Linkage Newsletter - DCEG News Updates
Longer-format articles that go in-depth on DCEG research or profile investigators. These articles are distributed three times each year as the DCEG Newsletter, Linkage.
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Metabolomics: The Growing Potential of an Emerging Field
DCEG scientists have been evaluating the performance of metabolomics assays and applying them to studies of cancer etiology.
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Agricultural Exposures, Multiple Myeloma Etiology: Profile of Tenure-track Investigator Jonathan Hofmann
Tenure-track investigator Jonathan Hofmann, Ph.D., M.P.H., has established a research program in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch focused on the role of agricultural exposures in the etiology of multiple myeloma and other cancers, and on understanding the biological mechanisms that influence the development and progression of multiple myeloma.
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Death Before Old Age: Untangling Premature Mortality in the U.S.
DCEG scientists are spearheading the Premature Mortality Project—an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional effort to characterize U.S. trends in premature mortality. In the process, the team has uncovered distinct mortality trends by race, ethnicity, age, and region, and provided crucial information about the ongoing, well-publicized, drug overdose epidemic.
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Of Microbes and Men: Advancing Epidemiologic Research on the Human Microbiome
DCEG investigators have developed a program to advance epidemiologic research on the microbiome.
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Cari Kitahara Explores Medical Radiation Exposures and Thyroid Cancer Etiology
Dr. Cari Kitahara has built a multidisciplinary research program to explore cancer risks from occupational and medical radiation exposures, and to investigate the etiology of radiosensitive tumors, including thyroid cancer.
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Utilizing Longitudinal Primary Care Patient Data to Conduct Epidemiologic Studies
DCEG investigators are utilizing data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, the world’s largest database of anonymized, longitudinal primary care medical records.
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Lisa Mirabello: Using Genetic Data to Understand Osteosarcoma Etiology and HPV Carcinogenicity
Profile of Lisa Mirabello in the Clinical Genetics Branch. Dr. Mirabello uses genetic data to understand osteosarcoma etiology and HPV carcinogenicity.
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Applying 3-Dimensional Printing for Radiation Exposure Assessment
Researchers are using 3D printing to create tools for health physicists to improve their estimates of radiation dose for epidemiological studies.
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Exploring the Relationship Between Mammographic Breast Density and Breast Cancer
Dr. Gretchen Gierach and colleagues employ a range of technologies and approaches to study mammographic breast density and its relationship to breast cancer risk.
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Unexpected Findings Reveal Genetic Mosaicism as Possible Early Marker for Disease
Unexpected Findings Reveal Genetic Mosaicism as Possible Early Marker for Disease - Spring 2017 Linkage newsletter, published by the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
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Using Geographic Information Systems to Improve Exposure Assessment in Epidemiological Studies of Cancer
Description of epidemiologic studies that are using geographic information system (GIS) technology, recently-available data resources, and novel analytic methods to home in on environmental causes of cancer.
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Advances in the Study of Cancer Risk Among Organ Transplant Patients
Advances in the Study of Cancer Risk Among Organ Transplant Patients--article in Linkage newsletter, fall 2016 issue. Published by the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics.
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Linking Population-Based Registries to Study Early-Life Factors and Cancer
Linking Population-Based Registries to Study Early-Life Factors and Cancer
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Shedding Light on the Etiology of Male Breast Cancer
Drs. Louise Britton and Michael Cook investigate the etiology of male breast cancer
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Clinical Genetics Branch Discovery: RTEL1 Founder Mutation Among Ashkenazi Jews
Clinical Genetics Branch Discovery: RTEL1 Founder Mutation Among Ashkenazi Jews - reported in the Spring 2016 issue of Linkage newsletter, published by the NCI Division of Cancer epidemiology & Genetics
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Exploring the Causes and Course of Lung Cancer in Northern Italy
DCEG genetic epidemiologists and collaborators from the University of Milan in Italy have been working to uncover critical steps that lead to lung cancer development and identify opportunities to interrupt that progression.
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Exploring the Links Between Leisure-time Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer
Article on physical activity, sedentary behavior and cancer, Linkage newsletter, Spring 2015
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Studies of Telomere Biology Disorders Shed Light on Mechanisms of Cancer
DCEG scientists study defects in telomere biology that can cause inherited bone marrow failure and cancer predisposition syndromes, and they also study telomeres and cancer risk among the general population.
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DCEG Gains Two New Earl Stadtman Investigators
Lisa Mirabello, Ph.D., M.S., and Steven C. Moore, Ph.D., M.P.H., have been selected as NIH Earl Stadtman Investigators. Named after a noted biochemist at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Stadtman program is a trans-NIH recruitment initiative designed to attract the most talented early career scientists to NIH.