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Anita Koushik, PhD

Fields of interest

  • Cancer prevention
  • Cancer survivorship
  • Lifestyle factors
  • Epidemiologic methods

Selected research grants & collaborations

  • Principal InvestigatorThe impact of intrauterine device use on ovarian cancer riskCIHR · 2023-2026
  • Principal InvestigatorLife course body fatness and physical activity, and ovarian cancer etiology,

Selected publications

  1. Ritonja JA, Danieli C, Pana MP, Palmer MJ, L’Espérance K, Ho V, Abrahamowicz M, Koushik A. Predicted 25-hydroxyvitamin D over the adult life and the risk of ovarian cancer. Am J Epidemiol, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae070.
  2. L’Espérance K, Abrahamowicz M, O’Loughlin J, Koushik A. Childhood body fatness and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: A population-based case-control study in Montreal, Canada. Prev Med 2024;178:107794.
  3. Leung L, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J, Guénel P, Koushik A. Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk. Occup Environ Med 2023;80(9):489-497.
  4. L’Espérance K, Grundy A, Abrahamowicz M, Arseneau J, Gilbert L, Gotlieb WH, Provencher D, Koushik A. Alcohol intake and the risk of ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control 2023;34(6):533-541.
  5. Grundy A, Sandhu S, Arseneau J, Gilbert L, Gotlieb WH, Aronson KJ, Koushik A. Lifetime caffeine intake and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol 2022;76:102058.

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