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Ganmaa Davaasambuu, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine (on leave), Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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.

Vitamin D deficiency in reproductive age Mongolian women: a cross sectional study.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Holick MF, Rich-Edwards JW, Frazier LA, Davaalkham D, Ninjin B, Janes C, Hoover RN, Troisi R.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol
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The role of hormones in the differences in the incidence of breast cancer between Mongolia and the United Kingdom.
Authors: Authors: Troisi R, Ganmaa D, dos Santos Silva I, Davaalkham D, Rosenberg PS, Rich-Edwards J, Frasier L, Houghton L, Janes C, Stanczyk F, Hoover RN.
PLoS One
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A comparison of migrants to, and women born in, urban Mongolia: demographic, reproductive, anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Rich-Edwards JW, Frazier LA, Davaalkham D, Oyunbileg G, Janes C, Potischman N, Hoover R, Troisi R.
Int Health
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Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation and risk of acute respiratory infection in Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Camargo CA, Ganmaa D, Frazier AL, Kirchberg FF, Stuart JJ, Kleinman K, Sumberzul N, Rich-Edwards JW.
Pediatrics
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Vitamin D, tuberculin skin test conversion, and latent tuberculosis in Mongolian school-age children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled feasibility trial.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Giovannucci E, Bloom BR, Fawzi W, Burr W, Batbaatar D, Sumberzul N, Holick MF, Willett WC.
Am J Clin Nutr
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Breast cancer incidence in Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Troisi R, Altantsetseg D, Davaasambuu G, Rich-Edwards J, Davaalkham D, Tretli S, Hoover RN, Frazier AL.
Cancer Causes Control
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Milk, dairy intake and risk of endometrial cancer: a 26-year follow-up.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Cui X, Feskanich D, Hankinson SE, Willett WC.
Int J Cancer
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Randomized trial of fortified milk and supplements to raise 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in schoolchildren in Mongolia.
Authors: Authors: Rich-Edwards JW, Ganmaa D, Kleinman K, Sumberzul N, Holick MF, Lkhagvasuren T, Dulguun B, Burke A, Frazier AL.
Am J Clin Nutr
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Coffee, tea, caffeine and risk of breast cancer: a 22-year follow-up.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Willett WC, Li TY, Feskanich D, van Dam RM, Lopez-Garcia E, Hunter DJ, Holmes MD.
Int J Cancer
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Effects of vitamin D fortified milk on vitamin D status in Mongolian school age children.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Tserendolgor U, Frazier L, Nakamoto E, Jargalsaikhan N, Rich-Edwards J.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
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