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Alan R. Kristal, DPH, MPH, MS |
Professor, Epidemiology
Contact Information
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Box 358080
1100 Fairview Ave N, M4-B402
PO Box 19024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
Tel: 206-667-4686
Fax: 206-667-5977
http://www.fhcrc.org/science/phs/cprp/
akristal@fhcrc.org
Research Interests
Dr. Kristal's primary research interests are in nutritional epidemiology, including the etiologic relationships between diet and cancer and implementation and evaluation of interventions to reduce cancer risk. His current projects include studies on: (1) interrelationships of diet, steroid hormones, growth factors, inflammation and oxidative stress with the risk of prostate cancer; (2) effects of supplementation with vitamin E and selenium on prostate cancer risk; (3) relationships of steroid hormones, diet and obesity with the risk of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); and (4) role of nutritional status on response to treatment for HIV and HIV-related cancer in Uganda. He is a senior editor of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention and associate editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Kristal co-teaches EPI 588 Preparing and Writing Research Proposals
Education
DPH, Epidemiology, Columbia University 1983
MPH, Pub Health & Comm Med, Northwestern University 1979
MS, Nutritional Science, Framingham State College 1976
Projects
For project information go to FHCRC faculty page
Selected Publications
Kristal AR, Schenk JM, Song YJ, Arnold KB, Gong Z, Neuhouser ML, Goodman P, Tangen CM, Lin D, Stanczyk F, Thompson IM. Serum steroid and sex hormone binding globulin concentrations and the risk of incident benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. American Journal of Epidemiology 168:1416-1424, 2008.
Gong Z, Agalliu I, Stanford JL, Kristal AR. Obesity is associated with increased risks of prostate cancer metastasis and death after initial cancer diagnosis in middle-aged men. Cancer 109:1192-1202, 2007.
Gong Z, Goodman PJ, Tangen CM, Thompson IM, Pollak M, Neuhouser ML, Kristal AR. Obesity, diabetes, and risk of low- and high-grade prostate cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 15: 1997-1983, 2006.
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