LEEKA I. KHEIFETS, M.A., Ph.D.

Professor In-Residence

Room:  73-284 CHS
Telephone:  (310) 825-6950
Email:  kheifets@ucla.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Major Discipline:  

Epidemiology and Statistics

Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

 

Major Research Interest:

Environmental and occupational epidemiology, epidemiologic methodology, methodologic issues in capturing environmental exposure, public health policy development, non-Ionizing (static, extremely low frequency and radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposures) and ionizing radiation, epidemiology of chronic diseases including cancer (particularly breast, leukemia and brain), cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease.

 

Current Research Interest:

International health, use of epidemiology for evidence-based health policy, applications of precautionary principle, experimental and non-experimental inference, 60 Hz EMF exposure and childhood leukemia, mobile cell phone and base station health effects, mitigation of, preparedness for, and response to the natural occurrence, accidental release, or the deliberate use of radiation.

 

 

  • Courses:

  • Epi 262 (Winter 2005): Cancer Epidemiology

 

  • Center Affiliations:

  • WHO