Professional Service and Awards
Editorial Service
HREB senior staff mentor junior staff, visiting fellows, and students, serve as journal reviewers, and are editors or members of editorial boards:
- Dr. Brinton (Editorial Board of Breast Cancer Research, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Menopause; Senior Editor for Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
- Dr. Cook (Editorial Board of Frontiers in Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer)
- Dr. Gierach (Associate Editor, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
- Dr. McGlynn (Editorial Board of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
- Dr. Sherman
- Dr. Wentzensen (Editorial Board of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention; Associate Editor of Frontiers in Women’s Cancer)
NIH Committee Service
Branch staff are active on NIH, NCI and DCEG committees:
- Dr. Brinton chairs the DCEG Hormone Laboratory Advisory Committee and the Office of Education Advisory Group. She is also a member of the AARP Study Management Team and the AARP Steering Committee and the DCEG Senior Advisory Group.
- Dr. Cook is a member of the Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON).
- Dr. Cook serves on the Steering Committee of the Asian Barrett’s Esophagus Consortium (ABC).
- Dr. Dallal serves on the DCEG Committee of Scientists, a group previously chaired by Dr. McGlynn.
Dr. Gierach serves on the Hormone Laboratory Advisory Committee and the NCI Women’s Health Activities Committee. She is also a member of the NIH Intramural Program on Research on Women’s Health Steering Committee.
- Dr. McGlynn is chair of the Technology Transfer Committee, co-chair of the USMCI Epidemiology Steering Committee, and is the DCEG WSA Representative-elect.
- Drs. Brinton, Sherman and Gierach are members of the NCI Breast Cancer Stamp Act Steering Committee.
- Dr. Wentzensen serves on the CGEMS Data Access Committee (DAC) and is a member of the PLCO ovarian subcommittee.
Consortial Group Memberships and National and International Committees and Advisory Groups
HREB senior scientists are active members of a variety of consortial groups and are involved with providing support to a number of national and international committees and advisory groups:
- Dr. Figueroa and Dr. Sherman are active members of the Breast Cancer Association Consortium.
- Dr. Gierach is an active member of the DENSNP and Marker Of DEnsity (MODE) Consortia on the genetics of mammographic density.
- Dr. McGlynn is a founding member of the Testicular Cancer Consortium (TECAC).
- Dr. Brinton chairs the Steering Committee for Oxford University’s Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Female Cancers.
- Dr. Brinton served on the American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Awards Committee.
- Dr. Brinton is a member of the Gynecology Oncology Group’s Cancer Prevention and Control Subcommittee.
- Dr. Wentzensen is a member of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium.
- Dr. Wentzensen is on the Steering Committee of the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium.
- Dr. Wentzensen is a member of the Cochrane Gynaecological Cancer Review Group, section “Prevention of Cervical Cancer.”
- Dr. Wentzensen is a member of the Practice Improvement in Cervical Screening and Management (PICSM) Committee.
- Dr. Wentzensen is member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Papillomavirus Conference 2011.
- Dr. Wentzensen is faculty member of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Biennial Meeting 2012.
- Dr. Yang and Dr. Wentzensen are members of the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium.
Awards
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch Awards:
| Louise Brinton |
| 2009 |
American College of Epidemiology’s Abraham Lilienfeld Award |
| 2008 |
University of North Carolina H.A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award |
| 2008 |
NIH Group Merit Award for the Polish breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer study |
| 2007 |
Noted as one of NCI’s top 10 female scientists in NIH Women in Science (Publication from NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health, ORWH) |
| 2007 |
NIH Merit Award for "Selflessly and brilliantly guiding HREB, combining scientific leadership, administrative excellence and unparalleled caring mentorship" |
| 2004 |
DCEG Exemplary Service Award |
| 2003 |
NIH Group Merit Award for "Outstanding leadership and expertise in seamlessly planning and executing the NCI Workshop, Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer" |
| 2002 |
NIH Plain Language Award |
| 2001 |
NIH Quality of Life Award |
| Michael Cook |
| 2011 |
Outstanding Research Paper by a Fellow award for the paper Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium. |
| 2010 |
Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference, Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Les Diablerets, Switzerland |
| 2009 |
Selected to attend AACR Pathobiology of Cancer Workshop, The Edward A. Smuckler Memorial Workshop, Snowmass, CO. |
| 2009 |
Invited speaker, Masters in Public Health Course, The George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington DC |
| 2008 |
NCI/DCEG Molecular Epidemiology Course Award for the research proposal entitled “A Pilot Study of Methylation Profiles for Testicular Germ Cell Tumors” |
| 2008 |
NCI Director’s Intramural Innovation Award for the research proposal entitled “Serum Iron Levels and the Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers” |
| 2008 |
NCI/DCEG Fellowship Achievement Award |
| 2008 |
NCI/DCEG Fellows Award for Research Excellence for the research project entitled “Endogenous DNA Damage and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors" |
| 2007 |
American College of Epidemiology Best Poster Award for the research project “Testicular Germ Cell Tumors and Childhood Physical Activity” |
| 2005 |
Royal Society of Medicine’s Young Epidemiologist of the Year Award (Second Prize) |
| Jonine Figueroa |
| 2010 |
NCI Director’s Intramural Innovation Award |
| 2008 |
NCI/Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Intramural Research Award |
| 2007 |
NCI Cancer Prevention Research Training Merit Award |
| 2007 |
NCI Director’s Intramural Innovation Career Development Award |
2006 |
NCI/Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Intramural Research Award |
| 2006 |
NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence |
| Gretchen Gierach |
| 2011 |
NCI Office of Science Planning and Assessment and the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, Award to Advance Research on Cancers in Women |
| 2008 |
NCI/Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Molecular Epidemiology Research Funding Award |
| 2008 |
NCI Merit Award in Cancer Prevention Research Training |
| Katherine McGlynn |
| 2010 |
NCI Outstanding Mentor Award |
| 2006 |
NIH Merit Award for "Completion of the Servicemen's Testicular Tumor Environmental and Endocrine Determinants Study, a novel investigation which should provide etiologic insights regarding this poorly understood tumor." |
| Mark Sherman |
| 2009 |
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology Exemplary Service Award |
| 2008 |
NIH Merit Awards |
| 2004 |
National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Infrastructure and Technology Transfer Awards |
| 2003 |
National Cancer Institute Technology Transfer and Performance Awards |
2002 |
National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Think Tank Award |
| Nicolas Wentzensen |
| 2009 |
Intramural Research Award (IRA): Methylation profiling of ovarian cancer in two population-based studies: Development of a marker panel for assessing etiologic heterogeneity and early detection. |
| 2008 |
Intramural Research Award (IRA):Micro-RNA profiling of cervical precancer and cancer in the Study to Understand Cervical Cancer Early Endpoints and Determinants (SUCCEED). |
