Investigators

LIFE & VALID Lung Studies

The LIFE & VALID Lung Studies are headed by principal investigator (PI) Jack Taylor, M.D., Ph.D. (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/epi/molecular/index.cfm), of the NIEHS Epidemiology Branch. Other collaborators include:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• Kellen Meadows, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Postdoctoral Fellow
• Robbert Slebos, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Postdoctoral Fellow
  (Currently: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)
• Hyeon Yim, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis
  (Currently: Catholic University of Korea, Songeui, Korea)
• David M. Umbach (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/bb/staff/umbach/index.cfm), Biostatistics Branch
• Gordon Flake, Cellular & Molecular Pathology Branch

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)

• William Funkhouser, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Frank Detterbeck, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
• Patricia Rivera, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
• Evangeline Reynolds, Tissue Procurement Facility

Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. (Formerly Coda, Durham, North Carolina)

• Elizabeth Long
• Janet Archer

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