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Bernard L. Harlow

Boston University · US
Area of research
Psychiatry and Mental health · Urology
Research interest
Research interests include Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Pelvic floor disorders treatments, and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments.
h-index
62
citations
13,188
works
226
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Published on 3/12/2026 Connor JJ, Johnson-Agbakwu C, Harlow BL, Chaisson N, Brady SS, Rahm-Knigge R, Sheikh Z, Robinson BBE. Dyspareunia and Functioning Among Somali Women Who Have Experienced Female Genital Cutting. J Sex Res. 2026 Mar 12; 1-14. PMID: 41817660.
2026cited by 0position: selected
Published on 9/10/2025 Brady SS, Camenga DR, Coyne-Beasley T, Falke C, Fitzgerald CM, Harlow BL, Kenton K, Klusaritz H, Lewis CE, Rodriguez-Ponciano DP, Rudser KD, Smith AR, Smith AL, Sutcliffe S, Wilson-Powers E, Cunningham SD. Cross-Sectional Associations of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms,
2025cited by 0position: selected
Published on 8/14/2025 Afful E, Barker ES, Issa T, Narcisse S, Pakpahan R, Ghetti C, Harlow BL, Smith AL, Madden T, Lowder JL, Sutcliffe S. Hormonal Contraception Use and Risk of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Conditions: Findings From the Boston Area Community Health Survey. Int Urogynecol J. 202
2025cited by 0position: selected
Published on 7/1/2025 Vaughan CP, Markland AD, McGwin G, Lukacz ES, Brady SS, Lacoursiere YD, Wyman JF, Sutcliffe S, Smith AL, Kenton K, Stapleton A, Brubaker L, Harlow BL. Association of menopausal status and hormone use with bladder health and lower urinary tract symptoms in US women: results from
2025cited by 0position: selected
Published on 4/8/2025 Cozier YC, Castro-Webb N, Bertrand KA, Ndama M, Chai TC, Harlow BL, Kandadai P, Sheehy S, Rosenberg L. Gestational and Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Urinary Incontinence in Black Women in the U.S. Uro (Basel). 2025 Jun; 5(2). PMID: 42181037.
2025cited by 0position: selected
Published on 2/17/2025 Harlow BL, Mühlrad H, Yan J, Lu D, Bohm-Starke N. The Association Between Urological Conditions Across the Life Course and Provoked Vulvodynia. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Jul; 34(7):918-923. PMID: 39957362.
2025cited by 0position: selected
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in US Women: Contemporary Prevalence Estimates from the RISE FOR HEALTH Study
The Journal of Urology 2024cited by 19position: middledoi
Bladder health in US women: population-based estimates from the RISE FOR HEALTH study
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024cited by 5position: middledoi
Published on 11/1/2024 Singareddy C, Shrestha S, Zheng A, Harlow BL, Barrington-Trimis JL, Harlow AF. Prospective Association of Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety with Pornography Viewing Frequency Among Young Adults. Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Feb; 54(2):749-759. PMID: 39485607.
2024cited by 0position: selected
Published on 10/30/2024 Walsh CA, Euler E, Do LA, Zheng A, Eckel SP, Harlow BL, Leventhal AM, Barrington-Trimis JL, Harlow AF. Cannabis use and sleep problems among young adults by mental health status: A prospective cohort study. Addiction. 2025 Apr; 120(4):688-696. PMID: 39476498.
2024cited by 0position: selected
Published on 9/3/2024 Harlow BL, Mühlrad H, Yan J, Linnros E, Lu D, Fox MP, Bohm-Starke N. Psychiatric morbidity across the life course and provoked vulvodynia: is it dependent upon the presence of non-stress-related immune dysfunction? J Sex Med. 2024 Sep 03; 21(9):800-806. PMID: 39034042.
2024cited by 0position: selected
Premenstrual Disorders, Timing of Menopause, and Severity of Vasomotor Symptoms
JAMA Network Open 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
The Association Between Immune-Related Conditions Across the Life-Course and Provoked Vulvodynia
Journal of Pain 2023cited by 12position: firstdoi
RISE FOR HEALTH: Rationale and protocol for a prospective cohort study of bladder health in women
Neurourology and Urodynamics 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
Validation of bladder health scales and function indices for women’s research
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2022cited by 21position: middledoi
Need for Public Health Messaging Related to Bladder Health from Adolescence to Advanced Age
Journal of Women s Health 2022cited by 13position: middledoi
Toileting behaviors and lower urinary tract symptoms: A cross-sectional study of diverse women in the United States
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances 2021cited by 21position: middledoi
Care Seeking for Chronic Vulvar Pain Among a Large, Population-Based Sample of Reproductive-Aged Women
Journal of Women s Health 2021cited by 9position: middledoi
Development of Conceptual Models to Guide Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy: Synthesizing Traditional and Contemporary Paradigms
Health Promotion Practice 2020cited by 68position: middledoi
Characteristics of the vaginal microbiome in women with and without clinically confirmed vulvodynia
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020cited by 30position: lastdoi
School Toileting Environment, Bullying, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in a Population of Adolescent and Young Adult Girls: Preventing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Consortium Analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Urology 2020cited by 21position: middledoi
Applying concepts of life course theory and life course epidemiology to the study of bladder health and lower urinary tract symptoms among girls and women
Neurourology and Urodynamics 2020cited by 19position: middledoi
Association between a history of depression and anti-müllerian hormone among late-reproductive aged women: the Harvard study of moods and cycles
Women s Midlife Health 2020cited by 14position: lastdoi
The Spectrum of Bladder Health: The Relationship Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Interference with Activities
Journal of Women s Health 2019cited by 20position: middledoi
The association of vulvar pain and urological urgency and frequency: findings from a community-based case–control study
International Urogynecology Journal 2019cited by 19position: lastdoi
Early-life Chronic Stressors, Rumination, and the Onset of Vulvodynia
The Journal of Sexual Medicine 2019cited by 17position: lastdoi
The Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium: A Transdisciplinary Approach Toward Promoting Bladder Health and Preventing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women Across the Life Course
Journal of Women s Health 2018cited by 88position: firstdoi
Web-Delivered Multimedia Training Materials for the Self-Collection of Dried Blood Spots: A Formative Project
JMIR Formative Research 2018cited by 25position: lastdoi
A longitudinal study of neurotrophic, oxidative, and inflammatory markers in first-onset depression in midlife women
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2017cited by 45position: middledoi
Recurrent Yeast Infections and Vulvodynia: Can We Believe Associations Based on Self-Reported Data?
Journal of Women s Health 2017cited by 35position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Diane K. Newman · Hollister (United States)5 papers (2018–2022)Siobhan Sutcliffe · Washington University in St. Louis4 papers (2018–2022)Ariana L. Smith · University of New Mexico4 papers (2020–2022)Sonya S. Brady · University of Illinois Chicago4 papers (2019–2022)Lisa Kane Low · University of Michigan3 papers (2020–2021)Mary H. Palmer · University of San Diego3 papers (2018–2021)Leslie Rickey · Yale University3 papers (2018–2022)Alayne D. Markland · University of Colorado Denver3 papers (2020–2022)Linda Brubaker · Washington University in St. Louis3 papers (2018–2022)Jean F. Wyman · University of Minnesota, Twin Cities2 papers (2021–2022)Gerald McGwin · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2020–2022)Matthew P. Fox · Boston University2 papers (2017–2023)Sheila Gahagan · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile2 papers (2020–2020)Jeni Hebert‐Beirne · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2020–2021)David A. Shoham · East Tennessee State University2 papers (2020–2020)Colleen M. Fitzgerald · Loyola University Medical Center2 papers (2020–2020)Samantha E. Parker · Boston University2 papers (2017–2020)D. Yvette LaCoursiere · University of California System2 papers (2020–2021)Elizabeth R. Mueller · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center2 papers (2018–2022)Kathryn L. Burgio · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2018–2021)