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Cancer

Cancer epidemiology strives to explain the causation, early detection, survival and prevention of cancer. Each cancer site has its own mechanisms and characteristics, necessitating a diverse collection of technologies and approaches for the study of cancer epidemiology. Our studies have involved hormonal factors; occupational/environmental exposures; infectious agents including Helicobacter pylori; cancer genetic epidemiology; energy balance, diet, physical activity and cancer; noninvasive biomarker measurements for etiology, prediction and survival; public health interventions to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality. We currently have biospecimens and data from thousands of study subjects in more than a dozen studies, as well as active collaborative involvement with numerous international cancer consortia.

Faculty of Interest

  • Senior Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

    Research Interests
    • Carcinoma
    • Chronic Disease
    • Epidemiology
    • Nutrition Disorders
    • Ovarian Neoplasms
    • Stress, Psychological
    • Tanning
    • Disease-Free Survival
    • Nutritional Sciences
  • Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

    Research Interests
    • Hodgkin Disease
    • Lymphoma
    • Molecular Biology
    • Health Care
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Co-Director, Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Director of Graduate Studies, Yale School of Public Health

    Research Interests
    • Asthma
    • Chronic Disease
    • Epidemiology
    • Genetics
    • Leukemia
    • Norway
    • Pre-Eclampsia
    • Sepsis
    • Biostatistics
    • Genetic Pleiotropy
  • Associate Professor Tenure; Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control, Yale Cancer Center

    Research Interests
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • Carcinoma, Renal Cell
    • Chronic Disease
    • Colonic Neoplasms
    • Costs and Cost Analysis
    • Epidemiology
    • Urologic Neoplasms
    • Risk Assessment
    • Cancer Survivors
  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

    Research Interests
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • Chronic Disease
    • Diet
    • Epidemiology
    • Public Health
    • Skin Neoplasms
    • Tanning
    • Colorectal Neoplasms
    • Survivors
    • Metabolomics
  • Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Founder and Director, Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale School of Medicine; Director, National Clinician Scholars Program

    Research Interests
    • Chronic Disease
    • Epidemiology
    • Health Policy
    • Internal Medicine
    • Ethics, Research
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

    Research Interests
    • Environmental Exposure
    • Environmental Health
    • Ophthalmology
  • Associate Dean of Research and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Deputy Director (Public Health), Yale Center for Clinical Investigation; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center

    Research Interests
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • Neoplasms by Histologic Type
    • Obesity
    • Ovarian Neoplasms
    • Weight Loss
    • Exercise
  • Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Inaugural Director, Cancer Screening & Prevention Program

    Research Interests
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • Neoplasms
    • Primary Prevention
    • Social Class
    • Socioeconomic Factors
    • Epidemiologic Factors
    • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
    • Minority Health
    • Health Status Disparities
    • Healthcare Disparities
    • Secondary Prevention
    • Social Determinants of Health
    • Health Care
  • Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

    Research Interests
    • Aging
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • HIV
    • Immunologic Factors
    • Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
    • Ovarian Neoplasms
    • Pancreatic Neoplasms
    • Polymorphism, Genetic
    • Helicobacter pylori
    • Endometrial Neoplasms
    • Molecular Epidemiology
    • Reproductive Medicine
    • DNA Methylation
    • Metabolic Syndrome
    • MicroRNAs
    • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • Interim Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control

    Research Interests
    • Chronic Disease
    • Epidemiology
    • Leukemia
    • Lymphoma
    • Myelodysplastic Syndromes
    • Myeloproliferative Disorders
    • Neoplasms
  • Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Esophageal Neoplasms
    • Ovarian Neoplasms
    • Pancreatic Neoplasms
    • Polymorphism, Genetic
    • Gonadal Steroid Hormones
    • Stomach Neoplasms
    • Helicobacter pylori
    • Molecular Epidemiology
    • Germ-Line Mutation
    • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Professor Adjunct; Professor Adjunct, Chronic Disease Epidemiology

    Research Interests
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • Liver Neoplasms
    • Neoplasms
    • Ovarian Neoplasms
    • Uterine Neoplasms
    • Molecular Epidemiology
    • Gene-Environment Interaction