Margaret Rita Karagas, PhD
Title(s):
Chair and Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
James W. Squires Professor
Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations:
Director, Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center and Center for Molecular Epidemiology
Department(s):
Epidemiology
Community and Family Medicine
Education:
University of Washington, PhD 1990
Programs:
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
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Contact Information:
Department of Epidemiology
1 Medical Center Drive
7927 Rubin Building
Lebanon NH 03756
Office: 863 Rubin Bldg Lebanon, NH
Phone: 603-653-9010
Fax: 603-653-9093
Email: Margaret.Karagas@dartmouth.edu
Assistant: Evan Vickers
Asst. Phone: 603-650-1918
Asst. Email: Evan.G.Vickers@dartmouth.edu
Professional Interests:
Professor Karagas' research encompasses several epidemiological studies focusing on the etiology and prevention of human cancers over the lifecourse, as well as adverse pregnancy and children's health outcomes. These include investigations to determine incidence rates of basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer for a geographically defined US population, and to assess the extent of any increase over the past 20 years. Another aspect of this research is a case-control study of these malignancies to identify risks associated with emerging exposures such as indoor tanning, ingestion of arsenic-containing drinking water and foods, immunosuppressive therapies and other factors. This research has been extended to bladder cancer. One of her current initiatives involves establishing a cohort of pregnant women in New Hampshire to assess the potential impact of arsenic and other exposures on risk of maternal and child health. Her ongoing work further includes studies of melanoma in women and collaborative investigations of exposure biomarkers, individual susceptibility, and biological response to environmental agents. Professor Karagas is one of the Principal Investigators of a NCI-funded cross-disciplinary postdoctoral training grant, serves as a mentor for early career investigators and participates in a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.
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Racial and geographic variation in effects of maternal education and neighborhood-level measures of socioeconomic status on gestational age at birth: Findings from the ECHO cohorts. Prediction of an outcome using NETwork Clusters (NET-C). Arsenic exposure in relation to apple consumption among infants in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study. Periconceptional and prenatal exposure to metal mixtures in relation to behavioral development at 3 years of age. Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposure and blood pressure in childhood. Assessment of Multipollutant Exposures During Pregnancy Using Silicone Wristbands. Toenails as a biomarker of exposure to arsenic: A review. Private well water testing promotion in pediatric preventive care: A randomized intervention study. Identification of microbial interaction network: zero-inflated latent Ising model based approach. Risk of keratinocyte carcinomas with vitamin D and calcium supplementation: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. |
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