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- GWAS: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Cancer Causation
- Visiting Scholar William Blot
- Spring 2009 Intramural Research Awards
- Profile of William Anderson
- Drs. Linet and Hartge Recognized by the InterLymph Consortium
- Profile of Ruth Kleinerman
- DCEG Selects the First Robert A. Welch Fellow
- Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellows
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- New TEQ Chair
- DCEG Staff Attend the Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting
- Fellows Win NIH FARE Awards
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- Kenneth Cantor Retires
- Staff Receive NIH Merit Awards
- Alumna Dr. Peters Selected for the PECASE Award
- Charles Land Retires
- Scientific Highlights
- Major Editorials, Commentaries, and Reviews Published by DCEG Scientists in 2009
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- NIH Juried Art Show
- Dr. Linet Inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars
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- Highly Cited Papers by DCEG
- DCEG Participates in ACE Meeting
DCEG Participates in the American College of Epidemiology Meeting
The American College of Epidemiology held its annual meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland in September, with a focus on Novel Methods at the Intersection of Epidemiology and Policy Making. Several members of DCEG received awards, chaired symposia, or presented posters on current research.
Louise Brinton gives the Lilienfeld Award Lecture.
Louise A. Brinton, Ph.D., Chief of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, received the prestigious Abraham Lilienfeld Award for her exceptionally productive career in cancer epidemiology. Upon receiving the award, she gave the Lilienfeld Award Lecture, reflecting on the uniqueness of epidemiology as a science and the ways in which the discipline has evolved. She emphasized the critical importance of training the next generation of epidemiologists and knowing how to conduct field work.
Leah Ferrucci, Ph.D., Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, won the 2009 Student Prize for her paper "Dietary meat intake in relation to colorectal adenoma in asymptomatic women" and gave a plenary presentation on the results of her research. Mark Schiffman M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Genetics Branch, along with Dr. Deborah Winn, Deputy Director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, moderated an expert panel on human papillomavirus (HPV) titled "Epidemiology research needs on HPV and cervical neoplasia, with a special focus on the impact of HPV vaccination on screening recommendations," and Hormuzd A. Katki, Ph.D., Biostatistics Branch, spoke about "Risk estimation for the next generation of cervical cancer prevention programs" during the panel. Patricia Hartge, Sc.D., Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, chaired the symposium Translating Epidemiology to Policy. Kathryn Hughes, M.P.H., Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB), presented her poster "Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to methyl bromide in the Agricultural Health Study"; Briseis Kilfoy, Ph.D. (OEEB), presented her poster "Thyroid cancer and exposure to dietary nitrate and nitrite in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study"; and Chu-Ling Yu, Sc.D., Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB), presented her poster "The impact of delayed blood centrifuging, choice of collection tube, and type of assay on 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations." Jackie Lavigne, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief of the Office of Education (OE), and Martha S. Linet, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of REB, presented the mentoring workshop, and Kristen Kiser, M.H.A., M.S. (OE), managed the DCEG exhibit and recruitment booth.
—Alexandra Ekblom, M.P.H.
