Projects on
External Effects examine factors besides cancer genes that contribute to breast cancer formation. BCRF scientists are looking at human behavior and environment and their impact on breast cancer. The concept behind these studies is that some factors outside of a person's DNA, such as diet, childbirth, breast-feeding, and exercise, have caused a disruption in normal cellular processes leading to breast cancer. Investigators are focusing on how a person lives, rather than where she lives, and the relationship to breast cancer development.
Grantees in 2012-2013 working on External Effects are:
Christine B. Ambrosone, PhD and Chi-Chen Hong, PhD
Julienne Bower, PhD and Steven W. Cole, PhD
Lewis A. Chodosh, MD, PhD
Graham A. Colditz, MD, Dr.PH
Andrew Dannenberg, MD
Pamela J. Goodwin, MD, MSc, FRCPC and Lois Shepherd, MD
Clifford Hudis, MD
Electra D. Paskett, PhD
Thomas E. Rohan, MD, PhD
Regina Santella, PhD and Mary Beth Terry, PhD
Mary Sehl, MD
Dipali Sharma, PhD
Ian E. Smith, MD, FRCP, FRCPE and Mitch Dowsett, PhD, BSc
Kala Visvanathan, MBBS, FRACP, MHS
Walter C. Willett, MD, Dr. PH
