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Genetic Epidemiology Branch (GEB)

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  • Caporaso, Neil, E., M.D.
    Molecular epidemiology of lung and tobacco-related cancers. Family studies of lympho-proliferative cancers, i.e., chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Pharmacogenetics of genotype-phenotype relationships.
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    • Goldin, Lynn, R., Ph.D.
      Analytic methods for detecting susceptibility genes for complex diseases by linkage and association methods. Genetic epidemiology of lymphoproliferative cancers.
    • Goldstein, Alisa, M., Ph.D.
      Genetic epidemiology of cancer, integrating epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular approaches. Developing and evaluating methods to examine gene-environment interactions in complex diseases.
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      • Landi, Maria, T., M.D., Ph.D.
        Association and linkage approaches in genetic epidemiology of cutaneous malignant melanoma, genetic factors of lung cancer and smoking, health consequences of dioxin exposure.
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        • Taylor, Philip, R., M.D., Sc.D
          Development of prevention strategies for cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract (esophageal and gastric cancers) using a variety of research approaches (cancer prevention trials, early detection studies, etiologic studies, laboratory-based molecular research, and clinical nutrition studies).
        • Toro, Jorge, R., M.D.
          Clinical, epidemiologic, genetic, gene mapping, and laboratory investigations of geneodermatoses and skin cancer to elucidate the mechanisms that contribute to benign and malignant diseases.
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          • Yang, Rose, Ph.D., M.P.H.
            Identify susceptibility genes for familial cancers (melanoma, chordoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma). Assess etiologic heterogeneity of breast cancer using molecular approaches.