- Molecular Epidemiology conducts combined laboratory-epidemiology studies in human populations to assess:
distribution, quantity and repair of carcinogen-macromolecular adducts and their carcinogen-induced lesions in biological samples from individuals in environments associated with high and low risk for cancer;
mutational spectra in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in human cancer; and experimental approaches to identify host susceptibility factors that predispose to cancer; and cancer biomarkers of diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic outcome.
Current Research projects in the Molecular Epidemiology Section:
Breast & Prostate Cancer Unit
Tobacco-related Cancer
Carcinogen Metabolism and Cellular Responses Studies
Cancer and Cancer Risk Behavior
Gene-Environment Interactions
Staff Members
Acting Section Chief
Curtis_Harris@nih.gov
Stefan Ambs
Head Breast & Prostate Cancer Unit
Principal Investigator
ambss@mail.nih.gov