Associate Professor of Epidemiology Brock Christensen has received a new R01 to study biomarkers of bladder cancer. The grant proposes to leverage an existing population-based study of bladder cancer that includes a range of patient age groups, has several years of follow up, includes patient treatment and outcome data, as […]
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Maternal BMI at the start of pregnancy and offspring epigenome-wide DNA methylation
Current Epidemiology postdoc Dr. Lucas Salas and former Epi postdoc Dr. Todd Everson contributed to a Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) consortium paper on associations between maternal adiposity and DNA methylation in newborn offspring. Human Molecular Genetics
Molecular changes with age in normal breast tissue and breast cancer risk
New research from Dr. Brock Christensen’s lab identified CpG sites that demonstrated significant associations with subject age in normal breast tissue. This study suggests that regions in the genome where DNA methylation changes occur with age are particularly sensitive to disruption in cancer. Science Daily Breast Cancer Research
Diane Gilbert-Diamond featured in Dartmouth Medicine Magazine
Epidemiology professor Dr. Diane Gilbert-Diamond is profiled in the Spring issue of the Dartmouth Medicine Magazine. http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring17/html/featured_faculty/
Assistant Professor Megan Romano nominated as a semi-finalist in the CHE Pioneers under 40 webinar series
Department of Epidemiology Assistant Professor Megan Romano is a semi-finalist in the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)’s new Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public Health webinar series. In keeping with CHE’s mission of translating environmental health research and promoting the health of families and communities, these webinars will feature the research […]
Genetic risk for obesity predicts response to food cues
A study led by Dr. Gilbert-Diamond, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, found that children genetically at risk for obesity (using the well-known obesity risk polymorphism FTO rs9939609) had larger nucleus accumbens volumes and showed stronger responses to food commercials in the nucleus accumbens. PNAS
Arsenic in infant rice products exceeds EU maximum levels
A study led by Dr. Antonio Signes-Pastor, a postdoctoral fellow in the Epidemiology Department, found arsenic levels above the European Union maximum level of .1 mg/kg in almost three-quarters of rice-based foods marketed to infants and young children in the EU. The study also found that infants’ urinary As metabolites […]
Postdoctoral Training Opportunities
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow position in genetic and/or epigenetic cancer epidemiology available immediately in the Department of Epidemiology. Read More…
Maternal Arsenic Exposure and Fetal Growth
Dr. Diane Gilbert-Diamond’s research on low-level maternal arsenic exposure and fetal growth was named a 2016 NIEHS Paper of the Year. Read more
DNA Modification in Glioblastoma Tissue and Patient Survival
Dr. Brock Christensen’s lab published new findings on alterations in the glioblastoma genome and patient survival. Read more