Bridget J. McCarthy

Research Associate Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: bjm3@uic.edu

Address:
887 SPHPI, M/C 923, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-996-0314

Academic Background

PHD, Epidemiology, U of Pittsburgh Cntrl Office, 1996
MS, Genetics, U of Pittsburgh Cntrl Office, 1992
BS, Biological Sciences, Boston Coll, 1988

Research Interests

Genetic Epidemiology, Brain Tumors

Teaching Interests

Genetics in Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology

Publications

2005-2006 Statistical Report: Primary Brain Tumors in the United States Statistical Report, 1998-2002 (Years Data Collected). Published by Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States.

Hoffman S, Propp JM, McCarthy BJ. Temporal Trends in Incidence of Primary Brain Tumors in the United States, 1985-1999. Neuro-Oncology 8, 27-37.

Propp JM, McCarthy BJ, Davis FG, Preston-Martin S. Descriptive epidemiology of vestibular schwannomas. Neuro-Oncology 8, 1-11, 2006.

Thuppal S. Propp JM, McCarthy BJ. Average years of potential life lost in those who have died from brain and CNS Tumors in the United States. Neuro-Epidemiology. 27(1), 22 - 27, 2006

Davis FG, McCarthy BJ. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BRAIN TUMORS: Incidence, Survival and Risk Factors. In Russell and Rubenstein's Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System, Seventh Edition, 2006.