About

Raquel Chamorro-Garcia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology at UC Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine from Universidad Autonoma of Madrid (Spain). Her research focuses on understanding mechanisms of gene-environment interactions and how environmental exposures can lead to multigenerational effects, particularly through the study of ovarian somatic cells and their role in modulating oocyte quality before fertilization. Her work aims to elucidate how genomic diversity influences responses to environmental factors and contributes to disease mechanisms across generations.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Radiology
• Gastroenterology
• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Art

Selected publications

• John Simpson and the Greatest Bugle Solo Ever Performed

  Deleted Journal · 2022

  1st authorCorresponding
  • Art
  DOI

• Multidetector Computed Tomography in Esophageal Varices

  2021

  1st authorCorresponding
  • Medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal medicine

  Cirrhosis and chronic liver disease are global diseases that cause significant morbidity and mortality. Its prevalence is increasing in Pakistan, owing to chronic hepatitis B and C infections, which are estimated to be as high as 4.3 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively. At least half of cirrhotic patients acquire esophageal Varices during their lifespan. In roughly 30%–40% of cirrhotic patients, lifethreatening upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding occurs as a result of esophageal Varices and as a complication of portal hypertension. Given the high morbidity and mortality associated with variceal hemorrhage, screening endoscopy for early diagnosis and treatment of variceal hemorrhage has been advocated for these individuals [1]. These individuals are offered prophylactic endoscopic and medicinal procedures in order to prevent the related morbidity and mortality.

Frequent coauthors

• Ian L. Taylor

  12 shared

• David C. Whitcomb

  9 shared

• Karin Savage

  Duke Medical Center

  9 shared

• Thomas W. Gettys

  Pennington Biomedical Research Center

  9 shared

• Shuji Kanayama

  Kansai Medical University

  9 shared

• W. Scott Helton

  George Mason University

  5 shared

• Wanda Wyrwicka

  5 shared

• Katherine E. Lewis

  Alpine Immune Sciences (United States)

  3 shared

Labs

• Chamorro-Garcia LabPI

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