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Stephen McGarvey

Professor of Epidemiology and Anthropology

Department: Epidemiology

Phone: +1 401 863 1354

Email: Stephen_McGarvey@Brown.EDU

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Location:

Community Health - 863-1354 or 1186

Research Summary

Concerned with human population biology and international health, specifically modernization-related induced socio-economic and behavioral changes, gene by environment interactions on cardiovascular disease risk factors, tropical parasitology and child nutritional status and health, and environmental issues.

Past or Present Projects Available:

Influences on birth weight in American Samoa; Apolipoprotein ELApo ES genetic system in Samoan populations; Barriers to self-care: Examining provider-patient relationships in American Samoa; Hormonal profiling of American Samoan women suffering from menstrual irregularity and infertility; The Family: A framework for Type 2 diabetes intervention in American Samoa; Mullerian-inhibiting susbstance and ovarian function: A Samoa Example; Maternal factors in gestational diabetes in American Samoa; The use of doubly-labeled water as an effective and practical way of assessing energy expenditure and physical activity; Assessing energy expenditure in American Samoan Youth: Accelerometry vs. Doubly Labeled Water; The Effects of High Adiposity and Related Endocrine and Metabolic Abnormalities on the Menstrual Cycle Function of Samoan Women; Barriers of Prenatal Care in American Samoa