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Catherine L. Carlson Haggerty, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor of Reproductive Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Epidemiology
Graduate School of Public Health
516B Parran Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-624-7377
Fax: 412-383-7518
E-mail: haggerty@pitt.edu



Research Interests
  • Reproductive and women's health
  • Sexually transmitted diseases
  • The role of infection and inflammation in infertility, chronic pelvic pain, and adverse pregnancy outcomes
Research Support
    Principal Investigator

    • Novel Pathogens in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (2008 - 2013) NIAID
    • Infection, Inflammation, and Preeclampsia (2006 - 2010) NIAID
    • Mycoplasma genitalium and pelvic inflammatory disease (2005 - 2008) NIAID
    • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Atherosclerosis, and Vascular Stiffness Evaluation (PAVE) (2004) Department of Epidemiology Small Grants Program
    • Chronic Pelvic Pain after Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (2001 - 2004) NICHD
Education & Training
  • NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (NICHD), University of Pittsburgh, 2001 - 2004
  • Community Health Summer Internship, University of Pittsburgh, 2002
  • University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2001
  • University of Pittsburgh, M.P.H. Epidemiology, 1999
  • University of Pittsburgh, B.S. Mathematics, 1994
Positions Held

2004-present Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
2003-present Assistant Investigator, Magee-Womens Research Institute
2004-present Chair, Magee-RAND Women's Health Initiative Obstetric Care Work Group
2003-2004 Instructor, Seminar in Epidemiologic and Public Health Presentation, Univ. of Pgh, Pgh, PA
2001-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
2002 Teaching Assistant, Epidemiology of Aging, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
2002 Teaching Assistant, Environmental Causes of Reproductive Failure, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
2001, 2002 Teaching Assistant, Epidemiology of Women's Health, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
2000-2003 Coordinator, Student Epidemiology Workshop, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
1999-present Member, Community Health Speakers Bureau, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
1996-2001 Graduate Student Researcher, University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health


Professional Memberships

2005-present Member, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
2005-present Member, The North American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
2004-present Member, Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research
2003-present Member, The Society for Epidemiologic Research
2003-present Member, Pennsylvania Public Health Association
2003-present Member, International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections
2003-present Member, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
2003-present Member, American College of Epidemiology
2003 Chair, University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association Survey and Newsletter Committee
2002 Vice Chair of Education, University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association Executive Committee
2002 Steering Committee & Member, University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association
2002 Volunteer, Americorps, Pittsburgh Health Corps


Honors

2006 Faculty honoree, University of Pittsburgh Honors Convocation
2005 "40 Under 40" honoree Awarded by Pittsburgh Magazine and the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) to "talented individuals under the age of 40 who are making a positive impact on the region's development"
2003 National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Recipient
2003 Women's Health Scholar Award, University of Pittsburgh
2002 Selected by intern peers and program coordinators to present summer internship experience at the Bridging the Gaps/Graduate School of Public Health Community Health Summer Internship Program Annual Day of Presentations/Symposium, University of Pittsburgh
2002 Student Honoree, Honors Convocation, University of Pittsburgh
2001 Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award, NIH
2001 Delta Omega Society Omicron Chapter, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
1994 B.S., Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh
1988 National Honor Society
1980 Mensa


Teaching
  • Epid 2720 Reproductive Epidemiology

Selected Publications

  1. Haggerty CL, Ness RB. Treatment and management of pelvic inflammatory disease. Women's Health, In Press 2008.

  2. Haggerty CL, Totten PA, Astete SG, Lee S, Hoferka SL, Kelsey SF, Ness RB. Failure of cefoxitin and doxycycline to eradicate endometrial Mycoplasma genitalium and the consequence for the clinical cure of pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually Transmitted Infections, In Press 2008.

  3. Wu C, Sun Y, Vestergaard M, Christensen J, Ness RB, Haggerty CL, Olsen J. Preeclampsia and the risk of epilepsy in offspring. Pediatrics, In Press 2008.

  4. Haggerty CL. Evidence for a role of Mycoplasma genitalium in pelvic inflammatory disease. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 21(1):65-9, 2008 Feb.

  5. Hegewald MJ, Lefor MJ, Jensen RL, Crapo RO, Kritchevsky SB, Haggerty CL, Bauer DC, Satterfield S, Harris T. Peak expiratory flow is not a quality indicator for spirometry: peak expiratory flow variability and FEV1 are poorly correlated in an elderly population. Chest. 131(5):1494-9, 2007 May.

  6. Haggerty CL, Ness RB. Newest Approaches to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Treatment: A Review of the Recent Randomized Clinical Trials. Clinical Infectious Diseases 44(7):953-60, 2007 Apr 1.

  7. Haggerty CL, Totten PA, Astete SG, Ness RB. Mycoplasma genitalium among women with non-gonococcal, non-chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics & Gynecology. vol. 2006, Article ID 30184, 5 pages, 2006. http://www.hindawi.com/GetArticle.aspx?doi=10.1155/IDOG/2006/30184

  8. Haggerty CL, Ness RB. Epidemiology, Treatment, and Pathogenesis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy 4(2):235-47, 2006 Apr.

  9. Taaffe DR, Newman AB, Haggerty CL, Colbert L, de Rekeneire N, Visser M, Goodpaster BH, Nevitt MC, Tylavsky FA, Harris TB. Muscle composition, muscle strength, and physical function in users and nonusers of estrogen-replacement therapy: The Health ABC Study. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2005. 37(10):1741-1747.

  10. Haggerty CL, Ferrell RE, Hubel CA, Markovic N, Harger G, Ness RB. Association between allelic variants in cytokine genes and preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2005 193(1): 209-15. (Digested in the September issue of AHRQ's Research Activites.)

  11. Haggerty CL, Peipert JF, Weitzen S, Hendrix SL, Holley RL, Nelson DB, Randall H, Soper DE, Wiesenfeld HC, Ness RB, for the PID Evaluation and Clinical Health (PEACH) Study Investigators. Predictors of Chronic Pelvic Pain in an Urban Population of Women with Symptoms and Signs of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2005 32(5):293-9. (Digested in Reuters Health e-line, "Pelvic Inflammatory Disease linked to pelvic pain", http://www.reutershealth.com, posted June 15, 2005 and the AHRQ Research Activities, September 2005.)

  12. Ness RB, Haggerty CL, Harger G, Ferrell R. Differential Distribution of Allelic Variants in Cytokine Genes among African-American and White Americans. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004. 160(11):1033-8. (Digested in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 2004 and the Voice of America Report, www.voanews.com, posted December 2004.)

  13. Haggerty CL, Hillier SL, Bass DC, Ness RB. Bacterial vaginosis and anaerobic bacteria are associated with endometritis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004. 39:990-5. (Digested in the February 2005 No. 294 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Newsletter, http://www.ahrq.gov/research/feb05/0205RA12.htm)

  14. Weiner DK, Haggerty CL, Kritchevsky SB, Harris T, Simonsick EM, Nevitt M, Newman AB, for the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Research Group. How Does Low Back Pain Impact Physical Function in Independent, Well-Functioning Older Adults? Evidence from the Health ABC Cohort and Implications for the Future. Pain Medicine. December 2003;4(4):311-20.

  15. Haggerty CL, Schulz R, Ness RB. Lower Quality of Life Among Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Following Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Obstetrics & Gynecology. November 2003;102(5):934-939.

  16. Haggerty CL, Ness RB, Kelsey S, Waterer G. The Impact of Estrogen and Progesterone on Asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. March 2003;90(3):284

  17. Newman AB, Haggerty CL, Goodpaster B, Kritchevsky S, Nevitt M, Miles TP, Visser M, Harris T, for the Health, Aging and Body Composition Research Group. Strength and Muscle Quality in a Well-Functioning Cohort of Older Adults: The Health ABC Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. March 2003;51:323-330.

  18. Goodpaster BH, Krishnaswami S, Resnick H, Kelley DE, Haggerty C, Harris TB, Schwartz AV, Kritchevsky S, Newman AB. Association Between Regional Adipose Tissue Distribution and Both Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Elderly Men and Women. Diabetes Care. February 2003; 26:372-379.

  19. Haggerty CL, Ness RB, Soper DE, Holley RL, Peipert J, Randall H, Sweet RL, Sondheimer SJ, Hendrix AL, Amortegui A, Trucco G, Hillier SL, for the PID Evaluation and Clinical Health (PEACH) Study Investigators. Endometritis Does Not Predict Reproductive Morbidity After Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. January 2003; 188(1):140-147

  20. Sanders MH, Newman AB, Haggerty CL, Redline S, Lebowitz M, Shahar E, Samet J, O'Connor GT, for the Sleep Heart Health Study. Sleep and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2003; 167: 7-14.

  21. Goodpaster BH, Carlson CL, Visser M, Kelley DE, Scherzinger A, Harris TB, Stamm E, Newman AB. Attenuation of skeletal muscle and strength in the elderly: The Health ABC Study. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2001; 90:2157-2165.

  22. Carlson CL, Cushman M, Enright, PL, Cauley JA, Newman AB. M.D, for the Cardiovascular Health Study Research Group. Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Associated with Higher FEV1 in Elderly Women. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. February 2001; 163:423-8.

  23. Ness RB, Markovic N, Carlson CL, Coughlin MT. Do men become infertile after having sexually transmitted urethritis? An epidemiologic examination. Fertility & Sterility. August 1997; 68(2):205-13.




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