Epidemiology

Research in the Division of Epidemiology centers around the NYU Women's Health Study, a project that has supported the cohort infrastructure and provided a scientific foundation for a variety of other related research projects. During the last 5-year grant period the NYUWHS research project has spawned 10 funded spin-off studies. These include 6 NIH-funded studies on:

• Estrogen-metabolism biomarkers and genes and endometrial cancer risk (PI: Dr. Zeleniuch-Jacquotte)
• Endogenous estrogens and colorectal cancer risk (PI: Zeleniuch-Jacquotte)
• Serum lignans and endometrial cancer risk (PI: Dr. Zeleniuch-Jacquotte)
• Repair of DNA damage and breast cancer risk (PI: Dr. Shore)
• Serum vitamin D, related genes and ovarian cancer risk (PI: Dr. Arslan)
• Biomarkers for ovarian cancer risk (PI: Dr. Arslan)