taught
- EPI 545: Advanced EPI Methods II
- EPI 798R: Pre-candidacy Research
Publications
- Howards PP, 2018, An Overview of Confounding. Part 1: The Concept and How to Address It, Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 97, 394-399
- Howards PP, 2018, An Overview of Confounding. Part 2: How to Identify It and Special Situations, Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 97, 400-406
- Hartnett KP, Mertens AC, Kramer MR, Lash TL, Spencer JB, Ward KC, Howards PP, 2018, Pregnancy After Cancer: Does Timing of Conception Affect Infant Health?, Cancer, 124, 4401-4407
- Shandley LM, Spencer JB, Fothergill A, Mertens AC, Manatunga A, Paplomata E, Howards PP, 2017, Impact of Tamoxifen Therapy on Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors, Fertility and Sterility , 107, 243-252
- Jacobson MH, Mertens AC, Spencer JB, Manatunga AK, Howards PP. , 2016, Menses Resumption After Cancer Treatment-Induced Amenorrhea Occurs Early or Not at All, Fertility and Sterility , 105, 765-772
- Howards PP, Johnson CY, Honein MA, Flanders WD. , 2015, Adjusting for Bias Due to Incomplete Case Ascertainment in Case Control Studies of Birth Defects, Amer J Epidemiol, ,
- Chin HB, Howards PP, Kramer MR, Mertens AC, Spencer JB. , 2015, Racial Disparities in Seeking Care for Help Getting Pregnant. , Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology , 29, 416-25
- Johnson CY, Flanders WD, Strickland MJ, Honein MA, Howards PP, 2014, Potential Sensitivity of Bias Analysis Results to Incorrect Assumptions of Nondifferential or Differential Binary Exposure Misclassification, Epideiology, ,
- Howards PP, Schisterman EF, Poole C, Kaufman JS, Weinberg CR, 2012, "Toward a Clearer Definition of Confounding" Revisited With Directed Acyclic Graphs, Am J Epid, 176, 506-511