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DESCRIPTION:Area of Emphasis: Cancer Epidemiology \n\nPresented by: Jian-Mi
 n Yuan\, MD\, PhD\, Professor\, Arnold Palmer Endowed Chair in Cancer Preve
 ntion\, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center\; Co-Leader\, Cancer Epidemiology and Pr
 evention\, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center\; Faculty in Epidemiology \n\nDr. Yua
 n received his medical training from the Shanghai Medical University (now t
 he Fudan University Shanghai Medical College) in Shanghai\, China\, in 1983
 \, and his PhD in Epidemiology from University of Southern California in Lo
 s Angeles\, USA\, in 1996. Dr. Yuan is Professor of Epidemiology at Univers
 ity of Pittsburgh School of Public Health (GSPH) and Co-Leader of the Cance
 r Epidemiology and Prevention Program at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center sin
 ce 2011. Dr. Yuan was Professor of Epidemiology at School of Public Health\
 , University of Minnesota at Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, prior to his appoint
 ment with University of Pittsburgh.\n\nDr. Yuan is Principal Investigator (
 PI) of two large population-based cohort studies - the Shanghai Cohort Stud
 y in China and the Singapore Chinese Health Study in Singapore with more th
 an 80\,000 participants with more than 25 years of following since the 1990
 's\, which have been funded by NIH/NCI since their inceptions. \n\nDr. Yuan
 's research has made many novel contributions to the understanding of the r
 ole of environmental exposures in combination with genetic factors in the d
 evelopment of cancers\, including (1) the role of dietary aflatoxin and its
  interaction with chronic hepatitis B infection in the development of hepat
 ocellular carcinoma (HCC) in humans\; (2) dietary isothiocyanates against t
 he development of lung cancer\; and (3) tobacco nitrosamines biomarkers and
  lung cancer risk in humans. based on the novel observations of epidemiolog
 ical studies\, Or. Yuan has initiated and lead two NCI-funded randomized\, 
 placebo controlled phase II clinical trials (1) to evaluate the modulating 
 effect of dietary phenethyl isothlocyanate on the metabolic detoxitication 
 of tobacco carcinogen NNK In current smokers\; and 2 to evaluate the modula
 ting effect of sultoraphane on risk\nmarkers for lung cancer risk in former
  smokers. \n\nDr. Yuan received several awards and honors including the Arn
 old Palmer Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention at University of Pittsburgh\,
  faculty awardee of the Delta Omega Society by University of Pittsburgh Sch
 ool of Public Health\, and elected member of the American Epidemiology Soci
 ety. \n\nThe focus of the Fall 2024 Epidemiology Seminar Series is Epidemio
 logy Areas of Emphasis \n\nEach week of our regularly scheduled Seminars\, 
 there will be optional opportunities to connect both before and after the p
 resentation. Join us in the School of Public Health Commons for departmenta
 l networking from 11:00 - 11:30 am\, and in room G23 for dialogue with facu
 lty from the Area of Emphasis from 12:30 - 12:50 pm. We encourage all to at
 tend!\n\nStudents and GS's attending in person will be required to sign-in 
 each week through the scanning of a QR code. This code will be posted at al
 l the entrances to G23. Students should come prepared with engaging questio
 ns for the presenters. Students not registered for the course\, postdocs\, 
 & faculty are welcome to participate.
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SUMMARY:EPI Seminar: Obesity\, Weight Control and Cancer Risk
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