Harvey Risch, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)Cards
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Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Biography
Dr. Harvey Risch is Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Risch received his MD degree from the University of California San Diego and PhD, in mathematical modeling of infectious epidemics, from the University of Chicago. After serving as a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology at the University of Washington, Dr. Risch was a faculty member in epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Toronto before coming to Yale. Dr. Risch's research interests are in the areas of cancer etiology, prevention and early diagnosis, and in epidemiologic methods. He is especially interested in the effects of reproductive factors, diet, genetic predisposition, histopathologic factors, occupational/environmental/medication exposures, infection and immune functioning in cancer etiology. His major research projects have included studies of ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, lung cancer, bladder cancer, esophageal and stomach cancer, and of cancers related to usage of oral contraceptives and noncontraceptive estrogens. Dr. Risch is Associate Editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Editor of the International Journal of Cancer, and for six years was a Member of the Board of Editors, the American Journal of Epidemiology. Dr. Risch is an author of more than 400 original peer-reviewed research publications in the medical literature and those research papers have been cited by other scientific publications more than 55,000 times. Dr. Risch has an h-index of 116 and is a Member of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering.
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Appointments
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
EmeritusPrimaryChronic Disease Epidemiology
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- Global Health Studies
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale Ventures
- YSPH Global Health Concentration
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington (1983)
- PhD
- University of Chicago (1980)
- MD
- University of California, San Diego (1976)
- BS
- California Institute of Technology (1972)
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Public Health Interests
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News
News
- May 29, 2020
Using Hydroxychloroquine and Other Drugs to Fight Pandemic
- April 02, 2019
Risch is recognized for pancreatic cancer research
- February 21, 2019
Four YSPH Faculty Elected to State Scientific Academy
- February 19, 2019
Nine From Medical School Are Among 13 Yale Faculty Named to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering