Past Seminars

2009                                                                                                                                                              2008 | 2007

Urinary polyphenols and breast cancer risk: results from the Shanghai Women´s Health Study
Jainfeng Luo, Ph.D. - 9/15/09

Molecular Epidemiology of Skin Cancer
Jiali Han, Ph.D. - 9/8/09

Genetic polymorphisms in obesity-related genes and endometrial cancer risk
Xiaoli Chen, M.D., Ph.D. - 9/1/09

Colon Cancer Molecular Genetic Epidemiology Studies 
Mine Cicek, Ph.D. - 8/4/09

The Nashville Breast Health Study: Insights on recruitment and upcoming available data

Sandra L. Deming, Ph.D., M.P.H. - 7/7/09

The Helicobacter/gastric cancer enigma

Pelayo Correa, M.D. - 6/23/09

A possible role of estrogens and phytoestrogens in lung cancer
Gong Yang, M.D., M.P.H. - 6/9/2009

Fetal Growth, Gestational Age, and Maternal Breast Cancer among Younger Women
Sarah Nechuta, M.P.H., - 6/2/2009

Association of Helicobacter Pylori infection and diet on the risk of gastric cancer: A case-control study in Hawaii
Meira Epplein, Ph.D. - 5/12/2009

Adiposity in Type 1 Diabetes
Baqiyyah Conway, Ph.D., M.P.H. - 5/7/2009

Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence and Determinants in the Shanghai Men´s Health Study
Raquel Villegas, PhD - 4/28/2009

Delirium as a Risk Factor for Long-Term Cognitive Impairment after Critical Illness
Timothy D. Girard, M.D., M.S.C.I. - 3/31/2009

Diabetes, Physical Activity and Breast Cancer among Hispanic Women
Maureen Sanderson, Ph.D. - 3/3/2009

Health-related stigma perspectives and their effect on tuberculosis control
Aaron Kipp, M.S.P.H. - 2/24/2009

Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Model
Wanqing Wen, M.D., Ph.D. - 2/17/2009

Epidemiologic Research Activites at the National Cancer Center in Korea
Aesun Shin, M.D., Ph.D. - 2/10/2009

Rationale and Design for a Randomized Control Trial of Fish Oil Supplementation and Reccurent Adenoma Risk
Harvey Murff, M.D., M.P.H. - 2/3/2009

Measurement of Eicosanoids by Mass Spectrometry
Ginger Milne, Ph.D. - 1/20/2009

 
2008

Measurement Error Correction for Physical Activity Exposures
Charles Matthews, Ph.D. - 12/23/2008

Personalized Prevention of Cancer
Qi Dai, M.D., Ph.D. - 12/9/2008

Longitudinal Data Analysis following Case-Control Sampling with Application to an eight year ADHD Study in Children
Jonathan S Schildcrout, Ph.D. - 11/25/2008

Dietary Intake of B Vitamins and Risk for Breast Cancer
Martha J Shrubsole, Ph.D. - 11/11/2008

Pharmacogenomic Considerations in Complications of NRTI Therapy
Asha R Kallianpur, M.D., M.P.H. - 10/28/2008

Using Risk Markers in Epidemiologic and Clinical Research
Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D. - 9/16/2008

Plasma Fatty Acids & Prostate Cancer Risk in Nigerians: A Case-Control Study
Flora Ukoli, M.D., M.P.H. - 9/2/2008

Shanghai Breast Cancer Genetic Studies: Update of Recent Progress and Future Plans
Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D. - 8/12/2008

Locating and recruiting medically underserved women for abnormal mammography
follow-up research

Alecia Malin-Fair, Dr.P.H. - 7/22/2008

Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study: New Findings and Opportunities
Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D. - 7/8/2008

Long Chain Fatty Acids and Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study
Harvey Murff, M.D., M.P.H. - 6/10/2008

VKORC1 and its association with bone mineral density in the general population
Dana Crawford, Ph.D. - 5/27/2008

Gene-diet interaction and endometrial cancer risk
Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D. - 5/22/2008

Racial disparity and the genetic basis of preterm birth
Scott Williams, Ph.D. - 5/13/2008

Soy and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Gong Yang, M.D., M.P.H. - 4/29/2008

Breast Density as a risk factor for Breast Cancer: What do we know about it?
Celia Byrne, Ph.D. - 4/22/2008

Coverage Variation and Cost Efficiency in Genome-wide Association Studies
Chun Li, Ph.D. - 4/1/2008

Brassica and Cancer Prevention
Jay Fowke, Ph.D. - 3/18/2008

Developing Diagnostic Expert Systems — at Vanderbilt?
Olli S. Miettinen, M.D., M.P.H. - 3/13/2008

Association Studies on Bipolar Disorder and Meta-analysis of Associations on Schizophrenia
Jaijun Shi, Ph.D. - 3/5/2008

Breast/Endometrial Cancer Predisposition: the Role of Genes in the Insulin Pathway -­­ Exploring gene-gene and gene-environment interactions
Wanqing Wen, Ph.D. - 3/4/2008

Tumor metastasis suppressor genes and breast cancer survival
Shimian (Sherman) Qu, Ph.D. - 2/19/2008

Integrating genetic and epigenetic approaches to identify cancer genes
Jianfeng Xu, M.D., Dr.P.H. - 2/18/2008

Mitochondrial Genetic Variations and Breast Cancer
Qiuyin Cai, M.D., Ph.D. - 2/5/2008

Persistent Cognitive Dysfunction Following Cancer Treatment: Baseline Results from the Trial of Activity to Improve Chemobrain (TACTIC)
Charles Matthews, Ph.D. - 1/22/2008

Survey of Research Informatics Tools and Services Available Through the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)
Paul Harris, Ph.D. - 1/8/2008


2007

Molecular Epidemiology of Breast Cancer: New Clues to Etiology and Survival
Robert Millikan, D.V.M., M.P.H., Ph.D. - 12/11/2007

Copy Number Variations and Human Disease
Jirong Long, Ph.D. - 11/20/2007

Parkinson Epidemiology: Recent Progress and Research Opportunities
Honglei Chen, M.D., Ph.D. - 11/9/2007

Body mass, weight change, and mortality in the NIH-AARP cohort
Dr. Kenneth Adams, Ph.D. - 11/7/2007

The Case of ACE-I and Race: A Disgrace
Jay Kaufman, Ph.D. - 11/6/2007

Contributing to Our Understanding of the Epidemiology of Breast Cancer Development and Survival: the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project
Marilie Gammon, Ph.D. - 10/30/2007

Bayesian Methods for Highly Correlated Epidemiologic Data
Richard F. MacLehose, M.S., Ph.D. - 10/26/2007

Correlated errors in biased surrogates, with application to nutritional epidemiology
Donna Spiegelman, Sc.D. - 10/23/2007

How do socio-economic, demographic, psychosocial and environmental factors interact to affect dietary intake and quality among American adults?
May Baydoun, Ph.D., M.P.H. - 10/2/2007

n-3 fatty acids, hypertension and risk of cognitive decline among older adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
May Baydoun, Ph.D., M.P.H. - 10/2/2007

Methods for Analysis of Whole Genome Association Studies
Marylyn D. Ritchie, Ph.D. - 9/18/2007

Biological Networks Between Genomes and Phenotypes:Concrete Data, Concrete Data Tools, and Abstract Landscapes
Jay Snoddy, Ph.D. - 8/28/2007

Fatty Acids: The Importance of the n-3/n-6 Ratio to Nutritional Epidemiology
Harvey Murff, M.D., Ph.D. - 8/14/2007

Links between iron metabolism, inflammation, and complications of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infection
Asha Kallianpur, M.D., Ph.D. - 7/31/2007

Green tea consumption and cancer risk
Gong Yang, M.D., Ph.D. - 7/24/2007

Serum uric acid and its relation to hypertension development: Recent epidemiological data
Anoop Shankar, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - 7/17/2007

Is drinking of tea and fruit and vegetable juices beneficial or detrimental to risk of dementia?
Qi Dai. M.D., Ph.D. - 7/3/2007

Statistical Methods for Haplotype Analysis in Population Association Studies
Wanqing Wen, Ph.D. - 6/26/2007

AIDS Epidemiology and Research Opportunities in China
Han-Zhu Qian, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - 6/22/2007

Hot Flashes After Breast Cancer: Mechanisms, Models, and Management
Janet Carpenter Ph.D., R.N. - 6/19/2007

Decreasing Bias in Reproductive Epidemiology: Assistance from Analytic & Technological Methods
Penny Howards, Ph.D. - 5/29/2007

Endogenous hormones and breast cancer risk in women
Sue Hankinson, M.P.H. Sc.D. - 5/24/2007

Whole Genome Association Studies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jonathan Haines, Ph.D. - 5/15/2007

A nested case-control design for longitudinal data
Jonathan Schildcrout, Ph.D. - 4/10/2007