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  • Radiation Epidemiology Branch
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  • Genetic Epidemiology Branch

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS PROGRAM (EBP)

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A

• Alavanja, Michael, C.R., Dr.P.H.
  Etiology of lung cancer and assessment of cancer risk associated with pesticides and other agricultural exposures.
• Albanes, Demetrius, M.D.
  Nutritional and molecular determinants of prostate, lung and other cancers. Focus on role of micronutrients, vitamin supplementation, and exposures related to energy balance and anthropometry.
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B

• Bouville, Andre, Ph.D.
  Radiation dose reconstruction related to environmental releases of radioactive materials. Environmental behavior of radionuclides, especially 131I and 137Cs. Internal dosimetry.
• Brinton, Louise, A., Ph.D.
  Hormonally-related cancers, including breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers. Effects of reproductive and menstrual factors, iatrogenic agents, and gene-environment interactions.
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C

• Castle, Philip, E., Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Epidemiology of human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical cancer, mucosal immunology and physiology, vaccinology, cancer and sexually transmitted disease prevention.
• Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Ph.D.
  Survival analysis methods for genetic epidemiologic studies. Two-phase designs using biological and questionnaire data. Statistical methods for epidemiologic studies with disease classification data.
• Chow, Wong-Ho, Ph.D.
  Environmental and host determinants of gastric, esophageal, and renal cancers. Occupational and environmental risks for cancer in women.
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E

• Engels, Eric, A., M.D., M.P.H
  HIV, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, and AIDS-associated cancers. Simian virus 40 and cancer.
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G

• Gail, Mitchell, H., M.D., Ph.D.
  Studies of breast and gastric cancer etiology and risk assessment. Statistical methods for observational and experimental studies, including design and analysis of genetic epidemiologic studies.
• Garcia-Closas, Montserrat, M.D., Dr.P.H.
  Molecular epidemiology of cancer (breast, ovary, endometrium and urinary bladder). Collection methods of DNA from buccal cells and for evaluation of gene-environment interactions.
• Goedert, James, J., M.D.
  Natural history of hepatitis C virus, and risk factors for liver and B-cell diseases, with hemophilia. Risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpes virus infection and for classical KS.
• Graubard, Barry, I., Ph.D.
  Descriptive and analytical studies in survey methods from national cancer surveillance survey data. Biostatistical methodology for correlated observations in meta-analyses and community studies.
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H

• Hartge, Patricia, Sc.D.
  Studies of the etiology of lymphoma, melanoma, and cancers of the bladder, ovary, and breast.
• Hildesheim, Allan, Ph.D.
  Exogenous, host factors, and immunologic roles involved in pathogenesis of DNA- related viruses, including HPV and EBV. Studies in cervical cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer.
• Hsing, Ann, W., Ph.D.
  Molecular epidemiology of prostate and hepatobiliary cancers. Effects of diet, hormones, insulin resistance, obesity, and genetic factors. Methodological work on determinants of hormones.
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I

• Inskip, Peter, D., Sc.D.
  Cancer risks due to medical, environmental, and occupational exposures to ionizing radiation, including the Chornobyl nuclear reactor accident. Etiology of brain tumors. Multiple primary cancers.
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L

• Linet, Martha, S., M.D., M.P.H.
  Hematopoietic, lymphoproliferative, and other cancer risk in adults and children attributable to medical, environmental, and occupational exposures to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
• Lubin, Jay, H., Ph.D.
  Studies of the carcinogenic effects of radon and other radiation exposures, the assessment of measurement error, and the evaluation of other etiologic factors, including gene-environment interaction.
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M

• McGlynn, Katherine, A., Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Molecular epidemiology of primary liver cancers and testicular cancer.
• Moore, Lee, E., Ph.D.
  Use of molecular markers to measure the biological effects of carcinogens in human tissues. Molecular epidemiology of environmental arsenic exposure and of bladder and renal cell carcinoma.
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O

• O'Brien, Thomas, R., M.D., M.P.H.
  Role of human genetics in infections with oncogenic viruses and in associated cancers. Emerging infectious agents.
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P

• Pfeiffer, Ruth, M., Ph.D.
  Statistical methods for: genetic epidemiology, including power assessment of association studies, family data accounting for ascertainment , DNA pooling for joint genotype estimation, and lab data methods.
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R

• Rabkin, Charles, S., M.D.
  Molecular mechanisms of infection-related cancers, pharmacogenomics of iatrogenic malignancy.
• Ron, Elaine, M.P.H, Ph.D.
  Risk of radiation-associated tumors in medical, occupational, and environmental settings. Etiology of thyroid tumors. Biologic mechanisms related to radiation carcinogenesis.
• Rosenberg, Philip, S., Ph.D.
  HIV/AIDS natural history. Viruses and cancer, including HCV, SV40, and KSHV. Meta-analysis in genetic epidemiology. Smoothing and nonparametric regression. Cancer susceptibility.
• Rothman, Nathaniel, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
  Molecular epidemiologic studies of populations exposed to occupational and environmental carcinogens.
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S

• Schatzkin, Arthur, M.D., Dr.P.H.
  Diet and colorectal neoplasia, alcohol and breast cancer, prospective diet/cancer studies, intermediate endpoints, dietary patterns, intake biomarkers, and dietary measurement error.
• Silverman, Debra, T., Sc.D., Sc.M.
  Environmental and host determinants of pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, and carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust.
• Sinha, Rashmi, Ph.D.
  Interdisciplinary studies of diet, genetic susceptibility and cancer etiology. Developing approaches of exposure assessment using questionnaires and biochemical measures.
• Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Prospective studies of dietary and lifestyle factors, as well as, nutritional and molecular biomarkers in relation to primarily gastrointestinal cancers, particularly pancreatic cancer.
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W

• Wacholder, Sholom, Ph.D.
  Design of epidemiologic studies, including control selection and efficient designs. Joint effects of genetic and environmental factors. Natural history of human papillomavirus and cervical neoplasia.
• Ward, Mary, H., Ph.D.
  Environmental exposures (drinking water contaminants and pesticides) and exposure assessment using Geographic Information Systems. Etiology of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and gastric cancer.
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Z

• Ziegler, Regina, G., Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Research on diet, nutrition, and cancer. The role of vegetables, fruits, and micronutrients in the etiology of cancer.
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