Jeanette McCarthy, PhD
Associate Professor, Track V, Department of Community and Family Medicine
Jeanette McCarthy joined the IGSP's Centers for Genomic Medicine and Population Genomics & Pharmacogenetics in 2007. She also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine. She received her PhD in epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993, under the mentorship of Mary-Claire King. Dr. McCarthy spent six years working for Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Millennium Predictive Medicine, helping to develop their strategy for pharmacogenetics and personalized medicine prior to her first academic appointment in Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University in 2001.
Dr. McCarthy is a Fulbright award recipient and has spent time conducting research and lecturing in Spain, Switzerland and Italy. She is on the editorial boards of PharmacoGenomics and Medical Diagnosis and Therapy and a scientific reviewer for Genome Canada.
Dr. McCarthy's research involves using genomic and epidemiological methods to study complex human traits and the modifying effect that the environment has on genetic variation. She currently conducts research on the genetic epidemiology of metabolic syndrome and diabetes among Latinos and the pharmacogenetics of women's lipid response to estrogen therapy.