Medical School

M.D., Mongolian National Medical University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1998

Other School

Ph.D., Ecology and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan 2006

Other School

M.A.S., Clinical and Translational Research, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis CA 2013

Outstanding Presentation in Clinical Innovation Award, UCD Human Genomics Forum, 2014

Highly Innovative Pilot Research Award, UCD Clinical and Translational Science Center, 2013

Excellence in Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Research Award, Richard C. Woodard Memorial Endowed Fund, 2013

UCD Excellence in Postdoctoral Research Award, nominee, 2010

Rotary Club Excellence in Research Award, Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation, 2005

Enkhmaa B, Berglund L. Lp(a) and SARS-CoV-2: A conspiracy of two mysteries. J Intern Med. 2022 Jan;291(1):8-10. doi:10.1111/joim.13356. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PMID:34713951.

Berglund L, Kim K, Zhang W, Prakash N, Truax K, Anuurad E, Enkhmaa B. Lp(a)-Associated Oxidized Phospholipids in Healthy Black and White Participants in Relation to apo(a) Size, Age, and Family Structure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Sep 7;10(17):e020158. doi:10.1161/JAHA.120.020158. Epub 2021 Aug 25. PMID:34431330.

Enkhmaa B, Petersen KS, Kris-Etherton PM, Berglund L. Diet and Lp(a): Does Dietary Change Modify Residual Cardiovascular Risk Conferred by Lp(a)? Nutrients. 2020 Jul 7;12(7):2024. doi:10.3390/nu12072024. PMID:32646066.

Enkhmaa B, Kim K, Zhang W, Prakash N, Truax K, Anuurad E, Berglund L. PCSK9 in African Americans and Caucasians in Relation to Lp(a) Level, Apo(a) Size and Heritability. J Endocr Soc. 2020 Jun 11;4(7):bvaa073. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvaa073. PMID:32685870.

Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Kim K, Berglund L. Heritability of apolipoprotein (a) traits in two-generational African-American and Caucasian families. J Lipid Res. 2019 Sep;60(9):1603-1609. doi:10.1194/jlr.P091249. Epub 2019 Jul 18. PMID:31324652.

Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Li CS, Kaplan R, Lazar J, Merenstein D, Karim R, Aouizerat B, Cohen M, Butler K, Pahwa S, Ofotokun I, Adimora AA, Golub E, Berglund L. Effect of antiretroviral therapy on allele-associated Lp(a) level in women with HIV in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. J Lipid Res. 2018 Oct;59(10):1967-1976. doi:10.1194/jlr.P084517. Epub 2018 Jul 16. PMID:30012717.

Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Li CS, Kaplan R, Lazar J, Merenstein D, Karim R, Aouizerat B, Cohen M, Butler K, Pahwa S, Ofotokun I, Adimora AA, Golub E, Berglund L. Lipoprotein(a) and HIV: Allele-Specific Apolipoprotein(a) Levels Predict Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV-Infected Young Women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2017 May;37(5):997-1004. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.117.309137. Epub 2017 Mar 23. PMID:28336560.

Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Yue K, Li CS, Berglund L. The roles of apo(a) size, phenotype, and dominance pattern in PCSK9-inhibition-induced reduction in Lp(a) with alirocumab. J Lipid Res. 2017 Oct;58(10):2008-2016. doi:10.1194/jlr.M078212. Epub 2017 Aug 10. PMID:28798072.

Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Abbuthalha A, Kaur P, Visla J, Karakas S, Berglund L. Lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a) in polycystic ovary syndrome. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2016 Feb;84(2):229-235. doi:10.1111/cen.12937. Epub 2015 Oct 5. PMID:26341109.

Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Kim K, Berglund L. Diverging trajectory patterns of systemic versus vascular inflammation over age in healthy Caucasians and African-Americans. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Apr;239(2):509-515. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.02.023. Epub 2015 Feb 16. PMID:25710295.