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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.

Milk consumption and the prepubertal somatotropic axis.
Authors: Authors: Rich-Edwards JW, Ganmaa D, Pollak MN, Nakamoto EK, Kleinman K, Tserendolgor U, Willett WC, Frazier AL.
Nutr J
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Commercial cows' milk has uterotrophic activity on the uteri of young ovariectomized rats and immature rats.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Tezuka H, Enkhmaa D, Hoshi K, Sato A.
Int J Cancer
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Testing potential effect of environmental endocrine disruptors in cow milk on reproductive index in female rats.
Authors: Authors: Li XM, Ganmaa D, Qin LQ, Sato A.
Biomed Environ Sci
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The possible role of female sex hormones in milk from pregnant cows in the development of breast, ovarian and corpus uteri cancers.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Sato A.
Med Hypotheses
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A two-generation reproduction study to assess the effects of cows' milk on reproductive development in male and female rats.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Qin LQ, Wang PY, Tezuka H, Teramoto S, Sato A.
Fertil Steril
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Low-fat milk promotes the development of 7,12-dimethylbenz(A)anthracene (DMBA)-induced mammary tumors in rats.
Authors: Authors: Qin LQ, Xu JY, Wang PY, Ganmaa D, Li J, Wang J, Kaneko T, Hoshi K, Shirai T, Sato A.
Int J Cancer
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The development of diabetes mellitus in Wistar rats kept on a high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet for long periods.
Authors: Authors: Wang Y, Wang PY, Qin LQ, Davaasambuu G, Kaneko T, Xu J, Murata S, Katoh R, Sato A.
Endocrine
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[The effects of estrogen-like products in milk on prostate and testes].
Authors: Authors: Li XM, Ganmaa D, Qin LQ, Liu XF, Sato A.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue
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The experience of Japan as a clue to the etiology of testicular and prostatic cancers.
Authors: Authors: Ganmaa D, Li XM, Qin LQ, Wang PY, Takeda M, Sato A.
Med Hypotheses
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The experience of Japan as a clue to the etiology of breast and ovarian cancers: relationship between death from both malignancies and dietary practices.
Authors: Authors: Li XM, Ganmaa D, Sato A.
Med Hypotheses
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