Erin Marcotte

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Credentials

MPH, PhD

Bio

Erin L. Marcotte, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2013, where she focused on environmental risk factors for childhood leukemia and Wilms tumor. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota with a focus on the genetic and molecular epidemiology of childhood leukemia, hepatoblastoma, and germ cell tumors. Dr. Marcotte's primary research interests are the genetic, molecular, and environmental causes of childhood leukemia and hepatoblastoma. She is also interested in understanding how maternal and early life nutrition impact childhood cancer risk. Finally, she has several ongoing projects which aim to understand cancer risk among individuals with neurofibromatosis type I.