Research Fellow, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Farah Ammous holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiological Sciences from the University of Michigan, as well as an M.P.H. in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a B.Sc. in Biology from the American University in Beirut. Following the completion of her Ph.D., Dr. Ammous was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. There, she led multiple genetic analyses and authored publications on the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy study and the Health and Retirement Study. Dr. Ammous is highly interested in investigating the interplay of social factors and multi-omics (genomics, epigenomics, and transcriptomics) underlying chronic diseases and their risk factors. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Survey Research Center, Dr. Ammous will continue her work integrating multi-omics and social science data to gain a deeper understanding of the determinants of health throughout the lifespan.
Publications
- Jessica I. Lundin, ..., Farah Ammous, Jennifer Ann Smith, Wei Zhao, et al.. 2024. Methylation patterns associated with C-reactive protein in racially and ethnically diverse populations. Epigenetics 19(1)
- Stoldt, Meike, Farah Ammous, Lin,Lisha, Ratliff, Scott M, Erin Bakshis Ware, Jessica Danielle Faul, Wei Zhao, Kardia, Sharon L R, Jennifer Ann Smith. 2024. DNA Methylation at CRP-Associated CpG Sites May Mediate the Pathway between Educational Attainment and Cognition. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 79(8):glae159.
- Stoldt, Meike, Farah Ammous, Lin, Lisha, Ratliff, Scott M, Erin Bakshis Ware, Jessica Danielle Faul, Wei Zhao, Kardia, Sharon L R, Jennifer Ann Smith. 2024. DNA Methylation at C-Reactive Protein-Associated CpG Sites May Mediate the Pathway Between Educational Attainment and Cognition. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 79(8)