Anne Marie McCarthy ScM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Blockley Hall, Room 833
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-9294
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.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
ScM (Cancer Epidemiology)
Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
PhD (Cancer Epidemiology (Kala Visvanathan, MD MHS))
Johns Hopkins University, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
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 Jul 2026.
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: 1637-1645, Jun 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.
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.
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.
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.