L. Adrienne Cupples (born Laura Adrienne Sherrill; 1944/1945 – January 13, 2022) was a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the

Boston University School of Public Health Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1976, the School offers master's- and doctoral-level programs in public health. It is located in the heart of Boston University's Me ...

Early life and education

Cupples was born to Rev. Shirley Sherrill and his wife, Mary Lea Sherrill. She studied history and American studies at Raymond College, part of the

University of the Pacific (United States) University of the Pacific (Pacific or UOP) is a private Methodist-affiliated university with its main campus in Stockton, California, and graduate campuses in San Francisco and Sacramento. It claims to be California's first university, the first ...

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before earning a masters and doctorate in statistics from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

Academic career

Cupples worked as a researcher on the

Framingham Heart Study The Framingham Heart Study is a long-term, ongoing cardiovascular cohort study of residents of the city of Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948 with 5,209 adult subjects from Framingham, and is now on its third generation of participa ...

for over 35 years, eventually becoming the Co-Principal Investigator and a highly-cited researchers according to

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* 1940s births 2022 deaths American women epidemiologists American epidemiologists American biostatisticians Boston University School of Public Health faculty Date of birth missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing University of the Pacific (United States) alumni Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences alumni {{academic-bio-stub