Rate My Professor Andrea Lacroix

Since joining UCSD around 2013, she has directed the Women's Health Center of Excellence, launched in December 2013, and led major initiatives such as the Data Coordinating Center for the Menopause Strategies: Finding Lasting Answers for Symptoms and Health (MsFLASH) network, which conducted clinical trials testing interventions for menopause symptoms, and the Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health (OPACH) study. As a clinical trialist, she served as Seattle Principal Investigator for the Fracture Intervention Trial and the PEARL Trial. Dr. LaCroix is the author of approximately 300 publications, including "Muscular Strength and Mortality in Women Aged 63 to 99 Years" (JAMA Network Open, 2026), "Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases in Women With Vasomotor Symptoms" (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2025), "Epigenetic Clocks of Biological Aging and Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia" (Aging Cell, 2026), and numerous contributions from the Women's Health Initiative studies. She received the McDougall Mentoring Award in 2010 for postdoctoral fellow development and has served on the National Advisory Council on Aging, the Clinical Trials Advisory Panel, and chaired the BCA-B Study Section for the National Institute on Aging. Her work has advanced epidemiologic studies, health services, and preventive interventions enhancing public health for women across the lifespan.