Genomic Epidemiology Branch (GEB)

Elizabeth M. Gillanders, Ph.D.
Branch Chief

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The Genomic Epidemiology Branch (GEB) focuses on factors that influence personal susceptibility to cancer, such as genetic, epigenetic, immunological, and hormonal biological pathways; and social, cultural, and race/ethnic factors.

GEB's mission is to plan, develop, direct, coordinate, and evaluate:

A comprehensive program of epidemiologic research in the etiology of cancer in human populations related to host (i.e., personal) susceptibility factors such as genetic, epigenetic, immunological and hormonal biological pathways; and social, cultural, and race/ethnicity factors;
A program of epidemiologic research to study differences in cancer susceptibility and risk in individuals and populations and the multiple environmental and genetic factors that jointly contribute to cancer, with the ultimate goal of elucidating the etiology of cancer;
A program of extramural epidemiologic research to evaluate the association of and magnitude of cancer risk associated with biomarkers of host susceptibility such as physiological status or function; and
Research resources, infrastructures, and consortia with a focus on personal susceptibility factors to facilitate and maximize the scientific potential of cancer epidemiology research.

Its mission also is to disseminate findings from the research supported by the Branch to the public, health care professionals, scientists engaged in cancer control, and the public health community.

GEB Staff

Branch	Name / Title / Contact Info	Interest Areas
GEB	Gillanders, Elizabeth M., Ph.D. *Branch Chief* Phone: (240) 276-6764 Email: lgilland@mail.nih.gov	Genetic epidemiology of cancer
GEB	Brignole, Katy, M.Sc. Cancer Research Training Award Fellow Phone: (240) 276-5612 Email: brignolekr@mail.nih.gov	Global health Health disparities Risk and the role of environment Behavior Genes in disease Spatial-temporal epidemiology Cervical cancer Infectious agents and cancer Mixed methods research Appropriate low cost technologies for low resource settings
GEB	Caga-anan, Charlisse, J.D. Program Director Phone: (240) 276-6738 Email: cagaananef@mail.nih.gov	Ethics of genomics and genetics research Health law and bioethics
GEB	Carrick, Danielle Mercatante, Ph.D., M.H.S. Program Director Phone: (240) 276-6749 Email: carrick@mail.nih.gov	Immunology, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases associated with cancer risk Pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacogenomics Biospecimen research Functional genomics
GEB	Chenjo, Charmeeka Program Support Assistant Phone: (240) 276-6739 Email: chenjoc@mail.nih.gov	Not Available
GEB	Green, Tiffany, M.H.S., M.P.H. Contractor, Program Analyst Phone: (240) 428-0142 Email: greentif@mail.nih.gov	Ethical and social issues surrounding advances in the genetic epidemiology of cancer and infectious diseases
GEB	Martin, Damali N., Ph.D., M.P.H. Program Director Phone: (240) 276-6746 Email: martinda@mail.nih.gov	Health disparities in populations of African descent, globally Global Health and cancer epidemiology with focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean
GEB	Mechanic, Leah E., Ph.D., M.P.H. Program Director Phone: (240) 276-6847 Email: mechanil@mail.nih.gov	Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions Biospecimen science Molecular epidemiology of lung cancer Hematological malignancies Endometrial cancer
GEB	Nelson, Stefanie A., Ph.D. Program Director Phone: (240) 276-6944 Email: nelsons@mail.nih.gov	Genetic differences affecting cancer risk and response to treatment Understanding the function of cancer risk variants Interactions between the germline and somatic cancer genomes
GEB	Rotunno, Melissa, Ph.D., Program Director Phone: (240) 276-7245 Email: rotunnom@mail.nih.gov	Genetic epidemiology of lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma Application of new analytical methods in genomics Pleiotropic effects in cancer susceptibility Next-generation sequencing in cancer epidemiology
GEB	Tingle, Sharna, M.P.H. Contractor, Program Analyst Phone: (240) 276-6934 Email: tinglesr@mail.nih.gov	Health policy Bioethics Public health genomics
GEB	Zanetti, Krista A., Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. Program Director Phone: (240) 276-6843 Email: zanettik@mail.nih.gov	Metabolomics 'Omics data integration

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