The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is one of the institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a functioning body part. At least 80 types of autoimmune diseases have been identified, with some evidence suggesting that there may be more than 100 types. Nearly any body part can be involved. Common symptoms can be transient and generally include low grade fever and feeling tired.
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) is a National Cancer Institute NCI-designated Cancer Center, founded in 1911 and located at NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP/CUIMC).
Ethel S. Gilbert is an American biostatistician and an expert in the risks of radiation-induced cancer, including cancers in nuclear workers and second cancers in radiation therapy patients.
Gretchen L. Gierach is an American epidemiologist and women's health researcher. She is the Deputy Chief of the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch in the National Cancer Institute.
Montserrat García-Closas, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., is a Spanish researcher and academic who is best known for her works on identifying cancer biomarkers and genetic susceptibility to cancer. Dr. García-Closas serves as the deputy director of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics (DCEG) of the National Cancer Institute, as well as the Acting Chief of the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch of the DCEG.
Xiaohong Rose Yang is an American biomedical scientist researching the genetics of dysplastic nevus syndrome and chordoma, and etiologic heterogeneity of breast cancer. She is a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute. Yang leads breast cancer studies in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
Elaine Straus Ron was an American epidemiologist specializing in radiation and thyroid cancer. She was a senior investigator in the radiation epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute. Ron was an advocate for women in science.
Ruth A. Kleinerman is an American epidemiologist specialized in retinoblastoma. Kleinerman worked at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 1979 to 2019 where she served as a staff scientist and deputy chief of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch.
Sharon A. Savage is an American pediatric hematologist/oncologist. She is the clinical director of the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
Jennifer T. Loud is an American nurse practitioner who served as the assistant chief of the National Cancer Institute's clinical genetics branch until August 2020.
Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon is an American epidemiologist and dietitian. She is a senior investigator and head of the metabolic epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Hannah P. Yang is an American cancer epidemiologist who is a staff scientist and associate director of scientific operations in the National Cancer Institute's division of cancer epidemiology and genetics.
Mia M. Gaudet is an American molecular epidemiologist pectized in cancer prevention research and managing cohort studies. She is a senior scientist in the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics at the National Cancer Institute.
Jill Suzanne Barnholtz-Sloan is an American biostatistician and data scientist specialized in cancer epidemiology and etiologic investigations of brain tumors. She is a senior investigator and associate director for informatics and data science at the National Cancer Institute.
Maria Teresa Landi is an Italian epidemiologist and oncologist who researches genetic and environmental determinants of lung cancer and melanoma. At the National Cancer Institute, she is a senior investigator in the integrative tumor epidemiology branch and a senior advisor for genomic epidemiology. Landi is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Rebecca J. Troisi is an American cancer epidemiologist specialized in the hormonal etiologies of reproductive cancers. She is a staff scientist in the trans-divisional research program at the National Cancer Institute.
Ruth Maria Pfeiffer is a biostatistician whose research focuses on risk prediction, molecular and genetic epidemiology, and electronic medical records. She is a senior investigator in the biostatistics branch at the National Cancer Institute. Pfeiffer is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and the American Statistical Association.
Megan A. Clarke is an American cancer epidemiologist who researches anogenital and endometrial cancers. She is a Stadtman investigator in the clinical genetics branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Julia C. Gage is an American cancer epidemiologist who researches cervical screening and the human papillomavirus infection. She is a staff scientist in the clinical genetics branch at the National Cancer Institute.
