Beth Potter , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Community Medicine
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Room: RGN 3230 F |
Biography
Beth Potter is Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. She completed her PhD in epidemiology at the University of Western Ontario in 2003. She has a long-standing interest in maternal and child health with research experience in several areas (e.g., prenatal and newborn screening, adolescent health, infant feeding). She has been working in the area of public health genomics for the past few years, having completed post-doctoral work related to health technology assessment in prenatal and newborn screening. Beth’s current research focus is on outcomes evaluation in newborn screening. She is interested in knowledge synthesis and primary research in three main areas:
- The epidemiology of rare metabolic diseases being considered for inclusion in newborn screening programs;
- The efficacy and effectiveness of early interventions for these conditions; and
- The impact of screening programs on various stakeholder communities (for example, affected infants and their families, infants identified as carriers of hereditary conditions through screening programs, infants with false positive screening results, health care professionals, policy makers).
Research Interests
- Maternal and child health
- Evaluation of screening programs
- Public health genomics
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