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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.

Prevalence and Determinants of QuantiFERON-Diagnosed Tuberculosis Infection in 9810 Mongolian Schoolchildren.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Khudyakov P, Buyanjargal U, Jargalsaikhan B, Baigal D, Munkhjargal O, Yansan N, Bolormaa S, Lkhagvasuren E, Sempos CT, Bromage S, Wu Z, Ochirbat B, Gunchin B, Martineau AR.
Clin Infect Dis
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis infection among household contacts in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Gurjav U, Ankhbat M, Ganbaatar G, Batjarga K, Ochirbat B, Baigal D, Jargalsaikhan B, Munkhjargal O, Bolormaa S, Yansanjav N, Luvsanyandan N, Dorj G, Dambaa N, Bromage S, Ganmaa D.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Risk factors for active tuberculosis in 938 QuantiFERON-positive schoolchildren in Mongolia: a community-based cross-sectional study.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Khudyakov P, Buyanjargal U, Baigal D, Baatar M, Enkhamgalan N, Erdenebaatar S, Ochirbat B, Burneebaatar B, Purevdorj E, Purevsuren Y, Garmaa G, Ganbaatar E, Martineau AR.
BMC Infect Dis
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Adjunctive vitamin D in tuberculosis treatment: meta-analysis of individual participant data.
Authors: Authors: Jolliffe DA, Ganmaa D, Wejse C, Raqib R, Haq MA, Salahuddin N, Daley PK, Ralph AP, Ziegler TR, Martineau AR.
Eur Respir J
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Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Industrial Food Fortification in Mongolia and Harbin.
Authors: Authors: Bromage S, Gonchigsumlaa E, Traeger M, Magsar B, Wang Q, Bater J, Li H, Ganmaa D.
Nutrients
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Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: individual participant data meta-analysis.
Authors: Authors: Martineau AR, Jolliffe DA, Greenberg L, Aloia JF, Bergman P, Dubnov-Raz G, Esposito S, Ganmaa D, Ginde AA, Goodall EC, Grant CC, Janssens W, Jensen ME, Kerley CP, Laaksi I, Manaseki-Holland S, Mauger D, Murdoch DR, Neale R, Rees JR, Simpson S, Stelmach I, Trilok Kumar G, Urashima M, Camargo CA, Griffiths CJ, Hooper RL.
Health Technol Assess
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Randomized trial of three doses of vitamin D to reduce deficiency in pregnant Mongolian women.
Authors: Authors: Enkhmaa D, Tanz L, Ganmaa D, Enkhtur S, Oyun-Erdene B, Stuart J, Chen G, Carr A, Seely EW, Fitzmaurice G, Buyandelger Y, Sarantsetseg B, Gantsetseg G, Rich-Edwards J.
EBioMedicine
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Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation and Seasonality on Circulating Cytokines in Adolescents: Analysis of Data From a Feasibility Trial in Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Yegorov S, Bromage S, Boldbaatar N, Ganmaa D.
Front Nutr
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Bronze Age population dynamics and the rise of dairy pastoralism on the eastern Eurasian steppe.
Authors: Authors: Jeong C, Wilkin S, Amgalantugs T, Bouwman AS, Taylor WTT, Hagan RW, Bromage S, Tsolmon S, Trachsel C, Grossmann J, Littleton J, Makarewicz CA, Krigbaum J, Burri M, Scott A, Davaasambuu G, Wright J, Irmer F, Myagmar E, Boivin N, Robbeets M, Rühli FJ, Krause J, Frohlich B, Hendy J, Warinner C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Comparison of Methods for Estimating Dietary Food and Nutrient Intakes and Intake Densities from Household Consumption and Expenditure Data in Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Bromage S, Rosner B, Rich-Edwards JW, Ganmaa D, Tsolmon S, Tserendejid Z, Odbayar TO, Traeger M, Fawzi WW.
Nutrients
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