Margaret S. PIchardo, M.D., PH.D., M.P.H.

Certified Nerd




I aim to achieve health equity for communities
of color through service, research & mentorship.



WHO I AM



I'm a physician-scientist, island-born, Dominican-American from Queens, NY.

I'm an avid reader, world traveler and am obsessed with anything outdoors--backpacking, camping, hiking, among other things.



WHAT I DO



EDUCATION & TRAINING



Resident Physician, General Surgery, Penn Medicine

M.D., Howard University College of Medicine (c/o 2022)

Ph.D., Yale School of Public Health (c/o 2021)

M.P.H., Stony Brook University (2013)

B.A. New York University (2011)



RESEARCH



As a Cancer Epidemiologist, I study the link between energy balance and cancer risk & outcomes among people of color.


I use an equity lens to understand how structural discrimination impacts people's ability to engage in healthy behaviors and increases disparities in cancer.



SERVICE



Mentoring future physician-scientists of color is at my core.


I hold leadership roles in professional societies and non-profit organizations aimed at diversifying the academic medicine.



SCHOLARLY WORK & PUBLICATIONS


Publications

CURRENT SCHOLARLY INITIATIVES



My research extends across the cancer continuum, from cancer prevention to survivorship, and incorporates multidisciplinary research approaches in medicine, epidemiology and the social sciences.



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