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Section Head
Professor of Community & Family Medicine in Epidemiology
Co-Director, Epidemiology & Chemoprevention
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
University of Washington, PhD 1990
California State University, MS 1983
Newcomb College, BS 1980
Section of Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Dartmouth Medical School
One Medical Center Drive
7927 Rubin Building
Lebanon, NH 03756
Phone: (603) 653-9010
Fax: (603) 653-9093
Email: Margaret.R.Karagas@Dartmouth.EDU
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Institutional & Center Affiliations:
Center for Environmental Health Sciences at Dartmouth
Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth
Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program
Human Epidemiology of Arsenic in New Hampshire
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Cancer Epidemiology and
Chemoprevention Research Program
Professional
Interests: Professor Karagas’ research
includes several epidemiological studies focusing
on the etiologic mechanisms and prevention of human
cancers and other adverse health outcomes. Among
these are investigations to determine the incidence
rates of basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer
and to assess the extent of any increase over the
past 20 years. Another aspect of this research is
a population-based case-control study of these malignancies
designed to quantify the risks associated with emerging
exposures such as tanning lamps, ingestion of arsenic-containing
drinking water, immunosuppressive
therapy and other factors. The research has been
extended to study the effects of arsenic on bladder
cancer and to conduct chemical analyses of household
drinking water supplies. Her work also includes studies
of melanoma among women and collaborative investigations
of markers of individual susceptibility and biological
response to environmental agents.
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