 | Sania Amr,
M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Epidemiology and Preventive
410-706-1466
samr@epi.umaryland.edu
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ResearchEnvironmental and occupational health is a subject that spans multiple disciplines; epidemiological tools are used to study toxic agent biomarkers and their influence on human health. Current research addresses gene environment interactions and their roles in the development of cancer, such as bladder, lung and breast cancer.
Lab TechniquesEpidemiological studies, and more specifically case-control design, are used to conduct the research.
PublicationsMounts AW, Amr S, Jamshidi R, Groves C, Dwyer D, Guarner J, Dawson JE, Oberste MS, Parashar U, Spevak P, Alexander J. A Cluster of Fulminant Myocarditis Cases in Children, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997. Pediatr. Cardiol 22(1):34-39, 2001.
Amr, S., M.E. Bollinger, M. Myers, R.G. Hamilton, S.R.Weiss, M. Rossman, L. Osborne S. Timmins, D.S. Kimes, E.R. Levine, C.J. Blaisdell. Environmental allergens and asthma in urban elementary schools. Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 90(1):34-40, 2003.
Amr, S. and ME. Bollinger. Latex allergy and occupational asthma in healthcare workers: Adverse outcomes. Environ. Health Perspect. 112(3):378-381. 2004.
Amr, S. B. Wolpert, C. Loffredo, Y-L. Zheng, P. Shields, R. Jones, and C. Harris Occupation, Gender, Race and Lung Cancer. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 50:1167-1175. 2008.
Gadalla SM, Amr S , Langenberg P, Baumgarten M, Davidson W, Shairer C, Engels EA, Pfeiffer R, Goedert JJ. Breast Cancer Risk in Elderly Women with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Population Based Case-Control Study. Br. J Cancer.100(5):817-821. 2009
Personal HistoryEducation
- 1976: Master in Biochemistry, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
- 1977: M.D., School of Medicine, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
- 1997: M.S., Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland
Employment
- 2001-present: Member, Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- 2005-present: Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 2007-present: Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 2007-present: Consultant, Johns Hopkins Occupational Health Clinic at Middle River Aircraft Systems
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