Anita Koushik, PhD
Full Scientist, St. Mary’s Research Centre
Professor and Chair, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, McGill University
Email: anita.koushik@mcgill.ca
Fields of Interest
Cancer prevention
Cancer survivorship
Lifestyle factors
Epidemiologic methods
Selected research grants & collaborations
Principal Investigator, The impact of intrauterine device use on ovarian cancer risk, CIHR 2023 to 2026
Principal Investigator, Life course body fatness and physical activity, and ovarian cancer etiology, CIHR 2021 to 2024
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Selected publications
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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.
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.
Leung L, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J, Guénel P, Koushik A. Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk. Occup Environ Med 2023;80(9):489-497.
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.
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.