Qing Lan
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Biography
Dr. Lan received her M.D. at Weifang Medical University and her Ph.D. in molecular epidemiology at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing, as part of a joint training program with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins University. She was awarded NIH scientific tenure in 2008.
Research Interest
His reaserch interest on Research is critically needed to reduce the global disease burden from preventable HAP exposures. In the short term, research should leverage existing epidemiological studies to determine if cancer sites other than the lung are associated with HAP exposures, and if stove changes or interventions that minimize HAP exposures lead to a reduction in cancer risk and mortality. Efforts are underway in the Asian Cohort Consortium