Penelope Howards

Penelope Howards is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. She holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Her research focuses on reproductive epidemiology, with particular emphasis on fertility issues among cancer survivors, lupus patients, and women with sickle cell disease. She also investigates methodological challenges in addressing bias in applied studies and teaches Advanced Epidemiology Methods II (EPI 545).

Education: PhD in Epidemiology from UNC-Chapel Hill (200?), MS from Pennsylvania State University, AB from Dartmouth College. Previously served as Director of Graduate Studies for the Epidemiology PhD Program.

Key research areas include:

• Reproductive health disparities
• Women's health in chronic disease populations
• Bias mitigation in observational studies
• Educational innovations in epidemiology training

Recent work includes studies on ovarian reserve in Black women with sickle cell disease, environmental exposures affecting fertility, and unplanned pregnancies among cancer survivors. Active in professional societies including the Society for Epidemiologic Research, where she organized teaching symposia.