| Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller | |
| Birth Name: | Sylvia Maria Wassertheil |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Epidemiology |
| Workplaces: | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Alma Mater: | Syracuse University New York University |
| Thesis Title: | Human Information Processing in Logical Problem Solving |
| Thesis Url: | https://search.proquest.com/docview/302504610 |
| Thesis Year: | 1969 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Mark S. Mayzner |
| Spouse: | [1] |
| Children: | Jordan Smoller |
Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller (born 1932) is an American epidemiologist and Distinguished University Professor Emerita in the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she first joined the faculty in 1969. She also serves as Dorothy and William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Chair in Social Medicine Emerita at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as a principal investigator of their Women's Health Initiative, and as co-principal investigator for their site in the Hispanic Community Health Study.[2] [3] [4] She is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the American Heart Association.[5]