Margaret Camarca
Senior Research Associate
Contact
MargaretCamarca@westat.comOverview
Margaret Camarca, RN, MPH, is a Senior Research Associate for Clinical Research with 30 years of clinical and research experience. She is the project director for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance in Recipients of Human Growth Hormone project. In addition, she supports the Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU) by conducting national coverage analyses to assess financial liability issues for NCI-sponsored research protocols. She has served as the study manager and analyst for various projects including a phase III study assessing three antiretroviral postpartum regimens for prevention of intrapartum HIV-1, an NIAID-sponsored phase I gene transfer study for X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, establishment of a biospecimen repository in India through the NIAID’s Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action Program Initiative on Tuberculosis, and DAIDS-supported studies assessing clinical factors influencing the shedding of HIV-1 in cervicovaginal secretions.
Education
- MPH (summa cum laude), Tropical Public Health Tract, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- BSN (cum laude), University of Texas, Arlington
- BS (magna cum laude), Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Research-
Human immunodeficiency virus antiretroviral resistance and transmission in mother-infant pairs enrolled in a large perinatal study
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Clinical Infectious Diseases
January 2018
N. Yeganeh, T. Kerin, B. Ank, D.H. Watts, Margaret Camarca, E.C. Joao, J.H. Pilotto, et al.
DOILink for: Human immunodeficiency virus antiretroviral resistance and transmission in mother-infant pairs enrolled in a large perinatal study -
Congenital cytomegalovirus and HIV perinatal transmission.
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
January 2018
K. Adachi, J. Xu, B. Ank, D.H. Watts, Margaret Camarca, L.M. Mofenson, J.H. Pilotto, et al.
DOILink for: Congenital cytomegalovirus and HIV perinatal transmission. -
Combined evaluation of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected pregnant women and infant HIV transmission
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PloS One
January 2018
K. Adachi, J. Xu, N. Yeganeh, Margaret Camarca, M.G. Morgado, D.H. Watts, L.M. Mofenson, et al.
DOILink for: Combined evaluation of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected pregnant women and infant HIV transmission