Epidemiology

Cancer Epidemiology

The Cancer Training Program in the Department of Epidemiology is home to an NCI-funded training grant, a T32 program, which is a collaboration among the School’s Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health Sciences. This program supports four trainees, all postdoctoral, all engaged in cancer-related studies and research. Weekly seminars bring all the participants together for presentations by the trainees, and the diversity of the group leads to significant cross-fertilization and sharing of ideas. There are also predoctoral trainees in cancer-related population sciences who participate in the T32 program's activitives but are supported through other mechanisms, such as graduate research assistant fellowships, fellowships from our CTSA program, or by F31 fellowships from the NCI.

Research projects include studies in molecular, lifecourse, and global cancer epidemiology; the projects capitalize on the resources of numerous local and international epidemiologic studies that include risk-factor data on nearly 1,000,000 individuals and large biorepositories of blood, urine, and tissue specimens of breast, lung, liver, and several other cancers. A large research group is also studying health services and outcomes research in cancer, racial disparities, and treatment issues. Several faculty members work on cancer prevention, including lifestyle and vitamin supplements, as well as cancer survivorship and palliative care. Emphasis is placed on learning clinical and pathologic principles of cancer, as well as an appreciation of advanced biostatistical methods.

Admissions

Interested candidates should send a CV and letter of interest to:

Alfred I. Neugut, MD, PhD
Myron M. Studner Professor of Cancer Research
Professor of Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street, Room 725
New York, NY 10032

Mary Beth Terry, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street, Room 725
New York, NY 10032

For postdoctoral applicants, we review applications on a rolling basis throughout the year.

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