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Curriculum Vitae
ELIZABETH TERRELL HOBGOOD FONTHAM, M.P.H., Dr. P.H.
Business Address: Louisiana State University Health Science Center
School of Public Health
2020 Gravier Street – 3rd floor
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 568-5700 Phone
(504) 568-5701 FAX
EDUCATION
B.A. Louisiana State University Chemistry 1968
College of Arts & Sciences
M.P.H. Tulane University Epidemiology 1978
School of Public Health
Dr. P.H. Tulane University Epidemiology 1983
School of Public Health
EMPLOYMENT
9/68 - 8/70 Research Assistant
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
6/79 – 4/80 Research Associate
Louisiana State University Medical Center-School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
4/80 – 6/84 Instructor
LSUMC Department of Pathology
7/84 – 6/89 Assistant Professor
LSUMC Department of Pathology
1/86 – to date Adjunct Faculty (Assistant, Associate, Full Professor)
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
7/89 – 6/96 Associate Professor-Tenured
LSUMC Department of Pathology
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1/91 - 12/97 Assistant Editor
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
9/92 – 12/13 Senior Consultant Epidemiologist
Section of Environmental Epidemiology, Office of Public Health LA Department of
Health and Hospitals
1/96 - 12/13 Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center - LSU Health Sciences Center
and Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium
7/96-12/13 Professor
LSU Health Science Center-School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
3/98-7/03 Professor and Chairman
Louisiana State University Health Science Center-School of Medicine
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
7/03- 4/04 Professor and Acting Associate Dean
Director, Epidemiology Program
LSU Health Sciences School of Public Health
5/04-11/13 Founding Dean and Professor
LSUHSC School of Public Health
7/08- 10/09 Wendell Gauthier Chair in Cancer Epidemiology
11/16/13-to date Emeritus Professor and Founding Dean
LSUHSC School of Public Health
HONORS AND AWARDS
Senior Scholar - Louisiana State University, 1968
Who's Who in American Colleges - Louisiana State University, 1968
Mortar Board - Louisiana State University, 1967
Academic Honor Societies –
Sigma Xi (former member of Chapter Board of Directors)
Delta Omega
Phi Kappa Phi
Mu Sigma Rho
Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Epsilon Delta
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Dean's Scholarship Award - Tulane University School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine-Graduate with highest grade point average, 1978
National Merit Award - Delta Omega Society
Outstanding Achievement in Public Health, 1983
Life Saver Award - American Cancer Society Public Education Award,
1989 (Greater New Orleans Unit);
1991 (Louisiana Division)
Fellow - American College of Epidemiology, 1991
Capitol Dome Award - American Cancer Society National Public Health Issues Award, 1994
Pfizer Award for Excellence in Research, Education and Patient Care – LSUHSC 1997
St. George Medal - National Division American Cancer Society Cancer Control Award, 1998
Leadership and Distinguished Service Award – American College of Epidemiology 2000
Woman of the Year Award - New Orleans Publishing Group (City Business), 2001
Champion of Public Health – Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2001
American Epidemiological Society, Elected to membership 2002
Charles L. Brown Jr., M.D. Award for Leadership Excellence in Tobacco Prevention, 2005
Spirit Award - American Cancer Society of Greater New Orleans, 2006
Volunteer Activist Award - St. Elizabeth’s Guild, Catholic Charities, 2008
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health – The American College of Chest Physicians and
The Ochsner Clinic, 2008
Honorary Life Member of the American Cancer Society, 2012 in perpetuity
Senior Research Fellow, International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon France, 2013-to date
Esprit de Femme Honoree 2016
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American College of Epidemiology, Fellow
Program Committee, Tenth Annual Scientific Meeting, 1991
Board of Directors, 1992-1997, 1997-2002, 2015-2018
Treasurer, 1992-1997; 1997-2002
Admissions Committee, 1992-2002
Executive Committee, 1992-1997; 1997-2002
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Chairman, Awards Committee, 1993-95
Policy Committee, 1994-2007
Nominating Committee, 1996, 1997, 2003
Finance Committee - 1997- 2007, 2016-to date
Host & Planning Committee, 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting
Abstract Reviewer, Second American Congress of Epidemiology 2006
ACE Presidential Task Force on the Strategic Plan – 2013
Abstract Reviewer, 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting
Host and Planning Committee, 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting
American Association for Cancer Research
AACR State Legislative Committee, 1992-to date
Annual Scientific Meeting - Arrangements Committee, 1998
Membership Committee 1998, 1999
Annual Scientific Meeting - Program Committee, 2000
Annual Scientific Meeting – Program Committee, 2002
The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically
Underserved – Scientific Review Committee 2007
American Society for Preventive Oncology
Annual Meeting Reporter, 1992-1997
American Public Health Association
American Epidemiological Society
Society for Epidemiologic Research
APPOINTMENTS AND COMMITTEES
National Cancer Institute:
NCI Program Project Study Section: Cancer Centers and Research Programs Review Committee,
IRG Prevention and Control Subcommittee, (Subcommittee E), 1994-99
NCI Board of Scientific Counselors, August 1, 2000- July 31, 2005
NCI/National Cancer Advisory Board P30/P50 Working Group 2002-2003
Chair, Co-Chair, Member of >30 NCI/NIH Site Visits (Intramural & Extramural Programs)
Peer Review/Study Section Groups: Ad hoc EDC2; NCI Small Grants Program; International
Tobacco Grants Program; GIS-Cancer Grants Program; Special Emphasis Grants;
SPORE Panel, U54s, and others
NCI Board of Scientific Counselors, August 1, 2014 – July 31, 2019
NCI Costa Rican HPV Vaccine Trial/Proyecto Epidemiologico Guanacaste (PEG) Working Group
Co-Chair - 2016 – to date
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NCI Board of Scientific Counselors Working Group for reorganization of Genetic Epidemiology
Branch 2016
NCI Diesel Exhaust in Miners (DEMS) II Working Group, Chair, 2017-to date
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine – Gulf Research Program Advisory
Committee, January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2019
Other Scientific Review Appointments
Scientific Advisory Committee - Epidemiology and Surveillance Research Intramural
Program of American Cancer Society, 1995, 1996, 1999
M.D. Anderson Cancer Prevention and Control Fellowships Review Committee, 1997, 1998
Evaluation Committee, National Research Program of American Cancer Society, 1998-2003
Chairman -2000 – 2003
Mid-South ACS Community Cancer Prevention and Control Grants Review Committee, 1997-99
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation – grants program 2004
Arizona Disease Control Research Commission – review panel 2005, 2006
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Innovative Grants Scientific Review Committee – 2009-10,
2010-11; Evaluation of grant recipients - 2014
Scientific Reviewer – American Gastroenterological Association, abstract reviewer for annual
Digestive Diseases Week annual meeting 2011
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. Outstanding Research Published Manuscript for 2011-12.
Fall 2012
WCRF/AIRC Expert Report. “Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Prevention of Cancer: a global
perspective” Reviewer of 2nd Report (2004). Reviewer for Continuous Update Project (2012-2015)
External Scientific Review Panel for American Cancer Society New Alternative Nicotine Products,
March 31, 2017
Editorial Boards:
Assistant Editor (inaugural) - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 1991-1997
Editorial Advisory Board - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 1998
Associate Editor - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 1999-2003
Editorial Advisory Board – Journal of the La. State Medical Society 2010 – 2016
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Reviewer:
Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI)
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
American Journal of Epidemiology
Annals of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Cancer Causes and Control
Nutrition and Cancer
Journal La. State Medical Society
Journal of the Southern Medical Association
Cancer
Cancer Research
International Journal of Epidemiology
International Journal of Cancer
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Gastroenterology
Gut
British Medical Journal
Nature Reviews- Cancer
Prostate Cancer
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Scientific Editorial Board – North Am. Assn. Central Cancer Registries, 1998-2005, Chairman 2000-
2004
Scientific Advisory Committee – University of California-Berkeley, Childhood Brain Tumors.
2003-2005
Scientific Reviewer –World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research Expert
Report “Food, nutrition and prevention of cancer: a global perspective. Nutrition and Stomach Cancer
2004-2006.
Scientific Reviewer – The Surgeon General’s Report: The Health Consequences of Involuntary
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke. 2006
NCI-Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Branch Formaldehyde Working Group – 2005-
2012
National Cancer Database Peer Review- American College of Surgeons, Chicago 2008
Selection Committee – The Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking on Health, 2010 – to date
Scientific Reviewer – World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and American Institute for Cancer
Research (AICR) continuous update project for expert report “Food, nutrition and prevention of cancer:
a global perspective. Nutrition and Stomach Cancer. 2012-2014
Selection Committee – Kaiser Permanente Outstanding Research Publication, 2012
United States 5th Circuit Court – Merit Selection Panel, 2014
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NIEHS Concept Review – Support Services for Epidemiology, 2014
American Cancer Society - National
National Board of Directors 1994-1996, 2001- 2010
2nd Vice President, 2005-2006
1st Vice President, 2006-2007
President Elect, 2007-2008
President, 2008-2009
Past President, 2009-2010
Research and Clinical Investigation Committee 1994-99
Task Force on Children and Cancer 1994-96
Prevention Subcommittee on Nutrition 1994-96
Planning Committee National Conference on Cancer Prevention & Early Detection
1995-96
Nomination Committee for Peer Reviewers, 1996, 1997, 1999-2017
Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisory Group 1996-1997, 2006-2010
National Assembly 1997-2010
Chairman, Research Evaluation Advisory Group, 1999-2003
Research and Medical Affairs Committee, 2000-2009, Chair, 2004-2006
Research and Medical Affairs Operations Advisory Group 2010-2012
Reduction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality: National Board Committee, 2000-2009
Chair 2006 - 2007
Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, 2003-2007
APPC Awards Workgroup, 2003-2006
Research Agenda Workgroup, 2003-2004
Research Advisory Workgroup, 2004-2005
International Affairs Advisory Committee, 2004-2008
Co-Chair 2007
Health Policy Research Advisory Group, Chair 2005-6
Council for Extramural Grants, Ex Officio 2005-2006
Health Insurance Policy Review Group (ACS CAN), 2006-2007
Co-Chair
Agenda Development Committee, 2006-2010, Co-Chair 2009
Strategic Plan Design Workgroup, 2007
Access to Care Workgroup, Co-Chair, 2007-2008
Compensation Committee, 2008-2010
National Assembly Agenda Advisory Group, 2008-2009, Chair, Vice Chair
National Nominating Process Taskforce 2009
Audit Committee (ex officio) 2009
Awards Committee 2008-2015, Chair 2010
Mission Outcomes Committee, 2009-2017
Global Health Strategic Operations Advisory Group, 2009-2011
Board Development Committee (ex officio) 2009
Cancer & Environment Subcommittee, 2009-2010, Co-Chair
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Policy Review Group (ACS CAN) Cancer & the Environment, 2010, Chair
Committee on Quality of Life (ex officio) 2009
Workgroup on Committees (ex officio) 2009
Strategic Value Award Workgroup 2009
Criteria Review and Update Award Workgroup 2009
Finance Committee (ex officio) 2009
Nominating Committee, 2009 (ex officio), 2013, 2014, 2015
Stakeholder Relations Committee (ex officio) 2009
Health Promotions Strategic Operations Advisory Group (ex officio) 2009
Communications Work plan and Calendar Review Award
Workgroup 2009
National Board Advisory Committee on Transformation, 2010-2012
Cancer Screening Guidelines Development Panel, Co-Chair, Chair: 2011-2017
Task Force on Board Size and Composition, Co-Chair 2012-13
Research Evaluation Advisory Committee, Chair 2013-14
CEO Search Committee, 2014-15
Global Task Force, 2014
Medal of Honor Selection Committee, Chair 2014 - 2017
Intramural Research Program Review Committee, 2014
American Cancer Society – South Region
Transition Team, 2017
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (National)
Board of Directors, 2003-2004, 2008-2009
Governance Committee, 2015
American Cancer Society MidSouth Division (6 states)
Division Board of Directors, 1996-2011, 2013-2017
Volunteer Advocate-Advocacy 1999-2000
MidSouth TRIAD, 1999-2002
Hope Lodge (Louisiana) Program Committee, 1999-2007
Executive Committee, 2000-2004
Incidence and Mortality Committee, 2000-to date, Chairman 2005, 2006
Vice-Chairman of the Board, 2000-2002
Chairman of the Board, 2002-2004
American Cancer Society Louisiana Division Board of Directors, 1990-1996
Executive Committee, 1991 - 1996
Chairman of Special Projects, 1991-92
Co-Chairman of Public Education, 1990-91; Chairman, 1991-92
Vice President, 1991-93
Chairman of the Board Elect, 1994-96 (Division merged into MidSouth)
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American Cancer Society of Greater New Orleans
Board of Directors, 1987-1997
Chairman of Public Education, 1988-90
Second Vice President, 1988-89
First Vice President, 1989-91
President, 1991-93
Leadership Council 1999-to date (Advisory Member since 2010)
Hope Lodge Committee, 2003-2006
Other State Professional Activities
Board of Directors, Louisiana Cancer and Health Foundation, 1986-87
Task Force: Smoke-free Society, Orleans Parish Medical Society, 1987-90
Task Forces: Data Based Cancer Intervention for Louisiana Nutrition Task Force;
Female Cancer Task Force; Tobacco Task Force, Office of Public Health 1989-91
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Advisory Committee (CDC-OPH), 1995-2001
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Board of Directors, 1998-2014
Secretary-Treasurer 2000-2014
Finance Committee 2004-2014
Louisiana Turning Point, Prevention Task Force, 1998-1999
Advisory Committee: Environmental Diseases Prevention Research Center, Tulane University
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1998-2009
Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) – AHRQ Grant – Executive Advisory
Committee, 2000-2006
Steering Committee, Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (funded by tobacco tax), 2002-to date
Steering Committee & Program Leader, Louisiana Consortium Cancer Center (LSU-Tulane Cancer
Center Consortium), 2002-2013
Executive Committee, Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership, 2002-to date
Bring New Orleans Back – Health and Social Services Committee 2005-2006
Metropolitan Healthcare Taskforce – 2005-2006
Schweitzer Fellows Advisory Board Members, 2007-to date
Transition New Orleans 2010 – Co-Chair Healthcare Task Force, 2010
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Louisiana Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Steering Committee, 2015-to date
LSU Health Sciences Center Committees/Appointments
LSU Health Sciences Center Foundation Board of Directors, ex officio 2004-2013
Chancellors & Deans Council, 2004 – 2013
Chair, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center Director Search Committee, 2006-7
Executive Committee of Research Council, 2006-2010
Search Committee, Dean of School of Medicine, 2007
Pandemic Influenza Committee, 2009-2010
LSU School of Medicine Committees/Appointments:
Cancer Research Committee, LSUMC, 1983-88
Medical Staff Scientist, Charity/MCLaNO, 1984 – 2004
Admissions Committee, 1988-90
Academic Standards Committee, LSUMC, 1989-98
Vice Chair 1996-97
Institutional Research Committee, LSUMC, 1988-89
Judge, Dept. of Medicine Research Day 1994-2002
Faculty Assembly, Alternate, 1994-95
Delegate, 1995-98
Executive Committee, 1996-97
Representative to Administrative Council, 1996-98
Student Awards and Fellowships, 1996-97
Faculty Senate, Interim Delegate, 1997
Advisory Committee on Public Health: School of Graduate Studies Curriculum
Advisory Committee, 1997
Administrative Council, 1998-2003
Council of Clinical Chairs, 1998-2003
Ad Hoc International Travel Committee, 1999-2003
Science & Practice of Medicine, 2nd Yr, Ad Hoc Development Group 2002
School of Medicine Dean’s Search Committee, 2003
LSU School of Public Health Committees/Appointments
Appointments and Promotions Committee, Ad hoc, 2003 - 2005
Planning and Evaluation Committee, 2003 - 2005
Administrative Council, Chair, 2003 – 2013
Curriculum Committee, 2003 – 2005
SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSES
Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology. D.G. Kleinbaum and L.L. Kupper
The Analysis of Case-Control Studies. N.E. Breslow and N.E. Day
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Introductory Epidemiology - MPH Program - LSUHSC (Co- Course Director)
Biostatistics and Epidemiology - Louisiana State University Medical School (Course Director)
Introduction to Clinical Medicine - Louisiana State University (Epidemiology, Section Director)
Introduction to Epidemiology - Tulane University School of Public Health (Teaching Assistant,
Lecturer)
Intermediate Epidemiology - Tulane University School of Public Health (Teaching Assistant,
Lecturer)
Cancer Epidemiology - Tulane University School of Public Health (Lecturer)
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine - Louisiana State University Medical School (Instructor)
Introduction to Epidemiology - LSU School of Nursing (Lecturer)
Nutrition Applied to Dental Practice - LSU School of Dentistry (Lecturer)
Core Curriculum (Residency Training) – LSU School of Medicine (Lecturer)
Cancer Epidemiology – LSUHSC School of Public Health (Lecturer)
LSUMC Graduate School Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership
- Ricardo Sibrián, Ph.D., 1989, Biometry and Genetics Department, "Structural Regression
Models in Longitudinal Data Analysis".
- Jennifer Carlton Rood, Ph.D., 1993, Committee Chairman, Pathology Department, "Gastric
Pathology and the Factors Affecting Gastric Juice Vitamin C Concentration in Humans".
- Fernando Brenes, M.D., M.S., 1994, Pathology Department, "Prognostic Value of p53
Alterations and Cell Proliferation in Advanced Gastric Carcinomas".
- Bernardo A. Ruiz Calderón, M.D., Ph.D., 1995, Pathology Department, “Lewis, Secretor and
ABH Phenotypes and the Risk of Chronic Gastritis, Peptic Ulcers and Adenocarcinomas".
- Warren May, Ph.D., 1995, Biometry and Genetics Department, "Strategies for Statistical
Analysis Using Generalized Estimating Equations".
- Sean Patrick McKeown, Ph.D., 1996, Biometry and Genetics Department, "Testing for Lack
of Fit in Multivariate Statistical Models".
- Jude Marcus Abadie, Ph.D., 1999, Pathology Department, "Effects of
Dehydroepiandrosterone on Fatty Acid Profiles in Zucker Rats: Evidence for Decreasing
Insulin Resistance".
- Shawn Donelon, M.D., M.P.H., 1999, Dept. of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,
"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Nurse Anesthetists".
- Derrick Pociask, Ph.D., 1999, Department of Pathology, "8-Hydroxy 2-Deoxyguanosine as a
Biomarker of Oxisdative Damage in Atherosclerosis".
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- Douglas Thomas, Ph.D., 2000, Department of Pathology, "A Kinetic Analysis of Nitric Oxide
Reactions: Cellular Metabolism and the Hydrophobic Effect".
- Kristin Van Hook, M.D., MPH, 2000, "Parental Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Antibiotic
Use"
- Jonathan L. Kaplan, M.D., MPH, 2000, "The Use of Decoy Police Cars in Speed Reduction
Efforts"
- Shashidhar Reddy, M.D., MPH, 2000, "Measuring the Quality of Health Care Delivery:
The Design and Validation of a Patient Satisfaction Index-The SatisQual Index
- John Ervin, M.D., MPH, 2001 “Objective Versus Subjective Monitoring of Optic Nerve Head
Surface Change in Experimental Glaucoma: A Model for Change Detection in Human
Glaucoma.”
- Curt Leslie Freudenberger, Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H. 2002 “Proportionate Cancer Mortality in
Orthopedic Surgeons Potentially Exposed to Methylmethacrylates.”
- Angela F. Greaves, M.D., M.P.H. 2002 “A Cross-sectional Case-Referent Study of Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome in Nurses at State Hospitals at Two Locations.”
- Jovanny Zabaleta, MS, PhD, 2008 “Helicobacter pylori and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
in Cytokine Genes as Possible Modulators of Gastric Pre-Cancerous Lesions”.
- Yang-Yang Liu, M.P.H. 2012 Capstone Committee “Association of Sociodemographic
Factors and treatment type with Changes in Urinary Function among Localized Prostate
Cancer Patients”
LSUHSC School of Public Health Dissertation Committee membership
Lauren Cole, MPH, PhD Epidemiology, 2015 “The Role of Environmental and Genetic
Factors on Alcohol Use Disorders”
Elizabeth Levitsky, PhD Epidemiology 2015 “Patterns of Malignant Mesothelioma in the
United States”
Denise Danos, PhD Biostatistics “Binary Regression with Multiple Stochastic
Covariates” 2016
Lu Zhang, PhD Epidemiology 2016 “The Predictors of Insufficient Chemotherapy and its
Impact on Survival for Molecular Subtypes”
Meijiao Zhou PhD Epidemiology (in process)
(Additional thesis and dissertation committee service at Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical
Medicine)
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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
1979 – 1983 Field Manager, Study Coordinator
Case-Control Study of Cancers of the Lung, Stomach and Pancreas of Southern
Louisiana
Contract: National Cancer Institute (NO1-CP-91023)
1980 - 1981 Study Coordinator
Cancer in North Louisiana: A Comparative Study of the Lung, Stomach and
Pancreas
Grant: American Cancer Society
1980 - 1981 Co-Investigator, Study Coordinator
Gastric Cancer: A Case-Control Epidemiology Study of Precursor Lesions in a
High Cancer-Risk Population
Grant: National Cancer Institute (NO1-CP-53521)
1980 - 1982 Study Coordinator
A Case-Control Study of Mesothelioma
Contract: National Cancer Institute (N01-CP-91023)
1981 - 1982 Study Coordinator
Studies of Fat Soluble Carcinogens in Louisiana
Grant: Louisiana Board of Regents
1981 - 1983 Co-Investigator, Study Coordinator
A Case-Control Study of Pancreatic Cancer Among Workers in Exxon's Baton
Rouge Refinery and Chemical Plant
Contract: Exxon
1981 – 2008 Co-Investigator (1981-1990)
Co-Principal Investigator of Program Project (1991-2003)
Principal Investigator of Project 1(1991-2008)
Program Project: Etiologic Studies of Gastric Cancer
Grant: National Cancer Institute (P01-CA-28842)
1982 – 1988 Co-Investigator, Study Coordinator
Texas/Louisiana Study of CNS Tumors and Occupational Exposures
Grant: National Cancer Institute (RO1 CA-32584)
1983 - 1984 Co-Investigator, Study Coordinator
Micronuclei as Indicators of Environmental Carcinogenesis
Grant: Louisiana Board of Regents
1983 - 1986 Co-Investigator, Study Coordinator
NCI Multicenter Collaborative Study of Brain Tumors and Occupational Factors
Grant: National Cancer Institute (N01-CP-11019)
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1985 - 1986 Principal Investigator
International Study of Urinary Cotinine in Non-Smoking Women
Contract: International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO)
1985 - 1986 Principal Investigator
Micronuclei as Indicators of Environmental Carcinogenesis
Grant: Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
1985 - 1986 Principal Investigator
Transplacental Tobacco Exposure
Grant: Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
1985 - 1994 Principal Investigator - Louisiana and Multicenter Coordinator
Lung Cancer in Non-Smoking Women
Grant: National Cancer Institute (ROl-CA-40095)
1987 - 1988 Principal Investigator
Lung Cancer in Non-Smoking Women - Radon Exposure
Grant: Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
1988 - 1991 Co-Investigator
Natural History of Campylobacter-Associated Gastritis
Grant: National Cancer Institute (NIAID/R01-AI-25590)
1992 - 1994 Principal Investigator
Louisiana Health and Nutrition Survey
Grant: Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
1994 - 1996 Principal Investigator
Feasibility Study: H. pylori transmission intervention
Grant: National Cancer Institute (1 R03-CA65446-01)
1994 - 1996 Principal Investigator
LMRICS Health Outcome Component
Contract: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-R823024)
1997 - 2001 Principal Investigator
Lower Mississippi River Interagency Cancer Study
(LMRICS) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA825548)
1997 - 2002 Co-Investigator
Helicobacter Infection and Growth of Children
Grant: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (RO1-
DK53697)
2000 - 2005 Principal Investigator - Project 3 Age of Helicobacter Infection in Childhood and
Associated Risk Factors (Board of Regents (HEF 2000-05)-03 The Role of
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Inflammation in Cancer Development (Correa PI)
2000 - 2007 Principal Investigator - Project 5 Pancreatic Cancer in Acadiana: Gene
-Environment Interaction (Board of Regents (HEF 2000-05)-O5 Genetics Studies
in the Acadian Population (Keats PI)
2001-2004 Mentor – NIEHS Mentored Scientist Award to Jay Hunt. Mutation and Environmental
Exposures. Grant: NIEHS (K01 – ES00358)
2001 - 2006 Co-Investigator – “SEER Expansion Program”. National Cancer Institute (N02-
NP115106)
2003 - 2011 Principal Investigator-La. Dept. of Defense Prostate Cancer Program
Consortium Award: Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer: Influences of Health
Care and Host Tumor Biology PCaP (PC021005 J. Mohler Consortium PI)
2003 – 2016 PCaP Management Committee
2010 – 2015 Co-Investigator – “Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer” National Cancer Institute
(1R15CA151031, C. Brennan PI)
2011– 2013 Co-Investigator-“Health Effects of MC252 Gulf Incident”. NIEHS:
(1R21ES020061, E. Trapido PI)
2011 – 2016 Co-Investigator – “The Women and [Their] Children’s Gulf Health Consortium”.
NIEHS (1U01ES021497-01, E. Trapido PI)
2012 – 2014 Principal Investigator – “Feasibility of Community-based Self-Sampling to
Prevent Cervical Cancer” NCI (R21 CA 157263 01A1)
2011 – 2013 Core Leader: Design and Analysis Core – LSU ICON. “LSU’s Improving Clinical
Outcomes Network”
(Does not include contributed effort on numerous past and on-going studies from CDC, NCI and other
sources)
PUBLICATIONS
1. MacLeod RM, Fontham ETH. Influence of ionic environment on the in vitro synthesis and
release of pituitary hormones. Endocrinology 86:863-869, 1970.
2. MacLeod RM, Fontham ETH, Lehmeyer JE. Prolactin and growth hormone production as
influenced by catecholamines and agents that affect brain catecholamines.
Neuroendocrinology 6:283-294, 1970.
3. Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Johnson WD. Preliminary report on a case-control
study of cancers of the lung, stomach and pancreas in southern Louisiana. Proceedings of
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Second Annual NCI/IEPA/NIOSH Collaborative Workshop: Progress on Joint Environmental
and Occupational Cancer Studies, Rockville, p.338, 1981.
4. Fontham, ETH. Epidemiology of cancer of the pancreas. In: Cancer of the Digestive Tract,
Correa P, Haenszel W (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1982, pp.243-259.
5. Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Lin Y, Haenszel W. Passive smoking and lung cancer.
Lancet, Sept., 1983, pp 595-597.
6. Fontham ETH. Gastric cancer: A case-control epidemiologic study in a high cancer-risk
population. Dissertation, Tulane University, 1983, pp.1-136.
7. Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Dalager N, Lin Y, Haenszel W, Johnson WD. The
causes of lung cancer in Louisiana. In: Lung Cancer: Causes and Prevention. Verlag Chemie
International, Deerfield Beach, Fla., 1984, pp.73-82.
8. Pickle LW, Correa P, Fontham, ETH. Recent case-control studies of lung cancer in the
United States. In: Lung Cancer: Causes and Prevention. Verlag Chemie International,
Deerfield Beach, Fla., 1984, pp.101-116.
9. Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham, ETH. Cancer in Louisiana: Case-control studies of cancers of
environmental determinants in high risk parishes. Proceedings of Third Annual
NCI/IEPA/NIOSH Collaborative Workshop: Progress on Joint Environmental and
Occupational Cancer Studies, Rockville, MD, pp.727-751, 1984.
10. Haenszel W, Correa P, Lopez A, Cuello C, Zarama G, Zavala D, Fontham ETH. Serum
micronutrient levels in relation to gastric pathology. Int J Cancer 36:43-48, 1985.
11. Lipkin M, Correa P, Mikol Y, Cuello C, Zarama G, Fontham, ETH, Zavala D. Proliferation
and antigenic modifications in human epithelial cells in chronic atrophic gastritis. JNCI
75:613-619, 1985.
12. Correa P, Fontham ETH, Pickle LW, Chen VW, Lin Y, Haenszel W. Dietary determinants of
gastric cancer in south Louisiana. JNCI 75:645-653, 1985.
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13. Fontham ETH, Correa P, Rodriguez E, Lin Y. Validation of smoking history with the
micronuclei test. In: Banbury Report 23: Mechanisms in Tobacco Carcinogenesis, Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1986, pp.113-119.
14. Fontham ETH, Zavala D, Correa P, Rodriguez E, Hunter F, Haenszel W, Tannenbaum SR.
Diet and chronic atrophic gastritis. JNCI 76:621-627, 1986.
15. Thomas TL, Fontham ETH, Norman SA, Stemhagen A, Hoover RN. Occupational risk
factors for brain tumors: A case-referent death certificate analysis. Scand J Environmental
Health 12:121- 127, 1986.
16. Dalager NA, Pickle LW, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Stemhagen A, Buffler PA, Eigler R,
Mason TJ. Passive smoking and lung cancer among non-tobacco users. Cancer Res 46:4808-
4811, 1986.
17. Fontham ETH, Correa P, Cohn I. Epidemiology of neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas. In:
Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas, Howard JM, Jordan GL Jr., Reber HA. Lea and Febiger,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1987, pp.613-626.
18. Bonney GE, Elston RC, Correa P, Tannenbaum SR, Haenszel W, Zavala DE, Fontham ETH,
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22. Correa P, Fontham ETH, Chen VW, Craig JF, Falk R, Pickle LW. Diet, nutrition and cancer
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23. Chen VW, Correa P, Craig JF, Fontham ETH. Is cancer survival poorer in Louisiana? J La
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24. Craig JK, Chen VW, Correa P, Fontham ETH. Louisiana Tumor Registry. J La State Med
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30. Fontham ETH, Chen VW, Correa P. Epidemiologic studies of cancer in Louisiana. The
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31. Fontham ETH, Correa P. Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer. Surgical Clinics of North
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33. Hayes RB, Thomas T, Silverman DT, Vineis P, Blot WJ, Mason TJ, Pickle LW, Correa P,
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35. Chen VW, Hunter C, Correa P, Fontham ET. Breast cancer in Young women. Breast Cancer
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43. Fontham E, Correa P. Nutrition. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 1991,
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51. Fontham ETH, Correa P, Wu-Williams A, Reynold P, Greenberg RS, Buffler PA, Chen VW,
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53. Fontham ETH, Chen VW, Craig JF, Groves FD, Rainey JM, Ranier AS, Culley P, Correa P.
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54. Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Craig JF. Cancer in Louisiana. Part III: Cancers of the breast and
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62. Correa P, Fontham ETH. Overview: Vitamins and cancer prevention: an epidemiology
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63. Fontham E, Correa P, Buffler PA et al. Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer. The
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64. Fontham E, Correa P, Chen V. Passive smoking and lung cancer. J La State Med Soc
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65. Fontham E, Correa P. The epidemiologic approach to the study of protease inhibitors. In:
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66. Hunter FM, Correa P, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Sobhan M, Samloff M. Serum pepsinogens as
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67. Fontham E, Correa P. Meeting Report: Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Society
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68. Brenes F, Ruiz B, Correa P, Hunter F, Rhamakrishman T, Fontham E, Shi T-Y. Helicobacter
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70. Ruiz B, Rood JC, Fontham ETH, Malcom GT, Hunter Fm, Sobhan M, Johnson WD, Correa
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71. Chen VW, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Fontham ETH, Correa P. Advanced Stage at Diagnosis: An
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72. Correa P, Zavala D, Fontham E, et al. Determinants of Gastritis Phenotype in Helicobacter
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74. Fontham ETH, Correa P, Reynolds P, Wu-Williams A, Buffler PA, Greenberg RS, Chen VW,
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75. Ruiz B, Correa PC, Fontham ETH, Rood JC, Malcom GT, Torrado I, Perez A, Hunter FM.
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77. Fontham ETH. Meeting Report: Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of
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79. Riboli E, Haley NJ, Tredaniel J, Saracci R, Preston-Martin S, Trichopoulos D, [Becher H,
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80. Fontham ETH, Ruiz B, Perez A, Hunter F and Correa P. Determinants of Helicobacter pylori
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81. Wu-Williams A, Fontham ETH, Reynolds P, Greenberg P, Buffler PA, Liff J, Boyd P,
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82. Fontham ETH. Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology.
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83. Fontham ETH, Malcom GT, Singh VN, Ruiz B, Schmidt B, Correa P. Effects of Beta-
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84. Riboli E, Haley NJ, Tredaniel J, Saracci R, Trichopoulos D, Preston-Martin S, Becher H,
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85. Taylor NS, Fox JG, Akopyants NS, Berg DE, Thompson N, Shames B, Yan L, Fontham E,
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86. Reynolds P, Fontham ETH. Passive Smoking and Lung Cancer. Annals of Medicine 27: 633-
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87. Matanowski GM, Nasca PC, Swanson M, Vernon SW, Fontham E, Perry Brown C, Ferguson
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88. Ruiz B, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Ramakrishnan T. Antral atrophy, Helicobacter pylori
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90. Fontham ETH, Powers C, Wall IL. Louisiana Health and Nutrition Survey. J La State Med
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91. Groves FD, Andrews PA, Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Correa P. Is there a “cancer corridor" in
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92. Reynolds P, VonBehren, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Wu A, Buffler PA, Greenberg RS.
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93. Mannick EE, Bravo LE, Zhang X-J, Ruiz B, Fontham ETH, Miller MJS, Correa P. Inducible
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94. Fontham ETH. Meeting Report: Twentieth Annual Meeting of the American Society of
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96. Chen VW, Correa CN, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Fontham ETH, Blount GA, Jackson JE, Lucas
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97. Fontham ETH. Micronutrients and Cancers of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. In:
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98. Torrado J, Ruiz B, Gary J, Cosme A. Arenas JI, Bravo JC, Fontham E, and Correa P. Lewis,
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100. Fontham E. Diet and lung cancer. (invited editorial) Cancer Causes Control 8(6): 819-820,
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102. Chen VW, Andrews PA, Wu XC, Correa CN, Fontham ETH. Cancer Incidence in the
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104. Wu X-C, Correa CN, Andrews P, Schmidt BA, Ahmed MN, Chen VW, Fontham ETH. Stage
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105. Ahmed MN, Andrews P, Chen VW, Wu X-C, Schmidt BA, Fontham ETH. Incidence, trends
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106. Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo JC, Bravo LE, Ruiz B, Malcom GT, Realpe JL, Li D,
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107. Heath C and Fontham ETH. Cancer Etiology. In The American Cancer Society's Clinical
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108. Hunt JD, Mera R, Strimas A, Gillespie AT, Ruiz B, Correa P, Fontham ETH. KRAS
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109. Contributing author Elizabeth Fontham: The Surgeon General’s Report: Women and
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110. Fontham ETH, Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers. In Prevention Nutrition.
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111. Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo JC et al. Re Chemoprevention of Gastric Dyplasia.
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112. Wu X-C, Andrews P, Correa CN, Schmidt B, Ahmed MN, Chen VW, Fontham ETH. Breast
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113. Ruiz, B, Garay J., Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo JC, Bravo LE, Realpe JL, Mera R.
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114. Fontham ETH. Cancers of the Lung and Pancreas in Acadiana. The Hereditary Healing
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115. Hunt JD, Strimus A, Martin JE, Eyer M, Haddican M, Luckett BG, Ruiz B, Axelrad TW,
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116. Bedoya A, Garay J, Sanzon F, Bravo LE, Bravo JC, Correa H, Craver R, Fontham E, Du X,
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117. Members of the IARC Working Group: Buffler P, Doll R, Fontham E, Gao Y-T, Gupta P,
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118. Wu X-C, Chen V, Ruiz B, Andrews P, Correa C, Schmidt BA, Fontham ETH. Patterns of
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119. Fishbach LA, Correa P, Feldman M, Fontham ET, Priest E, Goodman K, Jain R. Increased
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120. Bravo LE, Mera R, Reina JC, Pradilla A, Alzate A, Fontham E, Correa P. Impact of
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121. Marier RL, Fontham E, Diaz J. Louisiana State University School of Public Health. J. La.
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122. Brennan PJ, Buffler PA, Reynolds PR, Wu A, Wichmann H-E, Agudo A, Pershagen G,
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123. Vineis P, Alavanja M, Buffler P, Fontham E, Gao YT, Gupta PC, Hackshaw A, Matos E, Peto
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125. Camargo MC, Yepez MC, Ceron C, Guerrero N, Bravo LE, Correa PC, Fontham ETH. Age
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126. Du, JX, Watkins T, Bravo LE, Fontham ETH, Camargo MC, Correa P, Mera R. 13-C Urea
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127. Wu X-C, Chen VW, Andrews PA, Chen L, Hsieh M, Fontham ETH. Treatment patterns for
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128. Fontham ETH, Su J. Prevention of Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach. In: Preventive
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129. Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo LE, Mera R. Antioxidant supplements for prevention of
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130. Mera R, Fontham ETH, Bravo LE, Bravo JC, Piazuelo B, Camargo MC, Correa P. Long term
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132. Wu X, Chen VW, Andrews PA, Chen L, Ahmed N, Schmidt B, Hsieh M, Fontham ETH.
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133. Mera, R., Correa, P, Fontham E, Reina JC, Pradilla A, Alzate A Bravo, LE. Effects of a new
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Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project. CEBP Published Online First January 27, 2016;
doi:10.1158/1055-9965, EPI-0631. [Epub ahead of print]PubMed PMID:26819265.
199. Peres LC, Trapido E, Rung AL, Harrington D, Oral E, Fang Z, Fontham E, Peters ES. The
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Physical Health among Adult Women in Southern
Louisiana: The Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) Study. Environ Health
Perspect 2016 Aug; 124 (8):1208-13.doi: 10.1289/ehp167. Epub Jan 22 2016. PMID
26794669
200. Oeffinger K, Fontham ETH, Wender R. The Modern Evidence Does Not Support a
Recommendation for Clinical Breast Exam (CBE) for Average Risk, Asymptomatic Women.
JAMA. 2016;
201. Rung AL, Gaston S, Oral E, Robinson WT, Fontham E, Harrington DJ, Trapido E, Peters ES.
Depression, Mental Distress and Domestic Conflict among Louisiana Women Exposed to the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the WaTCH Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2016
May 10 [epub ahead of print] PMID 27164620. doi:10.1289/ehp.1510348
202 Khan S, Cai J, Nielsen ME, Troester MA, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Hendrix LH, Farnan L,
Olshan AF, Bensen JT. The Association of Diabetes and Obesity with Prostate Cancer
Aggressiveness among Black Americans and White Americans in a Population-based Cohort.
Cancer Causes and Control 2016; 27(12):1475-1485. PubMed PMID 27830399
203. Allott EH, Arab L, Su LJ, Farnan L, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Bensen JT, Steck SE.
Saturated fat intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness: results from the population-based
North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project. Prostate Cancer & Prostatic Dis.Epub
2016 Sep 6.doi: 10.1083/pcan2016.39. PubMed 27595916.
204. Saslow D, Andrews K, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Loomer L, Lam KE, Fisehr-Borne M, Smith
RA, Fontham ETH. HPV Vaccination Guideline Update: American Cancer Society Guideline
Endorsement. CA J Clin July 19, 2016 [epub ahead of print, cacancerjournal.com] doi
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10.3322/caac.21355
205. Williams D, Hagensee M, Gao R, Barnhill D, Fontham ETH.A randomized trial of the
feasibility of HPV testing with home-based tampon sampling: compliance and acceptability
among at-risk women. (In press, Prev Chronic Dis Journal)
206. Oral E, Brennan C, Simonsen N, Berken J, Su L, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH. Unit
Nonresponse in a Population-Based Study of Prostate Cancer. (In press, PLOS One)
207. Khan S, Cai J, Nielsen ME, Troester M, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Hendrix L, Farnan
L,Olshan AF. The Association of Diabetes and Obesity with Prostate Cancer Progression:
HCaP-NC. The Prostate. Doi:10.1002/pros23342, 2017.
208. Pelucchi C, Valentina R, Bracci PM, Li D, Neale RE, Lucenteforte E, Serraino D, Anderson
KE, Fontham E, Holly EA, Hassan MM, Polesel J, Bosetti C, Strayer L, Su J, Boffetta P,
Duell EJ, LaVecchia C. Dietary Acryamide and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in the
International Pancreatic Case-Control Consortium (PANC4). (in press, Annals of Oncology)
209. Williams, DL, Hagensee M, Gao R, Barnhill D, Fontham ETH. The Accuracy and Validity of
HPV Testing with Home Tampon in Cervical Cancer Screening. (In press?)
210. Peters ES, Rung AL, Bronson MH, Brashear MM, Peres LC, Gaston S, Sullivan SM, Peak K,
Abramson D, Fontham ETH, Harrington DJ, Oral E, Trapido EJ. BMJ Open, (In press June
2017)
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7. Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham E, et al. Passive smoking and lung cancer. Oncology Overview:
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11. Fontham ETH, Correa P and Chen V. Cancer in Louisiana: The role of vitamins and their dietary
sources. Vitamins and Cancer Proceedings, October, 1991.
12. Hunter F, Correa p, Fontham ETH, Ruiz B, Shi T-Y. Seru pepsinogens as markers of response to
therapy for Helicobacter pylori gastritis. Gastroenterology 102: 86A, 1992.
13. Correa P, Fontham ETH. Epidemiologic evidence of the role of vitamins in cancer prevention.
Vitamins and Cancer Prevention Proceedings, October, 1991.
14. Fontham E, Coates R, Dilley A, et al. Lung cancer in nonsmoking women: dietary antioxidants
American Society of Preventive Oncology, 1992.
15. Carlton J, Correa C, Malcom G, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Helicobacter pylori reduces secretion of ascorbic
acid. FASEB Proceedings. March 1993.
16. Carlton J, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Correa C, Malcom G, Mulé G, Tarwater S, Black-White differences in
gastric secretion of ascorbic acid. AACR Proceedings. Orlando Florida, May, 1993.
17. Fox JG, Thompson N, Taylor N, Akopyanz N, Berg DE, Correa P, Fontham E, and Janney F. Multiple
strains of Helicobacter pylori infect patients at high risk of gastric cancer. Am Soc Microbiology 1993.
18. Reddy S, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Perez A and Correa P. Epidemiology of H. pylori at New Orleans
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acid levels in Helicobacter pylori infection. Gastroenterology 106 (4): A169, 1994.
20. Ruiz B, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Ramakrishnan T. Elevated fastring gastric pH improves after
clearance of Helicobacter pylori infection. Am J Gastroenterol (Abstract) 89:1331, 1994.
21. Ruiz B, Correa P, Torrado J, Brenes F, Fontham ETH. Lewis antigens and the prevalence of
Helicobacter pylori infection, peptic ulcer and gastric carcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol (Abstract)
89:1331, 1994.
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22 Correa P, Fontham ETH, Ruiz B, Perez A, Hunter F. Race, diet and lifestyle factors associated with
Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic gastritis. Am J Gastroenterol (Abstract) 89:1303, 1994.
23. Bravo LE, Mannick EE, Sandoval M, Zhang X-J, Ruiz B, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Miller MJS.
Beta-carotene inhibits inducible nitric oxide synetase (iNOS) expression and ascorbic acid inhibits
nitrotyrosine (NT) in H. pylori infected patients. Gastroenterology 110 (4): A495, 1996.
24. Goodman KJ, Fontham ETH, Bravo LE, Ruiz B, Correa P. Feasibility Study: Helicobacter pylori
Transmission Intervention in Colombian Children. American Society for Preventive Oncology, March
1997.
25. Schmidt BA, Fontham ETH, Malcom GT, Ruiz B, Bravo LE, Zsembik CJ, Gibbs DG, Correa P.
Determinants of Serum Antioxidant Levels in A Population at High Risk for Gastric Cancer.
American Society for Preventive Oncology, March 1997.
26. Gong C, Bravo JC, Mera R, Ruiz B, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Hunt J. Detection of KRAS mutations in
preneoplastic gastric mucosa following intervention therapy. Proceedings of Am Assn for Cancer
Research 39:89, 1998.
27. Garay J, Ruiz B, Bravo JC, Fontham ETH, Bravo LE, Realpe JL, Correa P. Change in Gastric
Atrophy after Long-term Intervention with Antioxidants and Antimicrobials. Proceedings of AGA
Digestive Disease Week, #1451; A260, 1999.
28. Ruiz B, Miller MJS, Zhang XJ, Fontham ETH, Persich N, Correa P. Apoptosis, iNOS and
Nitrotyrosine Expression in Chronic Gastritis. Proceedings of AGA Digestive Disease Week 258,
1999.
29. Su L, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Schmidt S, Correa P, Bravo L. Association of dietary antioxidants on the
severity of gastritis in a high risk population. Ann Epidemiol 10(7): 468, 2000.
30. Hunt JD, Luckett B, Ruiz B, Strimas A, Fontham ETH. KRAS Mutation Spectrum in Lung Cancer
following Occupational or Environmental Exposure to Known Carcinogens. AACR, 2001.
31. Bedoya A, Garay I, Sanson F, Bravo JC, Correa H, Bravo LE, Du X, Mera R, Fontham ET, Correa P.
Histopathology of gastritis in Helicobacter pylori infected children at high-vs. low-gastric cancer risk
populations. Proceedings of AGA Digestive Disease Week, 2001.
32. Fontham ETH, Scribner R, Su J, Simonsen N, Luckett B, Williams D. Risk of lung cancer and
residential proximity to industrial sites. American Epidemiological Society. March 2004
33. Mera R, Correa, P, Fontham, E, et al. Effects of a new H. Pylori infection. Society for Epidemiologic
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34. Zabaleta J, Piazuelo MB, Camargo MC, Fontham E, Correa P, Ochoa AC. Association of
polymorphisms of interleukin-1B gene with gastric precancerous lesions. Comparison between
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African Americans and Caucasians. LSUHSC Research Day, 2004.
35. Zabaleta J, Camargo CM, Piazuelo MB, Fontham E, Schneider BG, Sicinschi LA, Ferrante W, Balart L,
Correa P, Ochoa A. Polymorphisms of interleukin-1B gene and development of premalignant lesions.
Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting – American Association for Cancer Research, Anaheim CA: 46,
1107, 2005.
36. Su LJ, Rood JC, Luckett B, Fontham ETH. Urinary cadmium level and pancreatic cancer. Proceedings,
American Association for Cancer Research, April, 2006.
37. Camargo CM, Mera R, Correa P, Peek R, Fontham E, Goodman K, Piazuelo MB, Sicinschi L, Zabaleta
J, Schneider B. Interleukin-1B-511 Polymorphism and Gastric Cancer: A Meta Analysis. Am J
Epidemiol 2006 June 1; 163 (Suppl) S128
38. Schroeder J, Benson J, Su J, Mischel M, Ivanova A, Smith G, Godley P, Fontham ETH, Mohler J. The
North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP) Methods and Design of a Multidisciplinary
Population-Based Cohort Study of Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer Outcomes. Proceedings,
American Society for Human Genetics, October 2006
39. Schroeder JC, Benson JT, Su LJ, Ivanova A, Laphauskaite L, Fontham ETH, Mischel M, Godley PA,
Smith GJ, Mohler JL. Race, health Insurance and Radical Prostatectomy: Preliminary Data from the
North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today
(IMPaCT) Conference. Atlanta GA September 2007.
40. Lutgendorf C, Schroeder JC, Emch M, Herring A, Simonsen J, Su J, Benson JT, Mischel M, Fontham
ETH, Ivanova A, Godley PA, Smith GJ, Mohler JL. Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness, Race, and Pesticides
in North Carolina: The PCaP Geographic Information Study (PCaP-GIS). Proceedings, American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, November, 2007, Washington DC
41. Zhang, Z, Su LJ, Luckett BG, Fontham ETH. Dietary fat intake and lung cancer: results from the
Lower Mississippi River Interagency Cancer Study. FASEB, April 2009, New Orleans LA. The
FASEB Journal 898.14
42. Duell EJ, Lucenteforte E, LaVecchia C, Bracci PM, Holly EA, Li D, Silverman D, Baghurst PA,
Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Zatonski W, Fontham E, Su J, Ji B-T, Olson S, Maisonneuve P, Lowenfels A,
Peterson GM, Boffetta P. Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Pooled Analysis in the
International Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consorrtium (PANC4). Proceedings American
Association of Cancer Research, April, 2009, Denver CO
43. Tabung F, Steck SE, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Bensen J, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Mohler JL. Whole grain
and dietary fiber intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness by race. Society for Experimental Biology
2010 meeting. ProcSocExpBiol
44. Brennan C, Oral E, Simonsen, N, Fontham E. Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Project. Fourth
Health Disparities Conference, Xavier University, March 27-29, 2011.
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45. Simonsen N, Brennan C, Oral E, Fontham E. Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer: The Q-PcaP Study.
Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium Annual Scientific Retreat. Proceedings pp 53, April 8-9,
2011.
46. Song L, Mischel M, Bensen JT, Chen RC, Knafi GJ, Blackard B, Farnan L, Fontham E, Su,
LJ, Brennan CS, Mohler JL, Godley PA. How Does Healthy Literacy Affect Quality of Life
among Men with Newly Diagnosed Localized Prostate Cancer? Findings from a Population-
Based Study. Cancer Health Disparities Program Meeting Proceedings.. NCI Center to Reduce Health
Disparities. July 12-15, 2011, Bethesda MD
47. Danos D, Oral E, Simonsen N, Fontham E. Lung Cancer Risk Prediction with Stochastic Covariates.
Joint Statistical Meetings Proceedings, Biometrics Section. Alexandria VA, pp. 34-41, 2012
48. George, RR, Steck SE, Su, LJ, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Hebert JJR, Zhang H, Arab L.
Flavonoid intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African Americans and European
Americans in PCaP. Proceedings 2012 AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Meeting, October 16-
19, 2012, Anaheim CA
49. Trapido E, Peters E, Fontham ETH, Rung A, Bronson M. Issues in the Study of Populations Impacted
by the Gulf Oil Spill. Proceedings Oceans and Human Health Gordan’s Conference, Biddleford ME,
June, 2012.
50. Karlitz J, Wu X-C, Fontham E, Chen VW. Analysis of Louisiana Tumor Registry Data Reveals High
Rates of Colorectal in the Acadian Parishes: Is this Due to an Increased Frequency of Hereditary
Colorectal Cancer in Cajuns, a Known Genetic Founder Population? AGA Digestive Disease Week
2013.
51. Bronson M, Peters E, Fontham ETH, Rung A, Harrington D, Clesi A, Hagan J, Trapido E. Electronic
Data Collection Tools Used for the Women and their Children’s Health (WaTCH) Study. Gulf of
Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 21-23, 2013, New Orleans LA.
52. Harrington DJ, Clesi A, Peters ES, Fontham ET , Rung A, Hagan J, Bronson M, Trapido E. Impact of
the DeepwaterHorizon Oil Spill on Seafood Consumption Rates in Louisiana. Gulf of Mexico Oil
Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 21-23, 2013, New Orleans LA.
53. Rung A, Peters E, Fontham ETH, Abramson D, Hagan J, Harrington D, Bronson M, Trapido E. The
Socioeconomic and Health Care Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWOS) Among Women
in Southern Coastal Louisiana: the WATCH Study. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science
Conference, January 21-23, 2013, New Orleans LA.
54. Trapido E, Peters E, Fontham ETH, Rung A, Harrington D, Hagan J, Sullivan S, Bronson M, Clesi A,
Brashear M. LSU’s Women and their Children’s Health (WATCH) Study: Research on the Health of
Women and Children after the Oil Spill. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference,
January 21-23, 2013, New Orleans LA.
55. Rung A, Peters E, Abramson D, Fontham ETH, Hagan J, Harrington D, Bronson M, Trapido E.
Research on the Mental Health Effects of the Oil Spill among Women in Southern Coastal Louisiana:
the WATCH Study. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 21-23, 2013,
New Orleans LA.
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56. Peters E, Sullivan S, Rung A, Fontham E, Hagan J, Harington D, Bronson M, Trapido E. Health
Behavior Characteristics among a Cohort of Women in Coastal Louisiana Affected by the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill (DHOS). Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 21-
23, 2013, New Orleans LA.
57. Simonsen N, Oral E, Berken J, Brennan C, Hayden J, Fontham ETH. Predicting Enrollment in a
Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Study. Proceedings H2R Health Disparities Conference, pp. 29,
Xavier University, March 7-9, 2013, New Orleans LA
58. Simonsen N, Oral E, Berken J, Brennan C, Hayden J, Fontham ETH. Quality of Life Disparities in a
Prostate Cancer Follow-up Study. Proceedings H2H Health Disparities Conference, pp. 30, Xavier
University, March 7-9, 2013, New Orleans LA
59. Woloszaska-Read A, Arab L, Adams J, Bensen JT, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Su LJ, Tabung F,
Zhang H, Trump D, Johnson C, Steck SE. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin A levels are associated with
aggressive prostate cancer among African Americans in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer
Project (PCaP). Proceedings of American Association of Cancer Research meeting, April 6-10, 2013,
Washington DC.
60. Vance TM, Wang Y, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Chun OK. Dietary
total antioxidant capacity and prostate cancer tumor stage among African and Caucasian Americans in
a population-based study. Proc Soc Exp Biol. Annual meeting, Boston MA, April 20-24, 2013.
61. Wang Y, Vance TM, Su J, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Chun OK.
Proanthocyanidin intake is inversely associated with advanced prostate tumor stages in newly
diagnosed prostate cancer patients. Proc Soc Exp Biol. Annual meeting, Boston MA, April 20-24,
2013
62. Vance TM, Wang Y, Su J, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Chun, OK.
Sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle factors associated with prostate cancer aggressiveness in a
population-based study. Proc Soc Exp Biol. Annual meeting, Boston MA, April 20-24, 2013.
63. Su LJ, Sun W, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Occupational risk factors for high aggressive
prostate cancer in a population-based study of African Americans and European Americans.
Proceedings of AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, October 2013.
64. Vance TM, Azabdaftari G, Pop, EA, Lee SG, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Chen M-
H, Koo SI, Chun OK. Level of Cytoplasmic Thioredoxin Reductase 1 in Prostate Tissue is Associated
with Prostate Cancer Gleason Score, Total Antioxidant capacity and Erythrocyte Glutathione
Peroxidase Activity. Proc Soc Exp Biol Annual meeting, San Diego CA, April 26-30, 2014.
65. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su LJ, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Pittman D, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL,
Arab L. Associations between dietary antioxidant intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness among
African and European American men in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP).
American Society of Preventive Oncology 38th Annual Meeting, Arlington VA March 8-11, 2014.
66. Vance TM, Lee SG, Azabdaftari G, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Chen M-H, Chun
OK. Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness is Positively Associated with Oxidative Stress and Inversely
Associated with Plasma Antioxidant Capacity. Proc Soc Exp Biol Annual Meeting, San Diego CA,
April 26-30, 2014.
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67. Williams DL, Hagensee ME, Nelson N, Barnhill D, Mascaranhas Am Fontham ETH. Development of
a Home Self-Sampling for HPV DNA as an Alternative to Pap Testing. International HPV
Conference, Seattle WA, August, 2014
68. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su LJ, Taylor JA, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Smith GJ,
Mohler JL, Arab L. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in DNA repair and Oxidative Stress-related
Genes, Dietary Alpha- and Gamma-tocopherol Intake and Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness. 39th
Annual ASPO Conference. March 14-17, 2015
69. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su LJ, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Arab L.
Dietary, Supplement and Adipose Tissue Tocopherol Levels in Relation to Prostate Cancer
Aggressiveness among African- and European-Americans. AACR Annual Meeting, April 18-22,
2015
70. Harrington D, Peters E, Fontham ETH , Rung A, Oral E, Trapido E. Impact of the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill on Seafood Consumption in Louisiana: The WaTCH Study. Deepwater Horizon Research
Consortium Annual Meeting, January 22-14, 2015
71. Zhang L, Ferguson T, Wu X-C, Hsieh M-C, Fontham E, Loch M, Yu Q, Chen V. Frequency and
predictors of insufficient chemotherapy use among stage I-III breast cancer patients by molecular
subtype. American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015
72. Steck S E, Woloszynska-Read A, Antwei SO, Zhang H, Arab L, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Su LJ,
Xiao F, Smith G, Trump D, Johnson C, Bensen JT. Associations between SNPs in vitamin D-related
genes and prostate cancer aggressiveness by race in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer
Project (PCaP). Proceedings - American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting April 16-
20, 2016
73. Allott EH, Arab L, Su LJ, Farnan L, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Bensen JT, Steck SE. Saturated fat
intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness: results from the population- based North Carolina-
Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Proceedings - American Association for Cancer Research
Annual Meeting April 16-20, 2016.
74. Cheng T-Y D, Tang L, Yao S, Smith GJ, Bensen JT, Fontham ETH, Attwood KM, Pop EA, Stocking
JJ, Azabdaftari G, Ambrosone CB, Mohler JL. Associations of polymorphisms in Key androgen axis
genes with clinical aggressiveness and tumor growth rate in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate
Cancer Project (PCaP). Proceedings – 3rd International Molecular Pathological Epidemiology
Meeting, May 12-13, 2016.
INVITED PARTICIPANT/ SPEAKER/AUTHOR (SELECTED FROM PAST 25 YEARS)
Symposium Discussant: Minority Health in Louisiana: Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and HTLV.
Southeastern Psychological Association, March 22-25, 1989, Washington, D.C.
International Workshop on Residential Radon Epidemiology. Dept. of Energy/Commission of
European Communities, Radiation Protection Program, July 24-26, 1989, Alexandria, Virginia.
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International Workshop on Assessing Low Risk Agents for Lung Cancer. University of Gothenburg,
October 10-14, 1989.
Diet, Cancer and Ethnicity. Howard University, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1990.
Future Epidemiologic Studies of Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF0. Carmel, CA,
February 5-8, 1991
American College of Epidemiology, Session Convener, 10th Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA,
November 7-8, 1991.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Hearing, Indoor Air Quality and
Total Human Exposure Committee, Washington D.C., July 21-22, 1992.
N.C.I. U.S. - Japan Seminar "Topics in Carcinogenesis: Malignant neoplasms occurring under
particular circumstances". Maui, Hawaii, March 3-5, 1993.
Society of Toxicology 32nd Annual Meeting. Workshop. "Health Concerns in Louisiana: Facts and
Perceptions". New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 1993.
CARIG Conference- F.A.S.E.B. "Carotenoids in Clinical Trials and Epidemiologic Studies." New
Orleans, Louisiana March 28, 1993.
"Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: Current Knowledge Regarding Etiologic Factors", National Cancer
lnstitute-D.C.E. Bethesda MD May 10-11, 1993.
Thirteenth Ross Conference on Medical Research "Oxidative Processes and Antioxidants: Their
Relation to Nutrition and Health Outcomes". Charleston SC, Nov. 6-8, 1993.
"Cancer Statistics and Chronic Disaster Areas", President's Cancer Panel. New York, Nov.15, 1993.
Workshop: "The Role of Biomarkers in Field Studies of Environmentally Associated Cancers,"
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and University of South Florida, College of Public
Health, Atlanta GA, May 10-11, 1994.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Prevention Seminar Series. "H. pylon and gastric cancer." Houston, TX, June
3, 1994.
"Tobacco Control: Empowering Professionals and Communities." New Orleans, LA, January 25-27,
1995.
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Review of Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Draft Report, Washington, DC, June, 1995.
Michigan State University Cancer Center Seminar Series. "Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung
Cancer." East Lansing, MI. November, 1995.
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“Women's Health: Prevention is the Best Medicine." Moderator. Pennington Biomedical Research
Center, Baton Rouge, LA. March, 1996.
"NCI/NIOSH Workshop on Multi-Location Case-Control Studies of Selected Cancers to Evaluate
Occupational Exposures." Bethesda, MD, April, 1996.
"Methods in Epidemiology - Population-Based Case-Control Studies." University of Texas School of
Public Health. Houston, TX. June, 1996.
"African-Americans in Clinical Research: Culture, Community and Collaboration." Pennington
Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge. May, 1997.
"Take Charge! A Snapshot of Women's Health." Associated General Contractors' Annual Convention,
New Orleans, LA, March 12, 1998.
"Better Health and Better Lives for Women: Prevention". National Healthcare Leadership Council.
New Orleans, LA , June 8, 1998.
"Governor's Task Force on Environmental Protection and Preservation" Lower Mississippi River
Interagency Cancer Study. Baton Rouge LA, July 30, 1998.
"Lung Cancer Rates and Risks" Baton Rouge Oncology Group. September 1, 1998.
"Women's Health and the Environment: Innovations in Science and Policy" U.S. Public Health
Service Office on Women's Health and Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research.
Washington DC, September 10, 1998.
"The Thomas R. Ramsey Oncology Lecture". Covington, September 22, 1998.
"Stress and Women's Health" Louisiana Legislative Luncheon. April 20, 1999.
Genetics of the Acadian People - Congress Mondial Acadian. Cancer in Acadiana. Lake Charles,
August 8-9, 1999.
Visiting Professor Series - Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Gene-environment and lung
cancer risk. Sept. 16, 1999.
Epidemiology, Risk Assessment and Public Policy - American College of Epidemiology Annual
Scientific Meeting. Discussant for "Potential Conflicts of Interest and the Challenge of Maintaining
Objectivity in Epidemiologic Research" Bethesda, MD October 3, 1999
Epidemiology in the Twenty-first Century - invited workshop participant. National Institute of
Environmental Health Science. Raleigh NC October 31-Nov. 2, 1999.
Oncology Seminar Series. Mary Byrd Perkins. Lung Cancer Etiology. April 25, 2000
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Institute of Environmental Communication. Loyola University. "Strengths and Limitations of
Epidemiologic Studies". November 2, 2000.
Genetics of the Acadian People. “Cancers of the Lung and Pancreas in Acadiana”. Nichols State
University, March 10, 2001.
Epidemiology Congress 2001. “Data Sharing, Promises and Privacy”. Toronto, Canada, June 14-16
2001.
Mid-South Leadership Conference. Moderator and Discussant – “ACS Research: New and
Diverse Directions for Future Successes”. Birmingham, AL. August 24-25, 2001.
Commencement Speaker: University of Arizona School of Public Health. December 14, 2001
National Cancer Institute’s Stomach/Esophageal Cancers Progress Review Group (PRG) Roundtable
Meeting. Chantilly VA. May 5-7, 2002
World Health Organization-International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – invited
Workgroup Member for Monograph 83 (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic
Risks to Humans) Lyon, France. June 11-18, 2002 and December 9-13, 2002.
American College of Epidemiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Education Forum: “Faculty Position
vs. Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Pros and Cons” Albuquerque NM September 23-24, 2002
Louisiana Research Tour Day: Search for the Cure. “The National ACS Research Program”. New
Orleans LA, June 11, 2003
Cancer Control Plan Statewide Coalition. “Cancer Rates and Trends in Louisiana” Baton Rouge LA
June 20, 2003
Cancer Care and Private Health Insurance Policy Review Group. Washington D.C. July 21-22, 2003
Leadership Summit. Moderator - Research Forum, Nashville, TN August 15, 2003
Louisiana State Nurses Association-ACS Oncology Nurses Institute: “Breast Cancer: The Magnitude
of the Problem ” McNeese State University September 18, 2003
The Beauty of Early Detection Awareness Campaign (La. Legislative Women’s Caucus; La. Breast &
Cervical Health Program; ACS; La. Health Care Review Inc.) “Breast Cancer Rates, Risks and
Early Detection” Governor’s Mansion, Baton Rouge, October 13, 2003
First Annual Louisiana Tobacco Summit. “Louisiana Tobacco Prevention and Control Program”
Southern University, Baton Rouge LA, March 23, 2004.
State Kickoff – Louisiana Cancer Control Plan. Lod Cooke Conference Center, Baton Rouge, August
20, 2004
Guatemalan Tobacco Control Program Review. Guatemala City. October 24-27, 2004
LPB-TV Louisiana Public Square. “Louisiana Lifestyles: Is the Good Life Killing Us?” February
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16, 2005
Cervical Cancer Screening Programs. Guatemala. May 25-29, 2005
Quality Improvement Organizations and Cancer Control. “Cancer Disparities in the Mid-South”
New Orleans LA July, 2005
American College of Epidemiology Newsletter. “New Orleans Notes-Post Katrina”, Winter 2005
Association of Schools of Public Health. Annual Meeting. Philadelphia PA. “The Tulane and LSU
Hurricane Katrina Experience, December 12, 2005
Tobacco Control Initiative. “Reducing Health Disparities: The Role of TCI and the Health Care
Services Division. Tobacco Use in the US. February 19, 2006.
NSF-Board of Regents 2006: Post-Katrina/Rita Research and Education Forum. New Orleans LA
“Health Care Systems” Discussant-Research Collaborations, April 2-4, 2006
WLAE-TV. Tiger Care. Public Health Issues Post-Katrina, April 12, 2006
PBS Rx for Survival series – Rx for Louisiana-Louisiana Public Square. Louisiana Public
Broadcasting. April 19, 2006
Tobacco Centers of Excellence Site Visit and World No-Smoking Day. Guatemala City, Guatemala
May 30- June 1, 2006
ACS International University. Presenter. “Governance and Management in NGOs”. Washington
DC. July 8, 2006
UICC World Cancer Congress 2006. Session Moderator. “Lung Cancer” Washington DC July 9,
2006.
UICC World Cancer Congress 2006. Session Moderator, “Evidence-Based Guidelines for Lung
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. Washington DC, July 10, 2006
13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health. “Using Education, Media, and Polling to Advance
Tobacco Control” The Role of the NGO in the Promotion of International Tobacco Control –
National and Regional Case Studies” Washington DC, July 13, 2006.
13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health. Session Moderator:,
“Prevention of Smoking among Women and Girls: International Tools” Washington DC, July 12,
2006
Chair, ACS Health Insurance and Access to Care Policy Review Group, August 11, 2006, March 1,
2007, October 1, 2007 Washington DC
University of Arizona, Arizona Emergency Preparedness Center, “Emergency Preparedness:
Lessons Learned Post-Katrina”, Tucson AZ, January 25, 2007
Xavier University Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. Keynote: “Building
Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities: Translating Integrated Approaches to Achieve
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Improved Health Outcomes”, New Orleans LA, March 4-6, 2007
Workshop on Cancer and the Environment. “Scientific Perspective” Atlanta GA January 21-22,
2008
UICC World Cancer Congress 2008. Geneva Switzerland August 27-Sept 30, 2008
President’s Cancer Panel. Environmental factors in Cancer. “Occupational Carcinogens-
Environmental Carcinogens: A Fine Line” New Brunswick NJ, Sept. 16, 2008
L.I.V.E. World Summit 2008. Luncheon Keynote Speaker. “Cancer as a Major Global Challenge”.
New York City, November 15, 2008.
Edgar Burns Visiting Professorship of Urology Symposium. “Cancer Screening Fundamentals:
How Does Prostate Cancer Fit In?” New Orleans LA. January 16, 2009
Leadership Summit. Newcomb College Institute. Power lines: Women transform the grid.
February 5-7, 2009
World Health Organization-International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – invited
Workgroup Member for Monograph 100B (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic
Risks to Humans) Lyon, France. February 24– March 3, 2009
14th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health. “Surveillance Issues in Cancer and Tobacco
Control” Mumbai India, March 8-12, 2009
Visiting Scholar, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD, December 14-15 2009
The Japan-U.S. Cooperative Cancer Research Program: Cancer Biology, Epidemiology, and
Policy Making for Tobacco and Alcohol Control. “Attributions of Smoking to Cancer
Incidence/Mortality in the U.S.” Nagoya Japan, March 24-26, 2010
Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership webinar: “Controversies over Current Recommendations for
Breast Cancer Screening”. May 28, 2010
Chair, Policy Review Group: Cancer and the Environment. Washington DC. June 7-8, 2010
The Gulf Oil Spill Disaster Response Summit. “Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill – Increasing Health
Consequences”, Mobile AL, June 17-18, 2010
ACS Workshop Session – Cancer Control Advocacy. Hong Kong, August 15, 2010
UICC World Cancer Congress 2010, Shenzhen China. “Global Cervical Cancer Advocacy:
Regional Case Studies”, August 18-21, 2010.
State of the Science Workshop: Evaluation of Epidemiological Data Consistency for Application in
Regulatory Risk Assessment. Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD, September 23-24, 2010
Regional Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer. Gulf Coast
Communities, Culture and Cancer. Community Forum: Cancer Screening and Early Detection, New
Orleans LA, November 17-18, 2010.
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Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today (IMPaCT) Conference, Invited Plenary. Mohler JL,
Fontham ETH. Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer: Influence of Healthcare Interactions and
Host and Tumor Biology. Orlando FL, March 9-12, 2011.
Gulf Coast Leadership Summit. “Gulf Coast Health Perspectives” Moderator and discussant. New
Orleans LA, April 18-21, 2011.
MidSouth Louisiana Volunteer Leadership Institute. “American Cancer Society outcomes”,
“Impacting Outcomes through Research” and “Cancer Prevention Study 3”. Woodworth LA,
January 28, 2012.
American College of Epidemiology Annual Scientific Meeting. “Gulf-Oil Spill: Issues in
Epidemiologic Studies. Chicago IL, September 9-10, 2012.
NIEHS Deepwater Horizon Research Consortium Annual Meeting: Building Capacity, Accelerating
Scientific Progress. “Basics of Epidemiology”. New Orleans LA, February 22-23, 2013
Loyola University Health Professions Organization (LUHPO). “A Career in Cancer Epidemiology”
September 11, 2014
2014 First Annual Alton Ochsner Conference on Tobacco: 75 Years Later: Continuing the Legacy
APHA pre-conference symposium, Session Moderator “Research Presentations by Winners of
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease”. New Orleans November 14, 2014
Cancer in Louisiana – Emperor of All Maladies Prequel. Louisiana Public Square. Louisiana Public
Broadcasting. March 24, 2015
NOLA Smokefree Ordinance – Implications & Outcomes. Fox News Morning Show and Louisiana
Radio Network, April 22, 2015
Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Summit – Bridging Cancer Care and Specialty Care for Vulnerable
Populations. BMS Grantee Summit. Moderator of Panel III-Innovative Approaches to Reaching and
Providing Quality Care to High Risk Populations (April 12). April 11-13, 2016 New Orleans LA
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Meeting. Co-chair of Disasters, Resiliency,
Research and Population Health in the Gulf Session (May 5). May 4-6, 2016 New Orleans LA
Cancer Moonshot Summit. Panel Member. New Orleans LA June 29, 2016
Health Equity Summit on Cancer Prevention and Control. “Gulf Oil Spill: Exposure-Disease Impact
and Cancer Prevention Research” October 6-8, 2016, Panama City Panama
Medicine Dean’s Research Seminar Series, “Epidemiology Research in Populations Near and Far”
December 7, 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Board of Directors, Green Wave AAU/USS Swim Club, 1982-1984
Board of Governors, Isidore Newman School – 1988-1993
Board of Directors – A Studio in the Woods, 2003- 2006
Development Committee, 2005-2006
Board of Directors – Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New Orleans, 2003 – 2008, 2010-2016
Mission Committee, 2004-2008, 2010-to date
Chair, Mission and Program Committee, 2006-2008
Board of Directors – PACE of Greater New Orleans, 2004 – 2008
Elected member – International Women’s Forum - Louisiana Women’s Forum 2004 – to date
Executive Committee member LWF 2016 – to date
Life Member, Children’s Hospital Guild
Advisory Board – Bastion of New Orleans LA 2015 to date
American Cancer Society (national, division, state, local) activities previously listed
Contributing member and participant in numerous other cultural/philanthropic community orgs.