Anne
R. Cappola, M.D. Sc.M.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director of Research Programs for FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women
Division
of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
718 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Phone: (215) 573-5359
Fax: (215) 573-5325
E-mail: acappola@cceb.med.upenn.edu
Education
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Degree: A.B. in Biochemistry
Medical: University of Pennsylvania
Degree: M.D.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Degree: Sc.M. in Clinical Epidemiology
Residency
Brigham
and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Fellowship:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
Board Certification:
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Biography
Anne
R. Cappola, M.D., Sc.M. is an Assistant Professor
of Medicine and Epidemiology and a Senior Scholar
at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cappola received
her A.B. in Biochemistry at Harvard University and
her M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. She was
a resident in Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and a fellow in Endocrinology at the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston and at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore. She has also completed a Master
of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and a fellowship
in the Epidemiology of Aging at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Cappola was
an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland
from 2001-2002, joining the Penn faculty in 2003.
Dr. Cappola’s research focuses on the hormonal
alterations that occur with aging and the clinical
impact of these changes, particularly in older women.
Her work on the roles of hormonal and inflammatory
markers in disability and frailty suggests that IGF-1
and IL-6 may be important joint targets for treatments
to prevent or minimize disability associated with
aging. Ongoing projects include analyses of the relationship
between levels of androgens and muscle loss in older
women; of the combined effects of endocrine, inflammatory,
and nutritional factors as risk factors for the frailty
syndrome; and of the association between thyroid dysfunction
and cardiovascular disease in older men and women.
