Associate Epidemiologist, Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

beverly.rockhill@channing.harvard.edu

Dr. Rockhill is an Instructor of Medicine at Channing Laboratory. Her recent research has focused on evaluating the accuracy and validity of breast cancer risk prediction models. A goal of this research is to elucidate better ways to estimate and communicate breast cancer risk information to the public and in the clinical setting. She have also recently completed research examining the relationship of physical activity to breast cancer risk, as well as to total mortality risk. Dr. Rockhill serves as a consultant to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's division of cancer control, and she has served as an instructor for the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s Project LEAD.

Selected Publications

Rockhill B, Weinberg CR, Newman B. Population attributable fraction estimation for established breast cancer risk factors: considering the issues of high prevalence and unmodifiability. Am J Epidemiol 1998;147:826-33. [abstract]

Millikan RC, Pittman G, Newman B, Tse CK, Rockhill B, Savitz D, Moorman PG, Bell D. Cigarette smoking, N-acetyl transferase 1 (NAT1) and 2 (NAT2) and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1998;7:371-379.[abstract]

Rockhill B, Moorman PG, Newman B. Age at menarche, time to regular cycling, and breast cancer. Cancer Causes Control 1998;9:447-53. [abstract]

Rockhill B, Willett WC, Hunter DJ, Manson JE, Hankinson SE, Spiegelman D, Colditz GA. Physical activity and breast cancer risk in a cohort of young women. J Natl Cancer Inst 1998;90:1155-60. [abstract]

Rockhill B, Willett WC, Hunter DJ, Manson JE, Hankinson SE, Colditz GA. A prospective study of recreational physical activity and breast cancer risk. Arch Intern Med 1999; 159: 2290-2296.[abstract]

Rockhill B, Colditz GA, Rosner B. Bias in breast cancer analyses due to error in age at menopause. Am J Epidemiol 2000; 151: 404-408.[abstract]

Rockhill B. The privatization of risk. Am J Public Health (in press)