Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science (EDS)

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Etiology, Screening, and Early Detection (ESED)

Areas Reviewed

  • Etiological studies that investigate the role of biological, genetic, environmental, and behavioral?risk factors in the development and progression of cancer

  • Observational studies (e.g., cohort studies?case-control studies) designed to identify possible causes of cancer and study the patterns of risk in large populations

  • Developing and testing strategies and tools for precision prevention, screening, and early detection, including biomarkers of risk

  • Approaches to promoting adherence to cancer screening guidelines

Peer Review Committee Members

Co-Chair, Todd Lucas, PhD, Michigan State University

Co-Chair, Stephanie Smith-Warner, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Benjamin G. Barwick, PhD, Emory University - School of Medicine

Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD, MSPH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Jane Figueiredo, PhD, MSc, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Corinne E. Joshu, PhD, MPH, MA, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Deanna Kepka, PhD, MPH, University of Utah

Loren Saulsberry, PhD, The University of Chicago

Konrad Stopsack, MD MPH, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology

Erica Warner, MPH, ScD, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Weiss, MD, MS, AGAF, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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