Student Profiles

Meklit Daniel graduated from Williams College with a B.A. (Hons) in anthropology and public health. With support from a Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowship, she then earned two M.Phil. degrees in medical anthropology and population health sciences respectively from the University of Cambridge. Afterwards, Meklit trained in epidemiology as a research fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). There, she worked on projects examining the association between residential proximity to toxic industrial sites and toenail metal concentrations and the impact of outdoor air pollution on breast cancer risk while accounting for residential mobility.

As a NIH OxCam Scholar, Meklit works with Dr. Alexandra White (NIEHS) and Profs. Hubert Lam and Christiana Kartsonaki (Oxford), investigating the role of outdoor air pollution as a potential risk factor for breast cancer among women in the U.S. and China. Ultimately, Meklit aims to utilize epidemiologic methods and geospatial analysis to better understand how environmental pollutants are related to cancer development.