Dr. Leslie V. Farland, ScD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona.
She has training in biology (AB; University of Chicago) and reproductive epidemiology (MSc, ScD; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health). Prior to joining the faculty, she was an Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School and in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and served as the Director of Epidemiologic Research at the Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Awards
- Outstanding Research Award 2021
- Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Winter 2021
- 2021 Tucson 40 Under 40 Award
- Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Arizona Daily Star, Fall 2021
- ASRM Scientific Program Prize Paper Finalist
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Fall 2021 (Award Finalist)
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Fall 2018 (Award Finalist)
- Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Prize Paper
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine / Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Fall 2021
- Best Scientific Poster
- 14th World Congress on Endometriosis, Spring 2021
- NIH Loan Repayment Award
- NICHD NIH, Fall 2020
- Kenneth Rothman Early-Career Researcher Travel Award
- Society for Epidemiologic Research, Summer 2019
- Junior Ambassador
- World Endometriosis Society, Fall 2018
- Loan Repayment Award
- National Institutes of Health, (NICHD), Summer 2018
Dr. Leslie Farland studies the link between gynecological & cardiovascular health and what it means for women with endometriosis. Her research shows how women with endometriosis may be more susceptible to heart attack and stroke. Her research program focuses broadly on women’s health and can be categorized into three major themes: i) the intersection between women’s reproductive health and chronic disease risk, ii) etiology and risk factors for endometriosis, infertility, and polycystic ovary syndrome, iii) disparities in access to infertility care and fertility treatment utilization.