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Joanne Colt M.P.H., M.S.

Assistand Branch Chief

Joanne Colt M.P.H., M.S.

Joanne Colt M.P.H., M.S.

Organization:National Cancer Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
Address:Executive Plaza South
Room 8002
Phone:301-435-4704
Fax:301-402-1819
E-mail:coltj@mail.nih.gov

Biography

Ms. Colt received an M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. She joined the NCI as an Epidemiologist in 1986, where her research has focused on environmental causes of cancer, with special emphasis on pesticides and organochlorines in relation to the etiology of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and childhood leukemia. Her interests also include bladder and kidney cancer etiology. Before joining the NCI, Ms. Colt was an environmental consultant for 19 years, primarily in the fields of solid waste management and stratospheric ozone protection.

Research Interests

  • Assessing exposure to home and garden pesticides through the use of residential carpet dust samples and questionnaires
  • Studying the association between exposure to pesticides and organochlorine compounds and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and childhood leukemia
  • Hypertension versus antihypertensive medications in the etiology of kidney cancer
  • Occupational exposures and bladder cancer risk
  • Bladder cancer prognosis and survival

Information for Journalists

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E-mail:
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Phone: 301-496-6641