Research Interest Area: Cancer Epidemiology

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Focuses on studying cancer prevention, causes and control, as well as factors affecting trends in cancer incidence, mortality, screening and treatment.

Overview

The global burden of cancer is increasing and with it the need for cancer epidemiologists to study its causes and how to prevent it, detect it earlier, treat it better, and intervene to improve quality of life for cancer survivors.

Students with the following interests and are encouraged to explore these research interest areas:

  • cancer etiology
  • cancer prevention and control
  • disease surveillance
  • clinical epidemiology
  • immunology, molecular biology
  • occupational and environmental epidemiology
  • cancer survivorship