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Katie McDermott, M.P.H.

  • Postbaccalaureate Fellow
NCI Shady Grove | SG 7E406

Katie McDermott, M.P.H., joined DCEG in August 2026 as a postbaccalaureate fellow in the Trans-Divisional Research Program (TDRP) under the mentorship of Peter Kraft, Ph.D.

Ms. McDermott earned a B.A. in public health and a B.S. in conservation and resource studies from the University of California, Berkeley, in May 2025. She completed her M.P.H. in epidemiology and biostatistics at the same institution in August 2026.

During her undergraduate and graduate training, Ms. McDermott conducted research exploring the epigenetic effects of exposure to wildfire smoke.

In TDRP, Ms. McDermott is investigating the impact of genetic and environmental factors on cancer risk, with the goal of understanding how environmental exposures shape health outcomes through genomic and molecular mechanisms.

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