DCEG News Updates
The latest news and research findings from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
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DCEG Scientists Present at International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Meeting
After postponing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry (ISoRED) had their first in-person meeting in 2023. Many scientists in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch presented at the meeting.
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Disaggregating Data on Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Individuals Reveals Disparities in Mortality Rates
Anika Haque and Dr. Meredith Shiels in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch analyzed cancer death rates across racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. during 2018-2020, revealing substantial differences between Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander individuals
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15th Annual Fellows’ Training Symposium: Summary of Day Two
The theme of the symposium was "It Takes a Village - The multifaceted approach to ending cancer as we know it.” During day two, fellows participated in career roundtable sessions.
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Disaggregating Data on Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Populations by Ethnicity Reveals Disparities in HPV-Associated Cancers
An analysis led by Drs. Jacqueline B. Vo in the Radiation Epidemiology branch and Jaimie Z. Shing in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch revealed disparities in incidence rates of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers in Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations when disaggregated by race and ethnicity.
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15th Annual Fellows’ Training Symposium: Summary of Day One
The theme of the symposium was "It Takes a Village - The multifaceted approach to ending cancer as we know it.” Speakers included Drs. Meredith Shiels, Robert Winn, and Monica Bertagnolli. Day two of the symposium will take place later in May.
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Brittany Lord Selected as NIH Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) Scholar
Brittany Lord, postdoctoral fellow in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch, was selected as one of three NIH Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) Scholars. She presented her research on breast cancer disparities at a symposium in April.
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NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Interviews Dr. Shuai Xie on Connecting Engineering and Public Health
As an engineering student, she studied how indoor building materials may contribute to indoor air pollution. Now she uses her training to discover how pesticides used outdoors may enter homes, particularly in agricultural areas.
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Liz Ward, Distinguished Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Dr. Elizabeth M. Ward visited as a Distinguished Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology. She gave a lecture to the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch entitled “Overview of World Trade Center Exposures and Cancer Studies.” As part of her visit, she also met with individual investigators and groups to exchange ideas and participated in a round table discussion with OEEB fellows to discuss issues related to career advancement.
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Exposure-Response Observed for Urine Glyphosate Concentrations, Markers of Oxidative Stress
Drs. Jonathan Hofmann and Vicky Chang, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, and colleagues, reported exposure-response relationships between urine glyphosate concentrations and increasing levels of two established urinary biomarkers of oxidative stress.
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Neal Freedman Departs DCEG to Lead the Tobacco Control Research Branch at NCI
Dr. Freedman, senior investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, will transition to Director of the Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) in the NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
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Fellows Present at 2023 NIH Postbac Poster Day
Postbaccalaureate fellows in DCEG presented scientific posters on their research at the 2023 NIH Postbac Poster Day, sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education.
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2023 Intramural Research Awards
The DCEG Intramural Research Awards are competitive funding opportunities designed to foster creative, high-impact research by fellows and tenure-track investigators.
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2023 AACR Annual Meeting Features DCEG Research
DCEG investigators and fellows presented their research at the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
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Montserrat García-Closas Leaves DCEG
Dr. García-Closas founded and led the DCEG Trans-Divisional Research Program, providing critical scientific and administrative leadership for the Division, launching groundbreaking new initiatives and shaping future research directions.
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Living Near Ethylene Oxide Emissions Linked to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer in situ
A study from Dr. Rena Jones found that living in areas with higher environmental emissions of the carcinogenic gas, ethylene oxide, is associated with higher risk of developing ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a non-invasive, early-stage breast cancer.
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Opportunities to Achieve President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Goal of Reducing Cancer Death Rates in the U.S.
Drs. Shiels, Freedman, and colleagues, have outlined opportunities for achieving President Biden and First Lady Biden’s Cancer Moonshot℠ national goal of reducing the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years. A study published April 17, 2023, in Cancer Discovery, led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of NIH, has concluded that achieving this goal will require increased access to and use of interventions known to prevent common causes of cancer death.
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Peter Kraft Appointed Director of TDRP
Dr. Peter Kraft has been appointed Director of the Trans-Divisional Research Program (TDRP). Dr. Kraft is an internationally recognized leader in both biostatistics and the molecular epidemiology of cancer.
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Brittny Davis Lynn Appointed Associate Director
Brittny Davis Lynn, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been appointed Associate Director for Scientific Management and Dissemination within the DCEG Office of the Director (OD).
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Experiences of Discrimination Linked to Higher Mortality
In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, a large multi-ethnic cohort with nearly two decades of follow-up, Dr. Wayne Lawrence and colleagues observed an association between discrimination and mortality across all racial/ethnic groups but strongest among Black participants.
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Marie-Josèphe Horner Re-elected as Women Scientist Advisor Staff Scientist Representative
Dr. Marie-Josèphe Horner, staff scientist in the Trans-Divisional Research Program, was re-elected to a second three-year term as Women Scientist Advisor Staff Scientist Representative.