Who is Leading the Study?
MEET THE INVESTIGATORS
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DR. DALE SANDLER
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Hygiene and Public Health in 1979. Dr. Sandler is Chief of the Epidemiology Branch at NIEHS. She studies environmental causesof chronic disease in adults. Dr. Sandler’s research has looked at risk factors for leukemia and kidney disease, health effects of residential and occupational exposure to radon, and the health consequences of exposure to cigarette smoke and agricultural chemicals. Listen to the KFNX radio interview with Dr. Sandler. (click here)
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of Public Health and Community Medicine. Her doctoral research
focused on cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the
risk of breast cancer. Before joining NIEHS in 2006, Dr. DeRoo
was a visiting fellow at the Division of Epidemiology, University of
Geneva, Switzerland, where she studied risk factors for breast cancer
among Geneva women.
MORE ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (NIEHS)The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is
one of 25 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), which is a part of the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS). The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS) is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability
from environmental causes. The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary
biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts,
and communication strategies such as training, education, technology
transfer, and community outreach.
WHO IS COLLECTING THE DATA FOR NIEHS?A professional services research firm, specializing in health studies and epidemiologic research, works closely with NIEHS investigators to recruit participants, collect data, and manage the day-to-day activities of the study. In July of 2005, the research firm (CODA) became part of Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. More information can be found at http://www.s-3.com |
