Elizabeth V. Lawler, DSc, MPH
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Epidemiology
Boston University School of Public Health
Associate Epidemiologist
VA Medical Center
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Biography
Since joining the Division of Aging at Boston's VA Medical Center in 2007, Dr. Lawler's research has focused on the epidemiology of aging, chronic disease epidemiology, and pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety in the elderly. She works primarily with data from the Veterans Health Administration, in addition to longitudinal cohorts such as the Normative Aging Study and the Physicians' Health Study. Dr. Lawler's ongoing projects include investigations of drug safety in the elderly, genes and aging, and veterans' health.