Cancer Epidemiology

This area is geared to identify risk factors for cancer, enabling further understanding of cancer causes and creation of strategies to reduce the incidence of cancer. The Program defines risk and translates epidemiologic research into preventive interventions; by identifying cancer risk biomarkers, basic science studies can be better targeted to relevant mechanisms of human carcinogenesis. The UW Department of Epidemiology has strong collaborative relationships with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Cancer Epidemiology Program and Cancer Prevention Program.

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Core Faculty:
Shirley A. Beresford PhD	beresfrd@u.washington.edu
Parveen Bhatti, PhD, MSc	pbhatti@fhcrc.org
Gloria D. Coronado PhD	gcoronad@fhcrc.org
Scott Davis PhD	sdavis@fhcrc.org
Alan R. Kristal DPH, MPH	akristal@fhcrc.org
Johanna Lampe, Ph D	jlampe@fhcrc.org
Alyson Littman, PhD, MPH	alyson@u.washington.edu
Christopher I. Li PhD, MPH, MD	cili@fhcrc.org
Margaret M. Madeleine PhD, MPH	mmadelei@fhcrc.org
Kathleen Malone PhD	kmalone@fhcrc.org
Anne McTiernan MD, PhD	amctiern@fhcrc.org
Suresh H. Moolgavkar PhD, MBBS	smoolgav@fhcrc.org
Polly A. Newcomb, PhD, MPH	pnewcomb@fhcrc.org
Ulrike Peters PhD, MPH	upeters@fhcrc.org
John D. Potter PhD, MBBS	jpotter@fhcrc.org
Mary A. Rossing PhD, DVM	mrossing@fhcrc.org
Janet L. Stanford PhD, MPH	jstanfor@fhcrc.org
Stephen M. Schwartz PhD, MPH	stevesch@u.washington.edu
David B. Thomas MD, DPH	dbthomas@fhcrc.org
Neli Ulrich PhD	nulrich@fhcrc.org
Thomas L. Vaughan MD, MPH	tvaughan@u.washington.edu
Noel S. Weiss MD, DPH	nweiss@u.washington.edu
Emily White PhD	ewhite@fhcrc.org
Affiliate Faculty:
Diana Buist PhD, MPH	buist.d@ghc.org
Chris Carlson PhD	ccarlson@fhcrc.org
Chu Chen PhD	cchen@fhcrc.org

Relevant Courses

• EPI 524 Epidemiologic Studies of Cancer Etiology and Prevention
• EPI 540 Introduction to Cancer Biology

Electives related to cancer epidemiology:

• Epi 502 Phys Activity in Health and Disease
• Epi 517 Genetic Epidemiology
• Epi 528 Exposure Measurement in Epidemiology
• Epi 538 Nutritional Epidemiology
• Epi 542 Clinical Epidemiology
• Epi 548 Social Determinants of Health Research Methods
• Epi 573 Methods and Issues in Using Biological Measurements in Epidemiologic Research
• Epi 593 Cancer Prevention Research Laboratory
• Epi 590 Introduction to Laboratory Methods in Population Research

Training Grants:

• Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program
  Contact: Donald Patrick, PhD, Professor, Program Director 
                bcpt@u.washington.edu
  
• Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics Training Grant
  Contact: Tom Vaughan, MD, MPH, Profefssor
                tvaughan@u.washington.edu
• Cancer Prevention Training - Nutrition, Exercise & Genetics
  Contact: Emily White, PhD, Professor, Director
               ewhite@fhcrc.org
  

For more information on epi courses go to Epidemiology Course Catalog

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Areas of Faculty Research: Faculty Research Aging/Neuroepidemiology Cancer Epidemiology Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Epidemiology Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology Genetic Epidemiology Health Disparities/Social Determinants of Health Infectious Diseases Injury and Violence Epidemiology International Health Maternal & Child Health/Women's Health Nutritional Epidemiology Psychiatric Epidemiology Public Health Practice

 

This page was last updated on July 27, 2009