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Hire Dr. Prasoona K.
United States
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Epidemiologist | Expert in Statistical Analysis & Data Management | Skilled in Systematic Reviews and Scientific Writing

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing
Work Experience

Sr. Researcher

Eagle Technologies

July 2024 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

August 2022 - Present

Senior R&D Scientist

Food for Health International

February 2015 - February 2018

Research & Development Scientist

Basic Research

May 2012 - February 2015

Education

PhD (Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology)

University of Utah

August 2018 - July 2022

Masters of Science

University of Utah

January 2009 - August 2011

Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rikard Landberg, Prasoona Karra, Rachel Hoobler, Erikka Loftfield, Inge Huybrechts, Jodi I Rattner, Stefania Noerman, Liesel Claeys, Vanessa Neveu, Nanna Hjort Vidkjær, et al.(2023). Dietary biomarkers—an update on their validity and applicability in epidemiological studies . Nutrition Reviews. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Prasoona Karra, Sheetal Hardikar, Maci Winn, Garnet L. Anderson, Benjamin Haaland, Benjamin Krick, Cynthia A. Thomson, Aladdin Shadyab, Juhua Luo, Nazmus Saquib, et al. (2023). New-Onset Diabetes after an Obesity-Related Cancer Diagnosis and Survival Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative . Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Prasoona Karra, Maci Winn, Garnet Anderson, Benjamin Haaland, Aladdin H. Shadyab, Marian Neuhouser, Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, Cynthia A. Thomson, Mace Coday, Jean Wactawski-Wende, et al.(2023). Abstract 6454: Metabolic obesity phenotype and risk of obesity-related cancers in the women's health initiative . Cancer Research. 83. (7{\_}Supplement). p. 6454--6454. American Association for Cancer Research ({AACR})
Zhang, Z., Wiencke, J.K., Kelsey, K.T., Koestler, D.C., Molinaro, A.M., Pike, S.C., Karra, P., Christensen, B.C., Salas, L.A.(2023). Hierarchical deconvolution for extensive cell type resolution in the human brain using DNA methylation . Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17.
Playdon, M.C., Hardikar, S., Karra, P., Hoobler, R., Ibele, A.R., Cook, K.L., Kumar, A., Ippolito, J.E., Brown, J.C.(2023). Metabolic and bariatric surgery and obesity pharmacotherapy for cancer prevention: current status and future possibilities . Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs. 2023. (61). p. 68-76.
Winn, M., Karra, P., Freisling, H., Gunter, M.J., Haaland, B., Litchman, M.L., Doherty, J.A., Playdon, M.C., Hardikar, S.(2023). Metabolic obesity phenotypes and obesity-related cancer risk in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey . Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
Winn, M., Karra, P., Haaland, B., Doherty, J.A., Summers, S.A., Litchman, M.L., Gunter, M.J., Playdon, M.C., Hardikar, S.(2023). Metabolic dysfunction and obesity-related cancer: Results from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey . Cancer Medicine. 12. (1). p. 606-618.
Prasoona Karra, Maci Winn, Benjamin Haaland, Garnet Anderson, Cynthia A. Thomson, Aladdin H. Shadyab, Juhua Luo, Nazmus Saquib, Howard Strickler, Rowan Chlebowski, et al.(2022). Abstract 5880: Diabetes incidence after obesity-related cancer diagnosis and survival in the women’s health initiative . Cancer Research. 82. (12{\_}Supplement). p. 5880--5880. American Association for Cancer Research ({AACR})
Poss, A.M., Krick, B., Maschek, J.A., Haaland, B., Cox, J.E., Karra, P., Ibele, A.R., Hunt, S.C., Adams, T.D., Holland, W.L., et al.(2022). Following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, serum ceramides demarcate patients that will fail to achieve normoglycemia and diabetes remission . Med. 3. (7). p. 452-467.e4.
Karra, P., Winn, M., Pauleck, S., Bulsiewicz-Jacobsen, A., Peterson, L., Coletta, A., Doherty, J., Ulrich, C.M., Summers, S.A., Gunter, M., et al.(2022). Metabolic dysfunction and obesity-related cancer: Beyond obesity and metabolic syndrome . Obesity. 30. (7). p. 1323-1334.
Xiong, X., Blakely, A., Karra, P., Vandenberg, M.A., Ghabash, G., Whitby, F., Zhang, Y.W., Webber, M.J., Holland, W.L., Hill, C.P., et al.(2020). Novel four-disulfide insulin analog with high aggregation stability and potency . Chemical Science. 11. (1). p. 195-200.
Zheng, N., Karra, P., Vandenberg, M.A., Kim, J.H., Webber, M.J., Holland, W.L., Chou, D.H.-C.(2019). Synthesis and Characterization of an A6-A11 Methylene Thioacetal Human Insulin Analogue with Enhanced Stability . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62. (24). p. 11437-11443.
Kaur, M., Gupta, K.M., Poursaid, A.E., Karra, P., Mahalingam, A., Aliyar, H.A., Kiser, P.F.(2011). Engineering a degradable polyurethane intravaginal ring for sustained delivery of dapivirine . Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 1. (3). p. 223-237.
PREPRINT
Prasoona Karra, Sheetal Hardikar, Maci Winn, Garnet L. Anderson, Benjamin Haaland, Benjamin Krick, Cynthia A. Thomson, Aladdin Shadyab, Juhua Luo, Nazmus Saquib, et al. (2023). Data from New-Onset Diabetes after an Obesity-Related Cancer Diagnosis and Survival Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative .
Prasoona Karra, Sheetal Hardikar, Maci Winn, Garnet L. Anderson, Benjamin Haaland, Benjamin Krick, Cynthia A. Thomson, Aladdin Shadyab, Juhua Luo, Nazmus Saquib, et al. (2023). Data from New-Onset Diabetes after an Obesity-Related Cancer Diagnosis and Survival Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative .
OTHER
Zhang, Z., Wiencke, J.K., Kelsey, K.T., Koestler, D.C., Molinaro, A.M., Pike, S.C., Karra, P., Christensen, B.C., Salas, L.A.(2023). Hierarchical deconvolution for extensive cell type resolution in the human brain using DNA methylation . ResearchSquare.