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Pauline Mendola

Dr. Pauline Mendola is a Senior Investigator in the Epidemiology Branch in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.  She earned a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Community Health from the University at Buffalo in 1994.  Prior to joining NIH, she served as Chief of the Infant, Child and Women’s Health Statistics Branch at the National Center for Health Statistics and Chief of the Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch of the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory of the US EPA.  Dr. Mendola’s research has focused on environmental factors that impact pregnancy complications and birth outcomes; chronic disease in women of reproductive age; and factors underlying variation in asthma control during pregnancy.