Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, Phd, MPH

Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin

Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, PhD, MPH

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Education

2013 to presentPost-doctoral fellow, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health

University of California, San Diego

Supported by NHLBI5T32HL079891-06

2013Ph.D.,Epidemiology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Supported by NHLBI 5T32HL007024 and NIDDK 5T32DK062707

Advisors: Cheryl Anderson and Sherita Golden

Dissertation: Association of anthropometry and sex hormones with body composition: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

2006Masters of Public Health, Epidemiology/Biostatistics

University of California, Berkeley

2004 B.A., College of Creative Studies, Biology (Minor in French)

University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Experience

7-2012 to 7-2013Research Associate for Cheryl Anderson

SPICE Trial, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

General assistance with data collection.

5-2010 to 12-2012Research Associate for Hunter Young

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Analyzing data and writing manuscripts.

4-2010 to 6-2010 Research Assistant for Cheryl Anderson

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Performing literature review and slide construction for a lecture titled “The Social and Cultural Basis of Cardiovascular Disease”.

1-2007 to 8-2009Research Associate

Child Health and Development Studies

Analyzing data, managing and creating datasets, assisting grant proposal process, survey design, performing power calculations, and writing manuscripts. Managing study collaborations and student projects.

9-2004 to 11-2005 Research Assistant

California Emerging Infections Program

Surveillance of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

5-2005 to 8-2005 Intern

California Emerging Infections Program

Designing, implementing, and analyzing hospital survey on collection of patient race and ethnicity during admissions. Assessing misclassification of case race and ethnicity by medical records and birth certificates.

10-2001 to 6-2004Research Assistant/Animal Handler

Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

Data collection, dissection, and field work for a variety of projects. Care and processing of schistosomiasis infected mice and data analysis for a pilot drug trial.

Teaching Experience

7/10/2014Guest Lecturer, Summer research seminar for medical students

“Introduction to linear regression”

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego

6/16/2014Guest Lecturer, Summer research seminar for medical students

“Introduction to the literature search: How to start, where to look, and how not to go down the rabbit hole”

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego

2011/2012,Lead Teaching Assistant (TA), Epidemiologic methods I

2010/2011Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Updating and revising labs and course materials. Drafting assignments andexams, organizing labs and other TAs, teaching labs, and proctoring

exams.

2007/2008,Guest Lecturer, Maternal and Child Health Seminar

2008/2009"Introduction to the Child Health and Development Studies cohort: Student projects"

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Helping students choose appropriate class projects using the Child Health and Development datasets. Answering questions about the datasets, relevant SAS code, and analytic issues.

2002/2003General Assistant (Laboratory Preparation), Parasitology

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology

University of California, Santa Barbara

General laboratory and slide box preparation and organization, setting up demonstrations, dissections, and class laboratory practicals.

Other Academic Experience and Service

2014/2015Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women

University of California, San Diego

Identifying and analyzing issues relating to the status of women at UCSD, informing and educating the campus community about these issues, and advising and making recommendations to the Chancellor regarding policies and procedures that would improve the conditions for women.

1/22/2014Panelist, “Careers in Public Health” Faculty Forum

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego Discussing public health career paths for undergraduates in the Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree program.

2012/2013Representative to the Faculty,EpidemiologyStudent Organization

Department of Epidemiology,Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Attending Department of Epidemiology faculty meetings. Informing students of meeting minutes and any policy or curriculum changes. Providing faculty with student feedback and concerns.

7/19/2012Panelist, "Introductionto career paths in medicine, nursing, and public health"

Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities Summer Research Program

Discussing epidemiology as a career path for students interested in addressing health disparities in cardiovascular disease.

2010/2011Admissions and Curriculum Coordinator

Welch Center, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Recruiting prospective students. Updating student handbook and ensuring recommended curricula meet various requirements for degree completion and research compliance.

12/5/2007Panelist, "What can you do with an MPH?"

Epidemiology Seminar for MPH Students

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Discussing potential career options and academic choices with current students.

Awards and Honors

2014 Epidemiology and Prevention Early Career Travel Grant

American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention/ Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism Conference (San Francisco, California)

Recognizes promising and outstanding investigators in the early stages of their careers and provide travel assistance for trainees and early career investigators to participate in AHA scientific meetings.

2012 Selected to participate in the Fall Institute

Advancing Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research Conference (Montreal, Canada)

Participants were selected based on their strengths and potential as a gender, sex and health researcher.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Mongraw-Chaffin M, Peters SAE, Huxley RR, Woodward M. The sex-specific relationship between body mass index and coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 95 cohorts with 1.2 million participants. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. In press.

Mongraw-ChaffinML, Anderson CAM, Allison MA, Ouyang P, Szklo M, Vaidya D, Woodward M, Golden SH. Association between sex hormones and adiposity: Qualitative differences in women and men in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2015. Epub ahead of print.

Shah RV, Allison MA, Lima JA, Abbasi SA,Mongraw-ChaffinM, Jerosch-Herold M, Ding J, Budoff MJ, Murthy VL.Liver steatosis and the risk of albuminuria: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.J Nephrol. 2015. Epub ahead of print.

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Anderson CAM, Clark JM, Bennett WL. Prepregnancy body mass index and cardiovascular disease mortality: The Child Health and Development Studies. Obesity. 2014; 22(4): 1149-1156. PMCID: PMC3968178

Matsushita K,Williams EK, Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Coresh J, Schmidt MI, Brancati FL, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne CM, Young JH. The Association of Plasma Lactate with Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2013;178(3):401-409. PMCID: PMC3727342

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Matsushita K, Brancati FL, Astor BC, Coresh J, Crawford CO, Schmidt MI, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne CM, Young JH.Diabetes medication use and blood lactate level among participants with type 2 diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Carotid MRI Study. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(12): e51237PMCID: PMC3530587

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Cirillo PM, Cohn BA. Preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease death: prospective evidence from the child health and development studies cohort.Hypertension. 2010;56(1):166-71.PMCID:PMC3037281

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Cohn BA, Anglemyer AT, Cohen RD, Christianson RE. Maternal smoking, alcohol, and coffee use during pregnancy and son's risk of testicular cancer.Alcohol2009;43(3):241-5. PMCID: PMC3770444

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Cohn BA, Cohen RD, Christianson RE. Maternal smoking, alcohol consumption, and caffeine consumption during pregnancy in relation to a son's risk of persistent cryptorchidism: a prospective study in the Child Health and Development Studies cohort, 1959-1967.American Journal of Epidemiology.2008;167(3):257-61.PMCID: PMC3864885

Other Publications

1.Mongraw-Chaffin ML. Cohn BA. Beyond the Abstract - Maternal Smoking, Alcohol, and Coffee Use During Pregnancy and Son's Risk of Testicular Cancer. Invited commentary on UroToday.com

Abstracts and Posters

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Peters SAE, Huxley RR, Woodward M. Overweight and Obesity are Independent Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease, and have Similar Associations for Women and Men: A Meta-Analysis of 94 Cohorts with 1.1 Million Participants.

American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference 2015 (Baltimore, Maryland)

2.Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Golden SH, Allison MA, Ouyang P, Szklo M,Vaidya D, Woodward M, Anderson CAM. Qualitative sex differences in the association between sex hormones and adiposity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange Conference 2014 (San Diego, California)

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Woodward M, Allison MA, Golden SH, Kronmal R, Ouyang P, Szklo M, Anderson CAM. Estimating equation for computed tomography derived visceral fat: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference 2014(San Francisco, California)

Anderson CAM, Cobb LK, Miller ER, Woodward M, Chang A, Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Appel LJ. Effects of a Behavioral Intervention that Emphasizes Spices and Herbs on Adherence to Recommended Sodium Intake

American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference 2014 (San Francisco, California)

5.Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Golden SH, Allison MA, Ouyang P, Szklo M,Vaidya D, Woodward M, Anderson CAM. Qualitative sex differences in the association between sex hormones and adiposity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2013 (Dallas, Texas)

6.Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Golden SH, Allison MA, Ouyang P, Woodward M, Young JH, Schreiner PJ, Szklo M, Ding J, Anderson CAM. The sex-specific relationship between anthropometry and body composition: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Women's Health Research: Lifting All Boats, Johns Hopkins Women's Health Research Group Sixth Annual Symposium 2013(Baltimore, Maryland)

7.Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Golden SH, Allison MA, Ouyang P, Woodward M, Young JH, Schreiner PJ, Szklo M, Ding J, Anderson CAM. The sex and race specific relationship between anthropometry and body composition by computed tomography: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference 2013(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Bennett WL. Association of pre-pregnancy body mass index with stroke and coronary heart disease mortality

Fifth Annual Research on Aging Showcase 2012 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, Maryland)

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Bennett WL. Association of pre-pregnancy body mass index with stroke and coronary heart disease mortality

American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference 2012(San Diego, California)

Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Matsushita K, Brancati FL, Astor BC, Coresh J, Hoogeveen R, Ballantyne CM, Young JH.Diabetes medication use and blood lactate level in type 2 diabetes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Carotid MRI Study
American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference 2011(Atlanta, Georgia)NHLBI Trainee Session

Abstract Translation to French

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Presentations and Invited Talks

Pregnancy and cardiovascular disease risk: Evidence from the Child Health and Development Studies. Division of Dysmorphology and Teratoloty Stats/Epi Methods Seminar 3-26-2015. Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology, University of California, San Diego

Sex differences in Adiposity: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Endocrine Grand Rounds 2-11-2015. Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla (VAMC)

Peer Review Activity

Peer review forWomen's Health, Menopause,and PLoSOne. Abstract grading for American Heart Association EPI/NPAM Conference.

Skills and Other Experience

Experience with SAS, STATA, R, EpiInfo, Endnote, and Microsoft Office including Access

Memberships

2010 to presentAmerican Heart Association

2013 to presentWomen’s Health Center of ExcellenceUCSD

2013 to presentCardiovascular Disease Center of ExcellenceUCSD

2009 to 2013Women's Health Research GroupJohns Hopkins University