Deborah Bookwalter
Principal Research Associate
Contact
DeborahBookwalter@westat.comOverview
Deborah Bookwalter, ScD, is a Principal Research Associate and senior epidemiologist for Public Health with more than 20 years of experience in chronic disease epidemiologic research. She is the principal investigator for the Data Coordinating Center for the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P), NHLBI’s flagship program for improving blood safety and availability and for advancing transfusion medicine practice. She also serves as a senior epidemiologist and technical advisor supporting NIEHS Epidemiology Branch research.
Prior to joining Westat in 2018, much of her previous experience had been in the design and analysis of large long-term prospective cohort studies, with a research focus on cancer, obesity, and diabetes.
Education
- ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- MS, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- BA, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Research Disease Epidemiology Biostatistics and Epidemiology Epidemiologic Studies-
Associations between ABO non-identical platelet transfusions and patient outcomes-A multicenter retrospective analysis
Transfusion
January 2023
D.W. Bougie, S.E. Reese, R.J. Birch, Deborah Bookwalter, P.K.1713457 Mitchell, D. Roh, L.B. Kreuziger, et al.
DOILink for: Associations between ABO non-identical platelet transfusions and patient outcomes-A multicenter retrospective analysis -
Air pollution and breast cancer: An examination of modification by underlying familial breast cancer risk
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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
January 2022
N.M. Niehoff, M.B. Terry, Deborah Bookwalter, J.D. Kaufman, K.M. O'Brien, D.P. Sandler, A.J. White
DOILink for: Air pollution and breast cancer: An examination of modification by underlying familial breast cancer risk -
A prospective study of type 2 diabetes, metformin use, and risk of breast cancer
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Annals of Oncology
January 2021
Y-M.M. Park, Deborah Bookwalter, K.M. O'Brien, C.L. Jackson, C.R. Weinberg, D.P. Sandler
DOILink for: A prospective study of type 2 diabetes, metformin use, and risk of breast cancer