New Senior Investigators

Katherine McGlynn and Qing Lan

NIH recently awarded scientific tenure to Qing Lan, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, and Katherine A. McGlynn, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch.

Dr. Lan’s research focuses on molecular epidemiologic studies of populations with occupational and environmental exposure to chemicals that are known or suspected carcinogens. She has carried out extensive studies of indoor air pollution, genetic susceptibility, and lung cancer among women in Asia, with a particular emphasis on exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. She has also studied genetic susceptibility and intermediate endpoints for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia, as well as the hematologic, immunologic, and genotoxic effects of workplace exposure to benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene. She received her doctoral degree in molecular epidemiology at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing as part of a joint training program with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. McGlynn’s main research interests are the epidemiology of testicular cancer and related conditions as well as the epidemiology of liver cancer. To examine the etiology of testicular cancer, she conducted a large case-control study within the U.S. military population focused on early-life exposures and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Her liver cancer research has examined co-factors for hepatocarcinogenesis among high-risk populations in China and factors related to the increasing incidence of liver cancer in the United States. Prior to joining DCEG, she received her doctoral degree in epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania and her master’s degree from Tulane University.