Research Team
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William J. Blot, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Dr. Blot is an epidemiologist and biostatistician who has appointments both at Vanderbilt University (Professor of Medicine) and the International Epidemiology Institute (Chief Executive Officer and co-founder), and formerly was Chief of NCI’s Biostatistics Branch. He has headed large multi-centered case-control and cohort studies, including many in the southeastern US that dealt directly with exposure characteristics of southern and rural populations and those that have assessed racial differentials in cancer rates and risks. He research interests span across numerous environmental and genetic causes of cancer, particularly those affecting the respiratory system and digestive tract. See Dr. Blot’s publications on PubMed here |
William J. Blot, Ph.D.
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Margaret K. Hargreaves, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Hargreaves is a Professor of Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College. A nutritionist by training, Dr. Hargreaves’ research interests have expanded into the behavioral aspects of disease prevention, especially cancer. Her research has involved assessing risks and changing risk behaviors among African Americans, including those that assess dietary and other risk factors for chronic diseases known to cause excess deaths among African Americans and developing models that facilitate health behavior change. Dr. Hargreaves will be relating nutritional exposures and eating patterns to cancer outcomes in the SCCS cohort. See Dr. Hargreaves’ publications on PubMed here |
Margaret K. Hargreaves, Ph.D.
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Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Dr. Zheng is Professor and Chief of the Division of Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University, where he also is Director of the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research. Dr. Zheng has for over 25 years led research into the environmental and host determinants of cancer and other chronic diseases. He has directed large-scale cohort and case-control studies in both China and the United States, and developed international consortia to combine epidemiologic resources for enhanced study of issues in disease etiology and outcome. His main interests concern the genetic and molecular underpinnings of chronic diseases, especially breast, lung, colorectal and other cancers. Dr. Zheng directs the Vanderbilt Molecular Epidemiology Program managing the SCCS Biospecimen Repository. See Dr. Zheng's publications on PubMed here |
Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
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External Scientific Advisory Board Members
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CURRENT
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics University of Chicago Medical Center Elizabeth A. Platz, Sc.D. Professor Martin D. Abeloff, M.D., Scholar in Cancer Prevention Director, Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Training Program Co-Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Program Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Charles White Chief Executive Officer Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc. Mobile, Alabama Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H. Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Chair, Department of Nutrition Harvard School of Public Health |
PAST
Brian E. Henderson, M.D. (Deceased) Distinguished Professor Department of Preventive Medicine and Neurology Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Clark W. Heath, Jr., M.D. Retired, American Cancer Society Rubens J. Pamies, M.D. (Deceased) Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dean for Graduate Studies Professor of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center (Board Member from 2008-2011) Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. President Emeritus Morehouse School of Medicine (Board Member from 2002-2007) |