Suzan Carmichael
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor (Research), Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
- Member, Child Health Research Institute
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 736-0735
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- F. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award, Teratology Society (2005)
- Public Health Citation, Public Health Service, DHHS (1997)
- Warren Winkelstein Epidemiology Award, U.C., Berkeley (1996)
- Regents Fellowship and Kaiser Fellowship, U.C., Berkeley (1994-95)
- A.J. Bryan Scholarship, Kaiser Fellowship, U.C., Berkeley (1993-94)
- Lechner Fellowship, Texas A&M University (1984-88)
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Our research focuses on epidemiologic studies related to maternal and child health. Current projects address congenital anomalies of craniofacial, urogenital, musculoskeletal and central nervous system structures and exposures related to nutrition, stress, environmental contaminants, and genes. Physiologic pathways encompassed by these studies include one-carbon metabolism, oxidative stress, HPA axis activation, and sex steroid metabolism. In particular, we are interested in discovering how exposures from these pathways, including genetic susceptibility, may interact to impact risks of these outcomes.
Publications
- Diacylglycerol kinase K variants impact hypospadias in a California study population. J Urol. 2013; (1): 305-11
- Fever literacy and fever phobia. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013; (3): 254-9
- Thymidylate synthase polymorphisms and risks of human orofacial clefts. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013; (2): 95-100
- Association between weight gain during pregnancy and neural tube defects and gastroschisis in offspring. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012; (12): 1019-25
- Association of microtia with maternal nutrition. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012; (12): 1026-32
- Cancer in children with nonchromosomal birth defects. J Pediatr. 2012; (6): 978-83
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