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

Middleman Center, 3600 Civic Center Blvd.
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

Naqvi H, DeJesus EM, Barufaldi B, Aiyar S, Maidment A, Glanz K, Tchou J, McCarthy AM: Impact of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists on breast density San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas. December 2026 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Naqvi H, Mahmoud M, Abellard L, Costa A, Nguyen AA, Ehsan S, Barufaldi B, Domchek SM, Kontos D, McCarthy AM: Association of Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Breast Cancer Risk in Women with Dense Breasts undergoing Supplemental Screening. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas. December 2026 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Ehsan S, Barufaldi B, Chen J, Domchek S, Kontos D, McCarthy AM: Racial differences in quantitative breast density estimated from digital breast tomosynthesis. 19th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities; Atlanta, GA. October 2026 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Abellard L, Ehsan S, McCarthy AM, Chen J: Evaluating fairness in breast cancer risk prediction by race in a DBT screening cohort. 19th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, Atlanta, GA October 2026 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Barufaldi B, Vimieiro RB, Dong V, Tomic H, Cao Q, da Costa Vieira MA, Bakic PR, Eby PR, Zackrisson S, McCarthy AM, Maidment ADA.: Lesion Detectability and Masking Disparity Assessment in Breast Tomosynthesis Across Diverse Populations Using In-Silico Imaging Trials. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 45(8): 4433-4443, Aug 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1109/TMI.2026.3701599.

Liang JW, Idos GE, Hong C, Shannon KM, Bear LM, Bonner JD, Lindsey S, Morales Pichardo J, Guan Z, McCarthy AM, Gruber SB, Braun D, Parmigiani G.: Familial Risk Stratification Across Cancer Syndromes Using Fam3PRO. Genet Med 22: 102665, Jul 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2026.102665.

Nguyen AA, Cohen EA, Ehsan S, Mankowski WC, Barufaldi B, Gillette R, Domchek SM, Kontos D, McCarthy AM.: Longitudinal Association of Quantitative Background Parenchymal Enhancement with Breast Cancer Risk Among Women with BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variants. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 35(9): 1637-1645, Jun 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.

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.

Kaul M, Scott CG, Wadzinske A, Banerjee I, Hursh D, Norman A, Wu FF, Medero RC, Couch F, Pruthi S, Kontos D, McCarthy AM, Olson J, Winham S, Kerlikowske K, Vachon CM.: Performance of clinical breast cancer risk prediction models versus a mammography-based artificial intelligence risk model. J Natl Cancer Inst 118: 1485-1495, Mar 2026.