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Jasmine McDonald is an Associate Professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. She focuses on the underlying biological mechanisms related to disease etiology, particularly in the realm of molecular epidemiology. Her substantive expertise lies in breast cancer etiology and prevention, with a keen interest in developing strategies to mitigate breast cancer risk throughout a woman's life course. Given the high incidence of breast cancer globally, her work aims to elucidate early life exposures and their impact on pubertal development and susceptibility to breast cancer. McDonald's multidisciplinary training in infectious diseases and cancer epidemiology provides her with a unique perspective on these complexities. Her research encompasses four primary areas: the impact of early life microbial exposures on development, the biological mechanisms behind breast cancer susceptibility, the identification of preventive risk factors, and the engagement of minority populations in cancer research.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)