Current Fellows in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch
Meet the fellows in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB) and learn about their work.
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Daniela S. Gutiérrez-Torres, Sc.D., M.S.
Dr. Gutiérrez-Torres, postdoctoral fellow in MEB, is analyzing the impact of occasional smoking on cancer risk and mortality in the United States and worldwide. Her mentor is Dr. Christian Abnet.
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Feifan He, B.Med.
Mr. Feifan He, predoctoral fellow in MEB, investigates the genome-wide association analysis and methylome diversity of gastric cancer. His mentors are Christian Abnet, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Constanza Camargo.
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Giovanny A. Herrera Ossa, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Dr. Herrera Ossa, postdoctoral fellow in MEB, is studying the association between the human microbiome and cancer risk, especially cancers of the lung, colorectum, head/neck, and breast.
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Eric Hyde, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Hyde, postdoctoral fellow in MEB, investigates physical activity behavior measurement and relationships cancer and other chronic conditions. His mentor is with Charles Matthews, Ph.D.
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Michael Kebede, M.P.H.
Mr. Kebede, pre-doctoral fellow and iCURE scholar in MEB, investigates moderate to vigorous physical activity and breast tumor microenvironment. His mentors are Charles Matthews, Ph.D., M.S., Melissa Treoster, Ph.D, M.P.H, and Jonine Figueroa, Ph.D, M.P.H.
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Douglas Monroe, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Monroe, an iCURE postdoctoral fellow in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB), studies neighborhood context and dietary factors in relation to pancreatic cancer, under the mentorship of Drs. Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, MEB, and Carolyn Reyes-Guzman in the Tobacco Control Branch of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
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Mahdi Nalini, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Nalini, visiting postdoctoral fellow in MEB, studies metabolomics and exposure biomarkers in cancer and other chronic diseases, within collaborations between NCI and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the International Hundred K+ Cohort Consortium. His mentors are Arash Etemadi, M.D., Ph.D., and Christian C. Abnet, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Alaina Shreves, M.S.
Ms. Shreves, predoctoral fellow in MEB, is currently pursuing a D.Phil. through the NIH Oxford Cambridge Program. As an NIH Oxford Scholar, she works with Dr. Charles Matthews (MEB) and Oxford mentors Drs. Aiden Doherty and Ruth Travis to investigate what types of physical activity are associated with lower cancer incidence.
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Kadiatou Traore, B.S.
Ms. Traore, Medical Research Scholar and predoctoral fellow in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, is investigating risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Malawi under the mentorship of Christian Abnet, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Emmanuel O. Uduh, B.S.
Mr. Uduh, postbaccalaureate fellow in MEB, is studying the etiology of esophageal and gastric cancers under the mentorship of Drs. Yukiko Yano and Christian Abnet.
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Eleanor L. Watts, D.Phil., M.P.H.
Dr. Watts, postdoctoral fellow in MEB, is investigating the role of physical activity in relation to cancer, under the mentorship of Steven C. Moore, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Yukiko Yano, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Yano, Independent Research Scholar and research fellow in MEB, conducts methodologic and etiologic studies of the human oral microbiome as well as studies of risk factors for esophageal and gastric cancer. Her mentors are Christian Abnet, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rashmi Sinha, Ph.D., and Emily Vogtmann, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Ting Zhang, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Zhang, postdoctoral fellow in MEB, investigates dietary factors, metabolomics, as well as genetic components of these exposures in the etiology of pancreatic cancer in cohort studies, under the mentorship of Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.