Faculty

Anne Marie McCarthy ScM, PhD

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Graduate Group Affiliations

Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Contact information

Blockley Hall, Room 833
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-898-9294

Email:
annemcc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
ScM (Cancer Epidemiology)
Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
PhD (Cancer Epidemiology (Kala Visvanathan, MD MHS))
Johns Hopkins University, 2012.

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Selected Publications

Liang JW, Idos GE, Hong C, Shannon KM, Bear LM, Pichardo JM, Guan Z, McCarthy AM, Ford JM, Kurian AW, Gruber SB, Braun D, Parmigiani G: Evaluating a Mendelian Risk Prediction Model That Aggregates Across Genes and Cancers. Genetic Epidemiology 50(3): e70038, April 2026.

do Nascimento GA, Dong V, Costa AC, Cavalcante GJ, Nguyen A, do Rêgo TG, Malheiros Y, Silva Filho TM, Torrez CR, Gee JC, McCarthy AM: Toward a robust lesion detection model in breast DCE-MRI: adapting foundation models to high-risk women. InMedical Imaging 13924(2): 553-558, April 2026.

Mahmoud MA, Chen J, Edmonds CE, Fayanju OM, Zeballos Torrez CR, McCarthy AM.: Black-White Racial Differences in Background Parenchymal Enhancement at Breast MRI. Radiology. 318(1): e251041, January 2026.

Mahmoud MA, Edmonds CE, Barufaldi B, Nguyen A, Fayanju OM, Sore R, Ehsan S, Zeballos Torrez CR, Chen J, Kontos D, McCarthy AM.: Racial differences in quantitative background parenchymal enhancement on breast magnetic resonance imaging. Cancer 131: e70174, Nov 2025.

Mahmoud MA, Winham SJ, Scott CG, Ehsan S, Norman AD, Jensen MR, Conant EF, Kerlikowske KM, Kontos D, Vachon CM, McCarthy AM: Interplay of BMI and volumetric breast density measures and breast cancer risk for black and white women. Breast Cancer Res 27(1): 167, Sep 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s13058-025-02120-8.

Mahmoud MA, Ehsan S, Ginzberg SP, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Conant EF, Kontos D, Chen J, Edmonds CE, Fayanju OM, McCarthy AM: Racial Differences in Screening Eligibility by Breast Density After State-Level Insurance Expansion. JAMA Netw Open 8(8): e2525216, Aug 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.25216.

Edmonds CE, McCarthy AM, Elmore LC, Mahmoud MA, Zeballos Torrez C, Ginzberg SP, Fayanju OM: Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Among Black Women: A Path Toward Equity. Journal of Breast Imaging Page: DOI: 10.1093/jbi/wbaf014, July 2025.

Nguyen AA, Cohen EA, Haji Maghsoudi O, Acciavatti RJ, Pantalone L, Mankowski WC, Scott CG, Winham S, Vachon CM, Maidment AD, Conant EF, McCarthy AM, Kontos D.: Comparison of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Mammography-based Radiomics for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Case-Control Study. Radiol Imaging Cancer 7(4): e240318, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1148/rycan.240318.

Mahmoud MA, Fayanju OM, McCarthy AM, Zeballos Torrez CR, Edmonds CE.: Exploring Imaging Biomarkers to Improve Equity in Supplemental and High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening Between Black and White Women: A Perspective on Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Breast Density. Clin Breast Cancer 11: S1526-8209(25)00204-6, Jul 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2025.07.009.

Lin JC, Sun J, Yan R, Wang LS, McCarthy AM, Tong G, Aysola J: Mortality Outcomes for Cancer Survivors with Food Insecurity in the United States: A Cohort Study. JAMA Health Forum 6(6): e251381, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1381.