Dr. Rebecca Thurston
Associate Dean for Women’s Health Research, Pittsburgh Foundation Chair of Women’s Health and Dementia, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, and Director of the Center for Women’s Biobehavioral Health, University of Pittsburgh,
About Dr. Rebecca Thurston
Dr. Thurston is Associate Dean for Women’s Health Research, Pittsburgh Foundation Chair of Women’s Health and Dementia, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, and Director of the Center for Women’s Biobehavioral Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Thurston is an expert in menopause, its symptoms, and women’s health. She is a Principal Investigator of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation, a major longitudinal cohort study of menopause, of the MsHeart/MsBrain studies on the implications of menopausal symptoms for cardiovascular and brain health, and of the MenoBrain study of the brain changes of perimenopause. She is also a recipient of the Wellcome Leap Care award to advance the science of menopause and Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Thurston is also a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in the care of menopausal women.
She has authored more than 250 publications. Her work is featured in media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, and CNN. Dr. Thurston is past President of The Menopause Society, a fellow of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and a recipient of the International Menopause Society’s Henry Burger Award for excellence in menopause science.