María Constanza Camargo Bohórquez is a Colombian cancer epidemiologist who researches the

Epstein–Barr virus The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), also known as human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is one of the nine known Herpesviridae#Human herpesvirus types, human herpesvirus types in the Herpesviridae, herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in ...

and gastric carcinogenesis. She is an investigator in the metabolic epidemiology branch at the

National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...

Life

Camargo was born to Aracely and Efrain. She completed a B.Sc. in bacteriology from the in 1992. She completed a M.H.A degree from the

Pontifical Xavierian University The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (English: Xavierian Pontifical University) is a private university in Colombia founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its ...

in 1997. In 2002, Camargo earned an M.Sc. in epidemiology from the . She was a member of the research group led by Pelayo Correa, first at

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and then at

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...

, studying gastric cancer and its primary risk factor, ''Helicobacter pylori'' infection. In 2010, Camargo received a Ph.D. in public health with a concentration in epidemiology from the

University of Illinois Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the Universi ...

. Her dissertation was titled ''The role of EBV in gastric carcinogenesis epidemiologic modeling and molecular investigations''. Garth Rauscher was her doctoral advisor. She conducted her dissertation work at the

(NCI) infections and immunoepidemiology branch (IIB) on the role of

infection in gastric carcinogenesis. She joined IIB as a postdoctoral fellow in 2010 and became an Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator in the metabolic epidemiology branch (MEB) in 2016.

References

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