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CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM MEMBERS
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Associate Members
Name/ Profile/E-mail	Affiliations/Appointments	Research Interests
Altman, Russ, MD, PhD	Professor:Medicine, Bioengineering and Genetics Professor & Chair: Bioengineering Director: Helix Group Program Director: Biomedical Informatics Professor (by courtesy): Computer Science Associate: CHP/PCOR, PharmGKB Member: BioX	Computational methods for analyzing functional genomics information Emphasis: Biostatistics, Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomics, Bioinformatics
Chang, Ellen, PhD	Consulting Assistant Professor: HRP-Epidemiology Managing Scientist in Health Sciences: Exponent, San Francisco Bay Area	Hepatocellular carcinoma, Epidemiology of Lymphoid Malignancies, Lung cancer, community outreach Emphasis: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lung Cancer, etiology and prevention
Cheng, Iona, PhD	Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California	Cancer epidemiology with a focus on multiethnic populations Emphasis: Genetic Susceptibility, Prostate Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cancer Etiology
Clarke, Christina, PhD	Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Assistant Professor: HRP-Epidemiology , California Teachers Study Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry	Epidemiology of Lymphoid Malignancies, Epidemiology of Breast Cancer, Cancer surveillance, new technologies for epidemiologic data collection Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Melanoma, Prognosis and Survival, Surveillance Research
Davis, Ronald, PhD	Professor: Biochemistry, Genetics Director: Stanford Genome Technology Center (SGTC) Collaborating Faculty: Biomedical Informatics	Whole genome analysis projects Emphasis: Biostatistical methods, High throughput genetic analysis, Bioinformatics
Fisher, Paul, MD	Professor: of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Pediatrics Professor (by Courtesy): Neurosurgery CBTRUS	Epidemiology, natural history, and disease patterns of brain tumors in childhood Emphasis: Childhood Cancers, Prognosis and Survival
Glaser, Sally, PhD	CEO and Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Associate Professor: HRP-Epidemiology Director: Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry	Hodgkin's Lymphoma, breast cancer, and surveillance research (the use of population-based cancer and other data to monitor cancer occurrence and related population patterns) Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Prognosis and Survival
Gomez, Scarlett, PhD	Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Associate Professor: HRP-Epidemiology Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry	Methodological studies aimed at improving cancer registry data for studies of race/ethnicity and social determinants in cancer incidence and outcomes Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Prognosis and Survival, Surveillance Research
Haile, Robert, Dr PH	Associate Director: Population Science Acting Professor Medicine: Oncology	Environmental and genetic epidemiology, high risk popultaions Emphasis:Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lynch Syndrome
Horn-Ross, Pamela, PhD	Senior Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Professor: HRP-Epidemiology California Teachers Study	Nutrient/gene interaction in cancer prevention Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Endometrial Cancer
Hsing, Ann, PhD, MPH	Director of Research, Senior Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California	Etiology of hormone-related cancers, racial/ethnic differences in etiology Emphasis:Hormone exposure, Lifestyle factors, Genetic susceptibility, Prostate cancer, Biliary tract cancer
John, Esther, PhD, MSPH	Senior Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Professor: HRP-Epidemiology Breast Cancer Family Registry	Role of modifiable lifestyle factors, genetic susceptibility, and early-life factors in cancer etiology; cancer in Latina and African American populations. Emphasis: Cancer etiology, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Keegan, Theresa, PhD	Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Assistant Professor: HRP-Epidemiology Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry	Cancer epidemiology and cancer surveillance, with primary areas of interest in genetic and modifiable factors that influence the occurrence of and survival after cancer. Emphasis: Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Melanoma, Prognosis and Survival, Surveillance Research
Nelson, David, PhD	Principal Biostatistician: Cancer Prevention Institute of California	Reliable model selection in an environment where the ratio of the number of potential variables p to the sample size n is larger than what has been traditionally encountered. Such "small n, large p" situations have become especially prevalent in modern "-omics" data. Emphasis:Effective models for predicting disease outcomes from environmental exposure data
Owens, Douglas, MD	Director: Stanford-UCSF Evidence-Based Practice Center Professor: Medicine-Primary Care Outcomes Research Senior Investigator: VA Palo Alto Professor (by Courtesy): HRP - Health Services Research Affiliated Faculty: Medical Informatics Faculty Member: CHP/PCOR Participating Faculty: Biomedical Informatics Member:Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center	Decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and meta-analysis to evaluate clinical and health policy problems Emphasis: Prognosis and Survival, H. Pylori, Patterns of Care
Parsonnet, Julie, MD	Professor: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Medicine Associate: CHP/PCOR	Infectious disease epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, long-term consequences of chronic bacterial infection Emphasis: H. Pylori, Patterns of Care
Plevritis, Sylvia, PhD	Associate Professor: Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology, Radiologicl Sciences Laboratory, CISAC, Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Participating Faculty: Biomedical Informatics Associate: CHP/PCOR Affiliate:BioX CISNet Breast Cancer Research Program	Developing stochastic models of the natural history of cancer and deriving estimates of the rates that cancer progresses from non-metastatic to metastatic states. Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Surveillance Modeling
Quach, Thu, PhD	Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Assistant Professor: HRP-Epidemiology	Environmental and occupational risk factors for cancer Emphasis: Health disparities in immigrant populations
Reynolds, Peggy, PhD	Senior Research Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California Consulting Professor: HRP-Epidemiology California Teachers Study	Environmental epidemiology with a focus on breast cancer and cancers in children. Emphasis: Cancer Etiology
Schupp, Clayton, MS, PhD	Staff Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California	Identifying and understanding racial / ethnic disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes Emphasis: Prostate cancer
Sieh, Weiva, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor: HRP-Epidemiology	Genetic and clinical epidemiology of cancer. Emphasis: Prostate and women’s cancers
West, Dee, PhD	Professor Emeritus: HRP-Epidemiology California Teachers Study Colon Cancer Family Registry	Cancer etiology (diet and familial), cancer surveillance, and cancer outcomes. Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Prognosis and Survival, Patterns of Care
Whittemore, Alice, PhD	Professor: HRP-Epidemiology Breast Cancer Family Registry Family Registry of Ovarian Cancer, ICPCG	Developing improved statistical methods for the design and conduct of studies involving hereditary predisposition and modifiable lifestyle characteristics in the etiologies of site-specific cancers Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Biostatistical Methods, Prognosis and Survival, Patterns of Care
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Chu, Lisa W, PhD, MPH	Senior Staff Scientist: Cancer Prevention Institute of California	Molecular epidemiology of prostate, breast, and biliary tract cancers; role of circadian rhythms in cancer etiology Emphasis:Molecular epidemiology, Circadian rhythms, Gene-environment interactions, Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, and Biliary tract cancer
Friedman, Gary, MD, MS	Investigator: Kaiser Permanente Consulting Professor: HRP-Epidemiology	Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests. Emphasis: Ovarian Cancer, Patterns of Care
McGuire, Valerie, PhD	Senior Research Scientist: HRP- Epidemiology ACES ALS Consortium of Epidemiologic Studies Ovarian-CFR	Epidemiology of reproductive cancers, including breast and ovarian cancer Of particular interest are BRCA genes and hormonal factors as they contribute to the risk of these disorders. Emphasis: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
McLaughlin, Robert, PhD	CPIC In House Counsel and Research Scientist Cancer Prevention Institute of California	Human subjects protection and the ethics of participant-based biomedical research Emphasis: Bioethicss

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