Robert A. Wild, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H 

• Adj Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Adj Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
2410 WP 920 SLYoung, blvd.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

Tel: (405) 271-1075
Fax: (405) 271-1956

E-mail: Robert-Wild@ouhsc.edu

Research Interests and Scholarly Expertise

Evidence-Based Medicine
Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Reproductive Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Epidemiology/PCOS & the Metabolic Syndrome
Women’s Health

Current Research:

• The Dallas Heart Study – A longitudinal Cohort study of heart disease and risk factors in Urban African Americans emphasis on PCOS & the Metabolic Syndrome
• Dried Plum Reverses Bones Loss in Postmenopausal Women- A RCT assessing bone density effects of this natural food vs. placebo
• Environmental Factors and Congenital Hearing Loss – A risk factors analysis in Pregnant women assessing lifestyle factors as they relate to newborn hearing
• Maternal Lifestyle and Infant Outcomes – Assessment of Maternal Lifestyle factors and the effects on the first two years of life
• Complement Activating Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis- Cohort follow up of Lupus patients assessing risk factors for thrombotic events

Education and Training

BA- Augustana
M.D. University of Missouri
Residency Obstetrics/Gynecology Boston Hospital for Women
Harvard Medical School
Fellowship Reproductive Endocrinology University of Tennessee
PhD- Clinical Epidemiology University of Oklahoma
MPH-University of Oklahoma

National and International Committees and Review (of 22)

Office of Women’s Health Research NIH
NICHD, NHLBI, NCI
North American Menopause Society
Society for Gynecologic Investigation
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Heart Association
National Lipid Association

Recent Publications (from 164)

Zhang Y, Howard BV, Cowan LD, Welty TK, Schaefer CF, Wild RA, Yeh J, Lee ET. Associations of postmenopausal hormone therapy with markers of hemostasis and inflammation and lipid profiles in diabetic and non-diabetic American Indian women: The Strong Heart Study. Journal of Women's Health 2004 13(2): 155-163

Zhang Y. Lee ET. Cowan LD. North KE. Wild RA. Howard BV. Hysterectomy prevalence and cardiovascular disease risk factors in American Indian women. Maturitas.52 (3-4):328-36,2005Nov-Dec. UI: 15982837

Wild RA, Vesely S, Beebe L, Owen W, Whitsett T Ferriman Gallwey self-scoring I : Performance assessment In women with polycystic ovary syndrome  J Clin Endocrinal Metab 2005;90:4112-14

Wild RA Green Tea or Weight loss in Women with the Polycystic Ovary
Syndrome Journal of the Society for Gynecological Investigation January 2006

Wild RA Understanding the effects of SERMs on cardiovascular disease    
          American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 194 (5) 211-2112, May 2006

Lafluer L, Wernli B, Allen, P, Wild RA Acanthosis Nigricans Skin and Aging   
          November 2006

Lorenz, L, Wild RA Polycystic ovarian syndrome:  an evidence-based approach to evaluation and management of diabetes and cardiovascular risks for today’s clinician Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology March 2007

Wild, R.A. Introduction/Magnitude/Challenge in Surgical vs. Natural Menopause:            Separating Fact from Fiction Menopause May/June 2007

Haney R, Wild RA Options for hormone replacement in women who have had a hysterectomy Surgical vs. Natural Menopause Separating Fact From Fiction Menopause May/June 2007.