Position
in ACE: President-Elect,
10/03-9/04
Board
Member, 10/99 - 9/05
Chair, Publications
Committee |
| Dr. Linet is Chief,
Population Studies Section in the Radiation Epidemiology
Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,
National Cancer Institute.  She
has led landmark studies on the relationship of non-ionizing
radiation exposures from power lines and electrical
appliances in relation to childhood leukemia. More recently,
she has evaluated the role of wireless communication
devices in a comprehensive study of brain tumors in
adults. Dr. Linet is also internationally recognized
for research on the relationship of a range of environmental
exposures, specific medical conditions, surgical treatments,
medications, and vaccinations to childhood and adult
leukemias, lymphomas, and brain tumors. In collaboration
with the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Dr.
Linet and her colleagues at NCI have quantified the
dose-response relationship of occupational exposure
to benzene with adult hematological malignancies and
related disorders. She has also collaborated with Swedish
colleagues at the Karolinska Institute and Danish colleagues
at the Division for Cancer Epidemiology in the Danish
Cancer Society on a series of linked registry studies
of cancer risk and mortality among cohorts of patients
hospitalized for various disorders and/or surgical procedures.
Dr. Linet serves as an advisor to the Leukaemia Research
Fund (London) and the European Institute of Oncology
(Milan). She is a member of the Standing Committee on
Epidemiology of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection, the Advisory Group on Cancer and
the Environment to the American Cancer Society and is
government liaison member from NCI on the Committee
on Environmental Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
