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Ganmaa Davaasambuu, PhD, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Epidemiologist, Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Ganmaa Davaasambuu is an associate professor at Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Department of Nutrition at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women Hospital, Boston, MA. She is a member of Advisory Committee, the Nutrition and Global Health Concentration Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Capstone faculty advisor for Global Clinical Scholars Research Training, Harvard Medical School. Her educational background includes a medical degree at National Medical University of Mongolia, followed by a residency in neurology jointly offered through National Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Mongolia. She was awarded Japanese government scholarship and obtained her doctor of philosophy in medical sciences at Yamanashi Medical University in Japan. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health and was selected as Radcliffe Fellow 2017 at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Her research focus is on nutrients, including vitamin D, and infectious disease and bioactive substance in food and hormone-dependent cancers. To date, Prof. Ganmaa has authored peer-reviewed publications and provided graduate training to over 70 graduate students and 27 pre-doctoral students. Prof. Ganmaa serves in numerous societies, organizations and is a member of the editorial board for Contemporary Clinical Trial Contemporary Clinical Trial and Frontiers in Immunology, Inflammation section.

Influence of vitamin D supplementation on muscle strength and exercise capacity in Mongolian schoolchildren: a randomised controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Hemmings S, Jolliffe DA, Buyanjargal U, Garmaa G, Adiya U, Tumurbaatar T, Dorjnamjil K, Tserenkhuu E, Erdenenbaatar S, Tsendjav E, Enkhamgalan N, Achtai CE, Talhaasuren Y, Byambasuren T, Ganbaatar E, Purevdorj E, Martineau AR.
medRxiv
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Vitamin D supplements for fracture prevention in schoolchildren in Mongolia: analysis of secondary outcomes from a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Khudyakov P, Buyanjargal U, Tserenkhuu E, Erdenenbaatar S, Achtai CE, Yansanjav N, Delgererekh B, Ankhbat M, Tsendjav E, Ochirbat B, Jargalsaikhan B, Enkhmaa D, Martineau AR.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol
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Maternal vitamin D intakes during pregnancy and child health outcome.
Authors: Authors: Nasantogtokh E, Ganmaa D, Altantuya S, Amgalan B, Enkhmaa D.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol
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Latent TB Infection, Vitamin D Status and COVID-19 Severity in Mongolian Patients.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Chinbayar T, Khudaykov P, Nasantogtoh E, Ariunbuyan S, Enkhtsetseg T, Sarangua G, Chan A, Tserendagva D.
Nutrients
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Influence of vitamin D supplementation on fracture risk, bone mineral density and bone biochemistry in Mongolian schoolchildren: multicenter double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Khudyakov P, Buyanjargal U, Tserenkhuu E, Erdenenbaatar S, Achtai CE, Yansan N, Delgererekh B, Ankhbat M, Tsendjav E, Ochirbat B, Jargalsaikhan B, Davaasambuu E, Martineau AR.
medRxiv
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Influence of Vitamin D Supplementation on Growth, Body Composition, and Pubertal Development Among School-aged Children in an Area With a High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Bromage S, Khudyakov P, Erdenenbaatar S, Delgererekh B, Martineau AR.
JAMA Pediatr
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Changes in Vascular Function from Preconception to Postpartum Among Mongolian Women.
Authors: Authors: Enkhmaa D, Ganmaa D, Tanz LJ, Rich-Edwards JW, Stuart JJ, Enkhtur S, Gantsetseg G, Batkhishig B, Fitzmaurice G, Bayalag M, Nasantogtokh E, Bairey Merz CN, Shufelt CL.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
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Assessing the quality of tuberculosis care using routine surveillance data: a process evaluation employing the Zero TB Indicator Framework in Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Saranjav A, Parisi C, Zhou X, Dorjnamjil K, Samdan T, Erdenebaatar S, Chuluun A, Dalkh T, Ganbaatar G, Brooks MB, Spiegelman D, Ganmaa D, Davis JL.
BMJ Open
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Vitamin D, respiratory infections, and chronic disease: Review of meta-analyses and randomized clinical trials.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Enkhmaa D, Nasantogtokh E, Sukhbaatar S, Tumur-Ochir KE, Manson JE.
J Intern Med
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Prevalence and Determinants of Vitamin D Deficiency in 9595 Mongolian Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Authors: Authors: Bater J, Bromage S, Jambal T, Tsendjav E, Lkhagvasuren E, Jutmann Y, Martineau AR, Ganmaa D.
Nutrients
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