People in the News - News Updates
Find out the latest news about DCEG Staff: awards and recognition, hirings and promotions, and engagement at scientific conferences.
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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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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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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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DCEG investigators and fellows presented their research at the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
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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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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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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.
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Stephen Chanock, Jackie Lavigne, and others from NCI and Queen's University Belfast (QUB) participated in the joint symposium entitled, “Cancer Knows No Borders – Celebrating Tripartite Cooperation to Enhance Cancer Research,” on the NIH campus and online.
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Montserrat Garcia-Closas and Barry Graubard receive the ASA 2022 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award.
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Martha S. Linet, M.D., M.P.H., Scientist Emerita, delivered the Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements. The lecture is given annually by distinguished scientists selected by the Board of Directors of NCRP on topics of importance to the radiation research community. Dr. Linet spoke about ‘Cancer Risks and Public Health Issues Across the Radiation Frequency Spectrum: The Long and Short of It.” A summary of her presentation will be published in the journal Health Physics later this year.
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In March 2023, Dr. Bin Zhu was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Biostatistics Branch. Dr. Zhu is an internationally recognized expert in the development of statistical methods for increasing the understanding of the etiology of cancer.
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Drs. Freedman, Sinha, and Ward were elected to the American Epidemiological Society (AES), an honorary society dedicated to epidemiology.
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Several awards were announced at the February hybrid Town Hall Meeting. They included Unsung Hero, Distinguished Scientific Service, Outstanding Paper for a Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician and Outstanding Paper for a Fellow.
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NCI Director’s Intramural Innovation awards support development of highly innovative approaches and technology aimed at significant cancer–related problems. Winners received one-time awards to be used in fiscal year 2023.
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2022 NIH Director’s Award recognized DCEG staff for their efforts in administering NIH COVID vaccines.
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Dr. Figueroa has rejoined DCEG as a tenured, senior investigator in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch to research risk factors associated with breast cancer incidence and mortality in diverse populations.
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Dr. Eric Engels, senior investigator and director of the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, was recognized as a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is one of 505 scientists, engineers, and innovators elected for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements throughout their careers.
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Drs. Oscar Florez-Vargas and Eleanor L. Watts were selected for the 2023 NCI Career Development Program which seeks to empower talented postdoctoral trainees to achieve their full potential as research scientists.
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The NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) posted to their Cancer Data Science Pulse blog on training opportunities at the NCI for data scientists. “Growing the Field—NCI Fellowship Opportunities in Data Science” describes different programs across the Institute, including the DCEG Data Science Research Group, and features a quote from Dr. Monjoy Saha, Research Fellow in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch.
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Dr. Morton is an international expert on cancer risks among individuals exposed to ionizing radiation, mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis, and the etiology and outcomes for patients with hematologic malignancies.