Maitreyi Mazumdar

Maitreyi Mazumdar, MD, MPH

Associate, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Research Focus

Influence of environmental factors, including chemicals and diet, on the developing nervous system.

Brief Research Description

People are exposed to a wide range of chemicals during their lives. Evidence suggests that many chemicals can cause damage to the central nervous system which can impact developmental disabilities. Dr. Mazumdar's research includes investigations of how arsenic, a chemical present in drinking water in the U.S. and around the world, affects the risk of spina bifida. Her previous work included understanding the long-term effects of environmental lead exposure.

Key Publications (PMCIDs)

Elevated sweat chloride due to arsenic toxicity.
Mazumdar M, Christiani DC, Biswas SK, Ibne Hasan OS, Kapur K, Hug C.
N Engl J Med. 2015; 372(6): 582-4. PMID: 2561269; PMCID: PMC4368195

Arsenic is associated with reduced effect of folic acid in myelomeningocele prevention: a case control study in Bangladesh.
Mazumdar M, Ibne Hasan MO, Hamid R, Valeri L, Paul L, Selhub J, Rodrigues EG, Silva F, Mia S, Mostofa MG, Quamruzzaman Q, Rahman M, Christiani DC.
Environ Health. 2015; 14(1): 34. PMID: 25885259; PMCID: PMC4404044

Prenatal Lead Levels, Plasma Amyloid β Levels, and Gene Expression in Young Adulthood.
Mazumdar M, Xia W, Hofmann O, Gregas M, Sui SH, Hide, W, Yang, T, Needleman H, Bellinger D.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012 May; 120(5): 702–707.PMCID: PMC3346789

Lead in Air in Bangladesh: Exposure in a Rural Community with Elevated Blood Lead Concentrations among Young Children.
Woo MK, Young ES, Mostofa MG, Afroz S, Sharif Ibne Hasan MO, Quamruzzaman Q, Bellinger DC, Christiani DC, Mazumdar M.
nt J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Sep 6;15(9).PMCID: PMC6163832

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