Department of Epidemiology

School of Public Health

University of California, Los Angeles

Seminar: Cancer Epidemiology

EPI 295 (2 Units: 844570200), Rm. 61-235 CHS, F 12:00-1:50 P.M.

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/faculty/zhang/295outline.htm

Instructor: Zuo-Feng Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

Office: 71-225 CHS

Telephone: 825-8418

Fax: 206-6039

E-mail: zfzhang@ucla.edu

Office Hour: Monday 1:00-3:00 P.M., or by appt.

Week 1

9/25 Molecular Epidemiology Program (slides)

Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang

Multicenter Studies (slides)

Dr. Amy Lee

Week 2

10/2 Genomewide Association Studies (slides)

Dr. Shen-Chih Chang

Week 3

10/9 Body Weight and Cancer (slides)

Lani Park

Week 4

10/16 Allergy and Cancer (slides)

Week 5

10/23 DSBR Pathway and lung and head and neck cancers

Week 6

10/30 Presentation Topic Ideas (doc)

Alison Chiang: Green tea and cancer (slides)

Week 7

11/6 Student Presentations

Weiming Zhu: HIV/AIDS related cancers (slides)

Po-Yin Chang: Risk factors of non-smoking lung cancer (slides)

Week 8

11/13 Student Presentations

Eric Jacob: Cancer and Parkinson’s disease

Gina Wallar: Molecular markers in the early detection in colorectal cancer (slides)

Week 9

11/20 Student Presentations

Caroline A. Thompson: Dietary Flavonoids and cancer

Christina Lombardi: Air pollution and leukemia

Erin Peckham: MicroRNA and cancer

Kiwon Yoo: Stem cells and cancer

Week 10

11/27 No Class (Thanksgiving)

Week 11

12/4 No Class (Cancelled)