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Dr. Andrew Rundle's research focuses on physical activity and body weight with a primary interest in whether sedentary lifestyles and overweight/obesity are risk factors for cancer development. This work includes investigations of the determinants of physical activity and body weight, creating new methods to measure physical activity, molecular epidemiologic investigations of mechanisms through which physical activity may prevent cancer, and studies of associations between activity and cancer incidence. Dr. Rundle also is involved in a project investigating whether environmental exposures cause prostate cancer. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at the Mailman School, which include the Environmental Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology courses, he lectures at the School of Social Work and teaches epidemiology to journalism students at NYU. Dr. Rundle also is involved with IARC's international training workshops on Molecular Epidemiology.

DrPH, Columbia University, 2000

MPH, Columbia University, 1994

BS, SUNY, 1991

Mailman School Affiliations:

• Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health 

University Affiliations:

• Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars  
• Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy  
• Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center  

Additional Affiliations:

• Member, Medical Advisory Board, EHE International Inc.

• Environmental Sciences Award for Academic Excellence, Columbia School of Public Health, 1994
• National Cancer Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Columbia School of Public Health, 1996
• New Investigator Workshop Award, American Society for Preventive Oncology Annual Meeting, 1998
• Environmental Health Sciences Award for Academic Excellence, Mailman School of Public Health, 2000
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Health Disparities Scholar

Built Environment and Health
Project URL: http://www.beh.columbia.edu/
Dr. Rundle is leading a series of studies to determine whether characteristics of neighborhood's social and built environments (e.g. access to public transport, parks, crime, zoning, trees, community gardens, traffic volume) influence health. Much of the research focuses on obesity related outcomes in adults and children, however the team is also conducting research on childhood asthma and developmental outcomes. The project is also developing novel methods to measure characteristics of neighborhoods.

Physical Activity and Lung Cancer in GEN-AIR/EPIC
An investigation of whether increased physical activity prevents lung cancer in ex- and non-smokers. The project is designed as case-control study nested in the EPIC cohort, and is using biomarkers to test hypotheses regarding the mechanisms through which physical activity exerts effects.

Countries: United Kingdom