Caitlin G Howe, PhD
Title(s)
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor (University of Southern California)
Department(s)
Epidemiology
Education
Columbia University (PhD), 2016
Pomona College (BA), 2009
Programs
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
Contact Information
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03766
Email: Caitlin.G.Howe@Dartmouth.edu
Professional Interests
Dr. Howe’s research investigates how environmental and epigenetic factors shape health with a focus on the developmental origins of disease. Her research applies novel methods for evaluating how complex mixtures of contaminants, especially metals, impact early growth and cardiometabolic health. She also uses bioinformatic approaches to assess how exposures in utero and early childhood affect the epigenome and transcriptome, and in turn children’s health. Through this work, Dr. Howe aims to identify preventive strategies that improve long-term health, including interventions that reduce toxicant exposures and protect against their effects.
Grant Information
Metal Impacts on miRNAs in Human Milk and Contributions to Early Childhood Growth (NIEHS)
Developing a Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Trial to Test a Table-Top Water Pitcher to Reduce Arsenic Exposure in Northern New England (NIGMS)
Courses Taught
Foundations in Epidemiology I (QBS130/BIOL049)
Biography
Professor Howe received her BA in 2009 from Pomona College, with a major in Biology and a minor in Spanish. After graduating, she worked at Fox Chase Cancer Center in an ovarian cancer research lab. She subsequently pursued a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. After receiving her PhD in 2016, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California. In 2020, she was appointed to the faculty at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Dietary guidelines adherence and pregnancy exposure to 10 classes of priority chemicals: an observational study in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort. Central auditory tests reveal deficits in HIV treatment. Maternal History of Weight Loss and Prospective Gestational Weight Gain. Optimizing protocols for microRNA profiling of infant and toddler stool. Prenatal exposure to essential and toxic elements in relation to infant growth trajectories. Association of deep learning-derived histologic features of placental chorionic villi with maternal and infant characteristics in the New Hampshire birth cohort study. Maternal Diet Quality in Pregnancy and Human Milk Extracellular Vesicle and Particle microRNA. Public Water Arsenic and Birth Outcomes in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort. Blood Pressure and Late Pregnancy Circulating miRNAs in the MADRES Study. Maternal Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pregnancy and Offspring Blood Pressure at Age 2 to 18 Years. |
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