Research
Faculty Research Interests
Some of our faculty research interests are delineated below.
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Ambrosone, Christine | cancer epidemiology (breast, lung, prostate), molecular epidemiology, pharmacogenetics, predictors of cancer prognosis |
| Bonner, Matthew | environmental and occupational epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, pesticides, air pollution, radon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates |
| Cummings, K Michael | tobacco control, product marketing, effectiveness of tobacco control policies on adult, youth smoking behavior, consumer risk perceptions about tobacco products, nicotine delivery devices |
| Donahue, Richard | epidemiology, insulin resistance, population sciences, diabetes, cardiovascular disease |
| Dorn, Joan | physical activity/exercise, cardiovascular disease, epidemiology |
| Freudenheim, Jo | epidemiology, nutrition, cancer, especially breast cancer |
| Giovino, Gary | patterns, determinants, consequences and control of tobacco use, disease prevention and health promotion, nutrition and smoking in dependence and other disease outcomes |
| Hyland, Andrew | evaluation of tobacco policies, cancer and tobacco surveillance, biostatistical support |
| LaMonte, Michael | physical activity/functional capacity, epidemiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes, global CVD risk assessment preventive medicine, health promotion |
| Li, Carl | hepatitis C surveillance, obesity, fetal alcohol syndrome, public health, preventive medicine, epidemiology teaching methods |
| Mahoney, Martin | cancer screening utilization/promotion, developing educational/training programs for physicians, non-physician providers, radiation exposure and leukemia in regions of Belarus, pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in a Medicaid population |
| Marshall, James | chemoprevention strategies in human populations, diet and breast cancer, epidemiologic analysis of predictors of genetic mutation in adenomatous polyps, familial colon cancer registries, endometrial cancer, metabolic factors among multi-ethnic populations |
| McCann, Susan | nutritional, molecular epidemiology, diet and cancers of the reproductive organs, dietary phytoestrogen intake and genetic susceptibility to breast cancer |
| Michalek, Arthur | cancer education/evaluation, molecular epidemiology; cancer in Native Americans, HIV/AIDS Hotline, International Consortium for Research on the Health Effects of Radiation - Ukraine (FSU) |
| Millen, Amy | nutritional epidemiology, diet and age-related eye disease (diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration), diet and cancer (primarily breast cancer), micronutrient intake/exposure (with emphasis on vitamin D) |
| Mu, Lina | environmental epidemiology, cancer epidemiology |
| Moysich, Kirsten | role of inflammation in ovarian cancer, radiation exposure and subsequent reproductive health indicators, environmental risk factors for breast cancer |
| Natarajan, Raj | statistical methods and epidemiology, evaluation of risk factors, etiology of cancers using the Patient Epidemiology Data Systems, statistical consulting of clinical, epidemiological studies, computer networks, data base management systems |
| Ochs-Balcom, Heather | genetic epidemiology (Barrett’s esophagus; esophageal, colon and lung cancers), oxidative stress, nutrition, adiposity, and disease prevention |
| Ram, Pavani | international public health, disease prevention, diarrheal diseases, infectious disease epidemiology |
| Rudra, Carole | ambient air pollution, preterm delivery, preeclampsia |
| Reid, Mary | cancer epidemiology (lung, head, neck), genetic/epigenetic biomarkers, chemoprevention trials |
| Scheider, William | relationship of food production system with the environment and health, control of food hazards or food safety, food security, environmental factors and Parkinson's disease |
| Trevisan, Maurizio | epidemiology, prevention of chronic diseases, cardiovascular disease, lifestyle habits, metabolic conditions, impact of alcohol consumption and drinking pattern and health outcomes |
| Wactawski-Wende, Jean | women's health |