DCEG News Updates
The latest news and research findings from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
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Pediatric Mortality Decreases in U.S., but Rates Still Higher than Canada and U.K.
All-cause mortality rates in the U.S. have decreased in most age and racial/ethnic groups, but rates remain higher and are improving more slowly than other high-income nations.
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Kevin Brown Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
In October 2018, Kevin Brown, Ph.D., was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics.
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Davis Lynn Recognized by Rising Star in Biomedical Research
Brittny Davis Lynn was selected as a 2018 Rising Star in Biomedical Research and has been invited to speak at a related training workshop for female and under-represented minorities in biomedical research.
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Study Provides Closer Look at Postmenopausal Bleeding and Endometrial Cancer
In the largest analysis to date looking at the extent to which vaginal bleeding is associated with endometrial cancer in post menopausal women, 90% endometrial cancer patients reported bleeding before diagnosis.
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DCEG and DCCPS volunteers for High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program
This summer, DCEG and DCCPS volunteers taught students enrolled in the NIH High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (Hi-STEP) about vaccines and coached them through the making of a public health campaign video on a vaccine of their choice.
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DCEG welcomes Ashley Thompson from NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
DCEG welcomes Ashley Thompson from the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP).
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DCEG Summer Intern Program 2018
DCEG’s Summer Intern Program celebrate its 20th anniversary with the high-caliber work of this year’s interns on display at a poster session.
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Douglas Lowy and John Schiller Appointed DCEG Adjunct Investigators
In August 2018, Douglas R. Lowy, M.D., and John T. Schiller, Ph.D., were appointed as Adjunct Investigators in the DCEG Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program.
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AuthorArranger Tool Helps Quickly Format Manuscript Title Pages
Free web tool designed to help authors of research manuscripts generate correctly formatted title pages for manuscript journal submission in a fraction of the time it takes to create the pages manually.
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DCEG Biostatisticians Participate in the Joint Statistical Meeting 2018
DCEG fellows and staff members presented exciting new statistical methods developed to solve important analytic problems in cancer epidemiology and genetics at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Vancouver, Canada From July 28- August 2, 2018
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DCEG Joins the NCI Clinical Investigator Development Program
DCEG joins the NCI Clinical Investigator Development Program (CIDP). This training opportunity is intended for clinically-focused investigators seeking to develop a research program in cancer etiology and prevention.
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Novel Susceptibility Loci Identified for Ewing Sarcoma
New genetic susceptibility regions identified for Ewing sarcoma (EWS), a rare pediatric bone tumor for which genetic risk factors were poorly understood.
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CGB Fellows Successfully Defend Dissertations
Rotana Alsaggaf, Kelvin C. de Andrade, and Jennifer Young successfully defended their doctoral dissertations in May 2018. Dr. Alsaggaf studies cancer predisposition in myotonic dystrophy, Dr. de Andrade investigates cancer risk, progression, and phenotypic variability in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) patients, and Dr. Young performs psychosocial and qualitative research on LFS families.
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Morton re-elected to a second term as WSA
In summer 2018, Lindsay Morton, Ph.D., was re-elected by her peers to serve a three-year term as one of the Women Scientist Advisors (WSAs).
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Projecting Premature Death Rates for the U.S. Population Through 2030
A new analysis by DCEG investigators and collaborators at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, projects future premature death rates and the number of excess deaths for the U.S. population aged 25 to 64 by race or ethnicity and sex. Their findings were published online July 20, 2018, in the journal Lancet Public Health.
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Low-dose radiation exposure linked to leukemia in large retrospective study
Using data from nine historical cohort studies, investigators in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch and colleagues from other institutions, led by senior investigator Mark Little, D.Phil., were able to quantify—for the first time—excess risk for leukemia and other myeloid malignancies following low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation in childhood.
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Coffee consumption and mortality risk: A look at the effect of genetic variation in caffeine metabolism in the UK Biobank
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute evaluated the coffee-drinking habits of nearly half a million people, using demographic, lifestyle, and genetic data from the UK Biobank, to determine whether genetic variation in caffeine metabolism affects associations between coffee drinking and mortality risk. The investigators confirmed previous studies showing an inverse association between coffee drinking and mortality during the study period and found similar associations in participants with genetic variants conveying both faster and slower caffeine metabolism.
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Pfeiffer Delivers Mildred Scheel Lecture
Ruth Pfeiffer, Ph.D., senior investigator in the Biostatistics Branch, delivered the 8th Mildred Scheel Lecture in Heidelberg, Germany, titled, “Breast Cancer Risk Model Requirements for Counseling, Prevention, and Screening.” 2018
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Dr. Gary Wu Delivers 2018 Arthur Schatzkin Distinguished Lecture in Nutritional Epidemiology
Dr. Gary Wu of the University of Pennsylvania delivered the sixth Arthur Schatzkin Distinguished Lecture in Nutritional Epidemiology, entitled “Diet, the Gut Microbiome, and its Metabolome in Health and Disease.”
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2018 DCEG Intramural Research Awards
DCEG Intramural Research Awards (IRAs) are competitive funding opportunities designed to foster creative, high-impact research by fellows and tenure-track investigators. Proposals are evaluated on their potential for significant scientific or public health impact, innovation, interdisciplinary nature, ability to achieve the objectives within the proposed time frames and with the proposed resources, and programmatic relevance to DCEG’s mission.