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| MARTHA
S. LINET, M.D., MPH, is Acting Chief and Senior
Investigator in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch at the National
Cancer Institute. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors
of ACE, chairs the Publications Committee, and is a long-standing
Fellow of the College.
BACKROUND: Martha’s research
assesses and quantifies cancer risks associated with occupational,
residential, and medical exposures to ionizing and non-ionizing
radiation. She is an expert on the etiology of hematopoietic malignancies,
and authored the internationally recognized text The Leukemias:
Epidemiologic Aspects. Martha evaluated power-frequency magnetic
fields and radon in relation to childhood leukemia, cell phones
in relation to adult brain tumors, and autoimmune diseases, familial
and genetic factors in relation to lymphoproliferative malignancies.
Martha received her M.D. from Tufts University, her MPH from the
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and is board certified in
internal medicine and preventive medicine. She was elected to the
American Epidemiological Society, and has received the NIH Merit
Award, Director’s Award, and Quality of Life Award. Martha
is an associate editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
the American Journal of Epidemiology, and the Journal of Epidemiology
and Biostatistics. She serves on advisory committees to the Leukemia
Research Fund (London), the International Agency for Research on
Cancer (Lyon), the American Cancer Society, and the Committee on
Environmental Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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| FAITH
DAVIS, PH.D is Professor of Epidemiology in
the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public
Health, University of Illinois at Chicago.
BACKGROUND: Faith received her B.Sc degree from
the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She attended the
Kennedy School of Government, the School of Public Health at Harvard
University, where she received Masters degrees in Public Administration
and Public Health, and the Yale University School of Public Health
where she received her PhD in chronic disease epidemiology. She
has been a member of the faculty at UIC School of Public Health
since 1984. Her research interests focus on cancer epidemiology,
particularly brain tumors and radiation exposures. Faith has over
20 years of experience in conducting epidemiology research and has
devoted administrative efforts towards developing an infrastructure
to conduct population based studies in the Chicago area. She has
served on local, regional and national review and advisory committees
and is currently a member of the National Council for Radiation
Protection subcommittee on biological effects of radiofrequency
electromagnetic fields and a member of the Progress Review Group
convened by NCI and NINDS for brain tumors. She is on the editorial
boards for Neuro-Oncology and the Journal of Registry Management.
Faith conducted work with the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the
U.S which culminated in a recent change of legislation regarding
how brain tumor data will be collected in US surveillance systems
in the future. F. JAVIER NIETO, M.D., PH.D, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin. BACKGROUND:
Javier received his MD degree from the University of Valencia, Spain,
in 1978. After completing a residency in Family and Community Medicine
in Spain (1983) and an MPH degree in Havana, Cuba (1985), he worked
for the Spanish Government in developing primary health care centers
in a rural area in central Spain. He resumed his academic training
at the Johns Hopkins University where he completed a Master in Health
Science (MHS, 1989) and a PhD degree in Epidemiology (1991). In
1991 he joined the faculty of the Department of Epidemiology in
the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and served
as an Associate Professor between 1998 and 2001. Between 1993 and
2001, he served as a member of the editorial board of the American
Journal of Epidemiology. He joined the Department of Population
Health Sciences at UW in January 2002. Javier’s main areas
of research include cardiovascular disease epidemiology, markers
of subclinical atherosclerosis, emerging risk factors for cardiovascular
disease (homocysteine, inflammation markers, chronic infections),
health consequences of sleep disorders and psychosocial stress.
He is also interested in methodological issues in epidemiology and
in the teaching of epidemiologic methods. Along with Moyses Szklo,
he is co-author of a textbook on intermediate epidemiology methods
(Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics, Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Publishers
Inc, 2000). In addition to the American College of Epidemiology,
Javier is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society,
a Fellow of the American Heart Association (Council on Epidemiology
and Prevention), and a member of the American Public Health Association,
the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and the Sociedad Española
de Epidemiología (Spanish Epidemiologic Society). |
JACK
SIEMIATYCKI, PH.D, is a Professor and Canada
Research Chair at the University of Montreal. His main appointment
is in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. He holds adjunct
appointments at McGill University and the Institut National de Recherche
Scientifique (University of Quebec). He is Associate Director of the
Research Center of the University of Montreal Hospital Center.
BACKGROUND: Jack was first trained as a statistician and then received a PhD in epidemiology from McGill University in 1976. After working initially on health survey methods, he shifted focus to environmental/occupational causes of cancer when he spent a post-doctoral year at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. This, and epidemiologic methodology, has remained the primary focus of his research career. He has served on many expert panels, both nationally in Canada and internationally in the US and Europe. Jack has also been active in peer review for journals and grant agencies. He was President of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics and has been active in Canada in advocating for epidemiology.
BACKGROUND:
Lorann received a BA in 1974 in cultural anthropology at the University
of California, Santa Barbara; an MPH in International Health in
1975, and a PhD in Epidemiology in 1982 at the University of Texas,
School of Public Health. She served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia.
She was a Public Health Analyst at NIH, NHLBI, Epidemiology Branch.
She became as Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky,
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health in 1984.
Lorann moved to the Department of Environmental Health at Colorado
State University in Fort Collins in 1990. In 2001, she moved from
the Department of Environmental Health to the Department of Psychology
with a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental and
Radiological Health Sciences. She served APHA as a member of the
Epidemiology Section Council (1986-1990); on the Action Board (1989-1994);
and on the Joint Policy Committee (1994). She served as Secretary-Treasurer
for Society of Epidemiologic Research (1990-1993). She was a member
of the Epidemiology Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
pre-doctoral fellowship panel (1996, 1998, 1999) and Chair of the
Committee (2000, 2001). She was on the first panel convened for
the Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship Program, hosted by the
National Academy of Sciences (2003). She has served on numerous
grant review panels for the CDC/ NIOSH, and CDC/NCIPC. Her research
interests are primarily related to agricultural safety and health.
She is currently Principal Investigator on a study of adolescent
farm work, fatigue and injuries. She is Director of the Colorado
Injury Control Research Center, an academic research and training
program funded by CDC (1995-present). |
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