Curriculum and Faculty
The Cancer Epidemiology track offers a vibrant mix of didactic training, student-faculty discussions, and research experience in cancer etiology, prevention and control.
Three integrated training tracks are offered: cancer etiology and prevention, genetic epidemiology of cancer, and cancer control. Course offerings specific to the track include a two-term course “Etiologic and Preventive Aspects of Cancer” and an advanced second-year course “Methodologic Issues in Cancer Epidemiology.”
The Curriculum Includes
- Didactic course work in epidemiology, including specific course work in cancer epidemiology
- Participation in monthly cancer epidemiology journal club, seminar series, and research-in-progress meetings
- Analysis of the existing cancer epidemiology data set
Students are required to complete the Epidemiology Department’s basic core curriculum in addition to the required course work for their track. There are course requirements for each track, as well as course requirements for each degree program. Each track is detailed in the Department’s academic guide. Click here to view the course requirements for the Cancer Epidemiology track.
Faculty
Avonne E. Connor, PhD, MPH (Director)
Research interests: breast cancer, health disparities, ethnicity/race, obesity, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, cancer survival, polymorphisms/genetic variants, tumor phenotype, chronic inflammation, quality of life
Lorraine T. Dean, ScD
Research interests: social determinants, cancer survivorship, economic burden, disparities
Gypsyamber D'Souza, PhD, MPH, MS
Research interests: HPV, global cancer, cancer prevention, HIV, AIDS malignancy, STD, risk behavior, sexual behavior, cancer screening, epidemiologic methods, high risk populations, papillomavirus
Miranda Jones, PhD
Research interests: air pollution, arsenic, cancer, cardiovascular disease, environmental health disparites, epidemiology, health disparities, second-hand smoke, tobacco
Corinne E. Joshu, PhD, MPH, MA
Research interests: epidemiology, prevention, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, adenomatous polyps, lifestyle, race, telomeres, inflammation, obesity, screening
Darcy F. Phelan-Emrick, DrPH, MHS
Research interests: epidemiology, applied, professional public health practice, chief epidemiologist, Baltimore, cancer, cervical cancer, HPV, screening, health disparities, health services research, evidence-based, teaching, learning, pedagogy, education
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH
Research interests: epidemiology, prostate cancer, incidence and recurrence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, colorectal cancer, adenomatous polyps, diet, lifestyle, race, genetics, epigenetics, telomeres, inflammation, insulin, obesity, sex steroid hormones, vitamin D
Anne Fortino Rositch, PhD, MSPH
Research interests: global cancer epidemiology, low-resource settings, cervical cancer, cancer prevention and early detection, cancer in HIV/AIDS, epidemiological methods, health and economic outcomes modeling, implementation science, cancer disparities and care equity, women's cancers
Kala Visvanathan, MD, FRACP, MHS
Research interests: etiology, tissue- and blood-based early detection and prognostic biomarkers (genetics, epigenetics, telomeres, Vitamin D), risk assessment/stratification, repurposing medication, primary and secondary prevention of breast and ovarian cancer