Sister Study: Who is Leading the Study?

Who is Leading the Study?

Meet the Investigators
More about NIH/NIEHS
Who is collecting the data for NIEHS?

MEET THE INVESTIGATORS

DR. DALE SANDLER

Dr. Sandler received her M.P.H. from Yale University School of Medicine in 1975, and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1979. Dr. Sandler is Chief of the Epidemiology Branch at NIEHS. She studies environmental causes

of chronic disease in adults. Dr. Sandler’s research has looked at risk factors for leukemia and kidney disease, health effects of residential and occupational exposure to radon, and the health consequences of exposure to cigarette smoke and agricultural chemicals.

Listen to the KFNX radio interview with Dr. Sandler. (click here)

DR. CLARICE WEINBERG

Dr. Weinberg received her M.A. in Mathematics in 1974 from Brandeis University, and her Ph.D. in Biomathematics from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1980. Dr. Weinberg is Chief of the Biostatistics branch at NIEHS. Dr. Weinberg is interested in assessing genetic effects and

developing better designs and methods of analysis to help understand the joint role of genetics and environmental exposures in causing disease.

See story "Clarice Weinberg Receives Nathan Mantel Award"

MORE ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (NIEHS)

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is one of 25 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability from environmental causes. The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies such as training, education, technology transfer, and community outreach.

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DR. PAULA SCARBOROUGH JURAS

Dr. Juras is a Specialist with NIEHS, and serves as the Project Officer for the Sister Study. She earned a BA in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Florida. Her dissertation research centered on an indicator of breast

cancer prognosis; and her graduate research, as a whole, contributed directly to the development of protease inhibitor therapeutics for persons living with HIV. Afterward, Dr. Juras was a research associate with Duke University Medical Center, and then went on to accept a research award fellowship with the NIEHS, where she studied lung disorders associated with some breast cancer treatments. Dr. Juras joined the NIEHS Epidemiology Branch in 1999.

DR. LISA DEROO

Dr. DeRoo is a Staff Scientist with NIEHS and serves as an epidemiologist for the Sister Study. She earned her M.P.H. in International Health from Emory University, and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Her doctoral research focused on

cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of breast cancer. Before joining NIEHS in 2006, Dr. DeRoo was a visiting fellow at the Division of Epidemiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, where she studied risk factors for breast cancer among Geneva women.

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WHO IS COLLECTING THE DATA FOR NIEHS?

A professional services research firm, specializing in health studies and epidemiologic research, works closely with NIEHS investigators to recruit participants, collect data, and manage the day-to-day activities of the study. In July of 2005, the research firm (CODA) became part of Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. More information can be found at http://www.s-3.com/SES/ses.htm

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