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Harvard Epidemiologist Seeks Postdoc in Epigenetics
By Trevor | December 11, 2006
Dr. Karin Michels, an associate professor of Harvard Medical School and clinical epidemiologist of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for her lab in Boston, MA.
- A postdoctoral position will be available at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, to study gene imprinting and methylation starting in February or March 2007. The focus of our research is to identify environmental factors that predict loss of imprinting. A birth cohort is available to study epigenetic variation in newborns. We also examine imprinting pattern in human breast cancer. Candidates with strong background in molecular biology and epigenetics are encouraged to apply. Experience in human genome research and transcriptional gene regulation is particularly desirable.
- Her research ranges from early intrauterine nutrition of the fetus, breastfeeding and early life and adolescent diet to the role of adult diet on chronic disease risk, in particular, breast and other cancers. As diet is difficult to assess, Dr. Michels is studying the degree of measurement error associated with the different diet assessment methods. She is developing improved methods to analyze dietary data in epidemiologic studies. Dr. Michels is the Principal Investigator of a research grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore methods in nutritional epidemiology in the Nurses’ Health Study.
Dr. Michels is also exploring the role of intrauterine and early life exposures in chronic diseases in adult life. Numerous studies have indicated that events in vitro may affect the risk of chronic disease in the offspring later in life. Dr. Michels is using several databases around the world to study this challenging hypothesis in more detail.
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