Stacey Missmer, Sc.D.
Scientific Director
Stacey Missmer, ScD
Dr. Stacey Missmer grew up in Macungie, Pennsylvania and earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from Lehigh University. She went on to train at Harvard University as a reproductive epidemiologist and specializes in long-term studies that follow participants over many years, collecting health information and biological samples to advance scientific knowledge and wellness.
Since 1998, Dr. Missmer has led groundbreaking research in endometriosis and pelvic pain, publishing more than 400 peer-reviewed articles on women’s health. Her work was the first to identify risk factors for endometriosis—including exposures before birth, childhood body size, and diet—and revealed that individuals with endometriosis are at higher risk for certain immune and heart-related diseases.
Dr. Missmer is a co-founder of the Boston Center for Endometriosis, where she created and leads the Women’s Health Study: from Adolescence to Adulthood (A2A) with our wonderful team. She is also the senior endometriosis investigator for the Nurses’ Health Studies, Principal Investigator of the international WERF “EPHect” project, and helped establish the INSPIRE pelvic pain research team at Michigan Medicine.
At the University of Michigan, Dr. Missmer is Professor and Associate Chair for Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School and a Lecturer in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Her leadership roles include past President of the World Endometriosis Society, Chair of the Endometriosis Special Interest Group for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and currently Secretary of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation Board and inaugural Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Reproductive Health.
Outside of her professional life, Dr. Missmer enjoys living in west Michigan with her husband and their dog, Luna. They cherish time with their daughter when she’s home from graduate school and with their son during college breaks.
Amy DiVasta, M.D., M.M.Sc.
Associate Director (BCH)
Amy DiVasta, MD, MMSc
Amy DiVasta went to Wellesley College with a BA in Psychobiology, and then completed medical school at Tufts University. After a few years on the West Coast for pediatric residency at Stanford, Dr. DiVasta returned to New England for an Adolescent Medicine Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital…and never left! She is Chief of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and she focuses her clinical work on the health and wellbeing of adolescent girls. Following her nationally funded research on skeletal health in adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa, Dr. DiVasta has expanded her clinical studies to investigate new treatments for endometriosis. Dr. DiVasta’s particular expertise for the Women’s Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood is leading patient protections and designing studies to test new treatments. Outside of work, Dr. DiVasta enjoys running, reading, traveling, and being a mom to her 3 kids.
Kathryn Terry, Sc.D.
Associate Scientific Director (BWH)
Kathryn Terry, ScD
Dr. Kathryn Terry, an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology and Associate Epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, became interested in epidemiology while working in the clinical trials department at Memorial Sloan-Kettering after college. During her doctoral training at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, she straddled the fields of reproductive and cancer epidemiology in her work on genetic variation in hormone receptors and ovarian cancer risk. After graduating in 2005, she pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where she worked with Dr. Stacey Missmer on projects evaluating dietary factors in relation to risk of uterine leiomyoma in addition to her work with other faculty on risk of hormonal factors in relation to reproductive cancers. Dr. Terry has received several foundation grants to evaluate risk factors, genetic variants, and tissue markers in relation to ovarian cancer risk and prognosis. Most recently, she received a four year grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a model for personalized screening for ovarian cancer that leverages personal characteristics and genetic variants to optimize the most promising biomarkers to date. Dr. Terry is active in international collaborative efforts and serves as the chair of the Epidemiology Working Group for the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. In addition, Dr. Terry in a co-investigator on the COMPARE-UF national fibroids registry and teaches a course on reproductive epidemiology and at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is thrilled to serve as the co-scientific director of the Boston Center for Endometriosis where she will assist in oversight of operations at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and contribute scientifically to ongoing and new projects. Her expertise in genetic epidemiology and experience in tissue markers will be an asset to the development of future projects at the Boston Center for Endometriosis. When she’s not working, she likes to run, travel, and spend time with her family.
Michael Rogers, Ph.D.
Associate Scientific Director (BCH)
Michael S. Rogers, PhD
Mike grew up in Minnesota and then went to Brigham Young University where he earned a B.S with University Honors in Molecular Biology. After earning his Ph.D. at the Mayo Clinic, he began postdoctoral training with Dr. Robert D’Amato at Boston Children’s Hospital where he also received significant support and mentoring from Dr. Judah Folkman. At BCH, his early work focused on the characterization of thalidomide analogs with increased activity in multiple myeloma. Two of the molecules identified in this work are now the drugs Actimid and Revlimid; both have strong activity in multiple myeloma. Dr. Rogers has risen through the ranks, being promoted first to Instructor and then Assistant Professor. His major ongoing areas of research all relate to the role of angiogenesis and VEGF in disease pathology, including cancer, corneal neovascularization, and endometriosis. His current endometriosis research focuses on understanding the cause of endometriosis-associated pain and identifying new targets for endometriosis drugs. Outside of his work, Mike enjoys spending time cooking with his wife and their four children.
Cameron Fraer, B.S.N.
Project Coordinator
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Cameron Fraer, BSN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Email: cfraer@bwh.harvard.edu | Phone: 617-732-4242
Cam Fraer has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Utah. She has over 30 years of epidemiologic research experience, serving as Project Manager for several research studies conducted within the Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Ms. Fraer oversees the study research assistants, and the day-to-day operations of the Women’s Health Study: from Adolescence to Adulthood Biorepository. She is a skilled study coordinator given her decades of experience, ensuring procedural consistency, participant support, and valid data collection. Outside of the office, she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and three teenage grandchildren.
Jenny Sadler Gallagher, M.P.H.
Project Coordinator
Boston Children’s Hospital
Jenny Sadler Gallagher, MPH
Boston Children’s Hospital
Email: jenny.sadler@childrens.harvard.edu | Phone: 617-355-7959
Jenny Sadler Gallagher graduated from Bates College in 2007 with a BA in psychology and earned her Master of Public Health degree at the University of New England in 2015. She joined Boston Children’s Hospital in 2011 working with Dr. Amy DiVasta on studies of skeletal health in adolescents. As the Project Coordinator at Boston Children’s Hospital, Ms. Gallagher works closely with the research assistants and the investigators to oversee the research. She also works on the human subjects protection and financial management of the Boston Center for Endometriosis. Outside of work, Jenny enjoys open water swimming, triathlons, and reading.
Allison Vitonis, Sc.M.
Data and Laboratory Manager
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Allison Vitonis, ScM
Allison Vitonis joined the Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center (ObEpi) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a teenager, working just a few hours each week. She has played a key role in numerous research studies over the years, eventually taking on leadership positions, including completing her master’s thesis at Harvard University, which examined the relationship between physical activity and endometriosis. Ms. Vitonis has collaborated closely with Drs. Stacey Missmer and Kathryn Terry for over two decades and now serves as the Data and Biorepository Manager for the Women’s Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood and as Director of Statistical Programming for ObEpi. Her work focuses on designing research questionnaires and data collection systems, managing and maintaining study databases, and overseeing sample selection for laboratory research. Outside the office, Ms. Vitonis enjoys spending time with her family, gardening, reading, and traveling.
Kathy Hasselblatt, B.A.
Laboratory Manager
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Kathy Hasselblatt, B.A.
Kathy joined the Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center (ObEpi) at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in April of 2025. She brings over 30 years of laboratory research experience as a lab manager for the Dept. of Og/Gyn including two other divisions, Gynecologic Oncology and CIRS (Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery). She maintains and organizes all biorepository samples in the laboratory and is responsible for processing samples collected from research participants.
Mary DePari, B.A.
Programmer
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Mary DePari, B.A.
Mary DePari joined the Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1996 as a research assistant. She has worked on a wide range of epidemiologic research studies involving women’s health issues ranging from ovarian cancer to mental health in women approaching menopause. She was an integral part of the original team that started the Boston Center for Endometriosis and is currently a data programmer for the Women’s Health Study: from Adolescence to Adulthood, among other ongoing research being conducted at the Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Outside of work, Mary enjoys spending time with her family. She is an avid swimmer and enjoys being outside running or cycling.
Ashley Laliberte, M.P.H.
Biostatistician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ashley Laliberte, M.P.H.
Ashley graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2020 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and went on to earn her Master of Public Health at Boston University in 2022. While completing her MPH, she found a love for quantitative data that led her to her current biostatistician position here at the Boston Center for Endometriosis. Working for the Women’s Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood, Ashley is responsible for statistical programming and data management and analysis. She is very excited to work with such a talented team and looks forward to learning and growing as a researcher. Outside of work, Ashley enjoys reading, traveling, and seeing her favorite bands in concert.
Esther Kim, B.S.
Research Assistant
Boston Children’s Hospital
Esther Kim, B.S.
Email: Sinah.Kim@childrens.harvard.edu
Esther joined our team in 2021. She is a 2013 graduate of Syracuse University and started her career in television media. Her experience in the communications field was predominantly focused on healthcare and biotech industries. As a research assistant for the Women’s Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood, Esther is responsible for working with adolescent and adult women enrolled in the study, processing biological samples, and answering any questions that participants and their families may have. Outside of work, she loves to cycle, travel, read, and enjoys classical music and jazz.
Lily Mai, B.A.
Research Assistant
Boston Children’s Hospital
Lily Mai, B.A.
Lily graduated from Harvard University in 2025 with a B.A. in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She also completed a Global Health and Health Policy secondary, where she found a special interest in women’s and reproductive health. As a research assistant for the Women’s Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood, Lily works with adolescent and adult women enrolled in the study, processes biological samples, and answers any questions that participants and their families may have. Outside of work, Lily enjoys baking, hiking with friends, and writing movie reviews.