Staff Recognized for Outstanding Papers
, by Julian Cantella, M.A.
Wen-Yi Huang, Jung Kim, Tongwu Zhang, Batel Blechter, Vicky Chang, Wayne Lawrence, Olivia Lee, Nina Rao, Nicole Rossi
Winners of DCEG's Outstanding Paper Award are selected based on research papers that have demonstrated impact, innovation, and clarity of thought and language. The following staff won this award for their 2023 publications, listed below.
Outstanding Paper by a Staff Scientist
Wen-Yi Huang, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB)
"GWAS Explorer, an open-source tool to explore, visualize, and access GWAS summary statistics in the PLCO Atlas," published in Science Data.
Jung Kim, Ph.D., Clinical Genetics Branch
"Germline pathogenic variants in neuroblastoma patients are enriched in BARD1 and predict worse survival," published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Tongwu Zhang, Ph.D., Biostatistics Branch
"Distinct Genomic Landscape of Lung Adenocarcinoma from Household Use of Smoky Coal," published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Outstanding Paper by a Fellow
Batel Blechter, Ph.D., M.A. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB)
"Polygenic Risk Score, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, and Risk of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Never-Smoking Women in Taiwan," published in JAMA Network Open.
Vicky Chang, Ph.D., M.P.H. – Research Fellow, OEEB
"Glyphosate exposure and urinary oxidative stress biomarkers in the Agricultural Health Study," published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Wayne Lawrence, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. – Research Fellow, MEB
"Trends in Mortality from Poisonings, Firearms, and All Other Injuries by Intent in the US, 1999-2020," published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Olivia Lee, Ph.D. – Predoctoral Fellow, Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch
"Targeted long-read sequencing of the Ewing sarcoma 6p25.1 susceptibility locus identifies germline-somatic interactions with EWSR1-FLI1 binding," published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
Nina Rao, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Translational Genomics (LTG)
"Analysis of several common APOBEC-type mutations in bladder tumors suggests links to viral infection," published in Cancer Prevention Research.
Nicole Rossi, M.S. – Postbaccalaureate Fellow, LTG
"Extrachromosomal Amplification of Human Papillomavirus Episomes as a Mechanism of Cervical Carcinogenesis," published in Cancer Research.