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Maitreyi Mazumdar | Medical Services

Programs & Services

Languages

  • English
  • Bengali

Maitreyi Mazumdar | Education

Undergraduate School

Yale University

1991, New Haven, CT

Graduate School

MPH

Tufts University School of Medicine

1997, Boston, MA

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine

1997, Boston, MA

Residency

Pediatrics

New England Medical Center

2000, Boston, MA

Residency

Chief Resident

New England Medical Center

2001, Boston, MA

Residency

Child Neurology

Boston Children's Hospital

2004, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Harvard Pediatric Health Services

Research

2006, Boston, MA

Graduate School

MSc, Epidemiology

Harvard School of Public Health

2006, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Interdisciplinary Training Program in Neurotoxicology Research

Harvard School of Public Health

2008, Boston, MA

Maitreyi Mazumdar | Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics (General)
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Neurology)

Maitreyi Mazumdar | Professional History

My current research program studies the associations between environmental arsenic exposure and neural tube defects, a particular group of birth defects that involve the developing brain and spinal cord.  The study of neural tube defects provides a unique opportunity to learn about the complex interaction between environment, genes, and nutrition, and their combined effects on the developing nervous system. The long-range goals of my research program are 1) to develop novel screening strategies, appropriate for use in resource poor settings, to identify populations at high risk of neural tube defects, 2) to direct the development of more effective, mechanism-based preventive interventions for neural tube defects and 3) to test whether the biological pathways discovered linking nutrition, environmental hazards and neural tube defect risk are also involved in less severe neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Currently, this NIH-supported research takes place among infants and children in Bangladesh, a country grappling with the largest arsenic epidemic in world history.

Maitreyi Mazumdar | Publications

I observed that doctors often play an important role in a family’s life, often at a time that is particularly stressful for the family. I thought that as a doctor, I could use my own particular skills – my knowledge of science – to be a resource for families during difficult times.