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Ruth Ottman, Ph,D,
Professor of Epidemiology (in Neurology and the Sergievsky Center)
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Dr. Ottman received an A.B. in zoology in 1975, and a Ph.D. in genetics in 1980, at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed a post-doc in cancer epidemiology at the same institution in 1981, and joined the faculty in epidemiology at Columbia University in 1981.
Dr. Ottman's primary research area is genetic epidemiology, with a special focus on elucidating the genetic contributions to epilepsy and other seizure disorders. She developed and teaches the course in genetic epidemiology required of epidemiology doctoral students at Columbia. She also co-founded the Columbia University Seminar on Genetic Epidemiology, a forum for discussion of issues of interest to genetic epidemiologists from throughout the New York area, which has been active since 1982.
She is the Biological Sciences Core leader for the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, and the Pre-doctoral Training Director of the Genetics of Complex Diseases Training Program, both at the Mailman School of Public Health. She is also a member of numerous advisory committees, including the Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation, the Clinical Research Task Force of the American Epilepsy Society, and the Genetics Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy, which she currently chairs.
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Undergraduate: University of California, PhD, 1980
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Address:
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Room 19-101 Unit/Box:19
622 West 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-9188
ro6@columbia.edu
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Dr. Ottman's research addresses the role of inherited factors in susceptibility to common disorders, primarily focusing on seizure disorders and epilepsy. She is also interested in methodologic issues in genetic epidemiology, including research designs for testing gene-environment interaction, methods for collection of valid family history data, and approaches to assessing familial aggregation.
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1. Ottman R, Winawer MR, Kalachikov S, Barker-Cummings C, Gilliam CT, Pedley TA, Hauser WA "LGI1 Mutations in autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features" Neurology 62 1120-1126 2004
1. Winawer MR, Rabinowitz D, Pedley TA, Hauser WA, Ottman R "Genetic influences on myoclonic and absence seizures" Neurology 61 1576-1581 2003
1. Winawer MR, Rabinowitz D, Barker-Cummings C, Scheuer ML, Pedley TA, Hauser WA, Ottman R "Distinct genetic influences on generalized and localization-related epilepsy" Epilepsia 44 1176-1182 2003
1. Kalachikov S, Evgrafov O, Ross B, Winawer M, Barker-Cummings C, Martinelli Boneschi F, Choi C, Morozov P, Das K, Teplitskaya E, Yu A, Cayanis E, Penchaszadeh G, Kottmann AH, Pedley TA, Hauser WA "Mutations in LGI1 cause autosomal dominant partial epilepsy
1. Winawer M, Martinelli Boneschi F, Barker-Cummings C, Lee JH, Liu J, Mekios C, Gilliam TC, Pedley TA, Hauser WA, Ottman R "Linkage to chromosome 10q24 in 4 new families with autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features" Epilepsia 43 55-66 200
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