Publications:72
Corina Lesseur Perez, PhD, MD
About Me
Dr. Corina Lesseur is a molecular epidemiologist and serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a member of the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research, the Center on Health and Environment Across the LifeSpan (HEALS), and the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute.
Dr. Lesseur’s research focuses on understanding how molecular traits shape individual disease susceptibility and responses to environmental exposures. She is particularly interested in placental epi/genomics, maternal and infant metabolic outcomes (birth weight, maternal obesity, and gestational diabetes) and in the effects of environmental exposures in early-life programming. Dr. Lesseur work is supported by an R00 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development entitled “Integrative analysis of human placental epi/genome in relation to fetal growth” (R00HD097286). In 2020, Dr. Lesseur was awarded the March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award that funds the project entitled “Characterizing the effects of genetics and gestational diabetes on the placental DNA methylome of Pacific Islanders”.
Dr. Lesseur received her MD at the Central University of Venezuela and a PhD in Molecular and Experimental Medicine from Dartmouth College. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Genetic Epidemiology at the International Agency for Research in Cancer, followed by postdoctoral training in environmental health and molecular epidemiology at the Icahn Mount Sinai.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Graduate Education
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Medicine [AIET], Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS]
Education
MD, Luis Razetti School of Medicine, Central University of Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela)
PhD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College (NH, USA)
Awards
2020
March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award entitled: “Characterizing the effects of genetics and gestational diabetes on the placental DNA methylome of Pacific Islanders.”
2020
Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental Exposures, P30 pilot research grant entitled: “Spatial exploration of inter‑relationships of covid‑19 infection, metal exposure, transcriptome and immune response in human placentas.”
2019
K99‑HD097286 NIH/NICHD research grant entitled: “Integrative analysis of human placental epi/genome in relation to fetal growth.”
2017
Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental Exposures, P30 pilot research grant entitled: “Transcriptome and endocrine effects of glyphosate‑based herbicides in early life.”
2014
Marie Curie co‑funded postdoctoral fellowship for training in cancer research at the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC)
Publications
Selected Publications
- Blood mitochondrial heteroplasmic variants and cognitive performance in late midlife: REGARDS study. Diddier Prada, Eva Morava -Kozicz, Aravind Lathika Rajendrakumar, Allison Kupsco, Corina Lesseur, Haritz Irizar, David Cantú-de-Leon, Claudia García-Cuellar, Andrea Ramírez, Jonathan González-Ruíz, Carol R. Horowitz, Mary Cushman, Jennifer Manly, Suzanne Judd, Emilia Bagiella, Andrea Baccarelli, Robbie Parks. BMC Neurology
- Prevalent detection of multiclass environmental chemicals in paired CSF and plasma samples and their potential associations with postpartum depressive symptoms in pregnant women. Bushra Amreen, Corina Lesseur, Ravikumar Jagani, Hiraj Patel, Daniel Katz, Joshua Hamburger, Noel Strong, Leah Habersham, Anna Sophie Rommel, Lotje D. de Witte, Chris Gennings, M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, Syam S. Andra, Jia Chen. Environmental Research
- Smoking-Associated DNA Methylation and Offspring Caries Experience: Findings from the GUSTO Study. A. A. Akinkugbe, C. Y. Hsu, C. Lesseur, V. Midya, K. H. Tan, K. Y. Jerry Chan, J. G. Eriksson, S. Y. Chan, Y. S. Chong, Y. S. Lee, D. Wang, J. Huang, R. O. Wright, N. Karnani, K. M. Godfrey, A. L. Teh, R. J. Wright. Journal of Dental Research
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Lesseur Perez has not yet completed reporting of industry relationships or has no industry relationships to report.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.