EGRP’s Four Branches

Methods and Technologies Branch

MTB’s mission is to plan, develop, direct, coordinate, and evaluate a comprehensive program of extramural research related to epidemiologic methods to:

• address epidemiologic research issues and translate technological approaches developed in the context of other research endeavors to development of biomarkers of risk susceptibility and to cancer epidemiologic settings
• translate paradigms and findings from basic biological sciences into epidemiologic studies and ensure that epidemiologic findings can be used to identify research directions in the basic sciences
• improve epidemiologic study data collection, study designs, and analysis
• assess the reliability and validity of methods and technologies for use in epidemiologic studies and ensure that these methods are sufficiently robust to use in epidemiologic data collection settings

It also disseminates findings from the research supported by the Branch to epidemiologists, the public, health care professionals, scientists engaged in cancer control, and the public health community.

Modifiable Risk Factors Branch

MRFB’s mission is to plan, develop, direct, coordinate, and evaluate:

• a comprehensive program of extramural epidemiologic research in the etiology of cancer in human populations relating to factors that may be modifiable such as nutrition, physical activity and energy balance, infectious diseases, and physical and chemical agents
• a program of extramural 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 exposure, biologically effective dose, and early damage
• research resources, infrastructures, and consortia with a focus on modifiable risk factors to facilitate and maximize the scientific potential of cancer epidemiology research

Its mission is also 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.

Host Susceptibility Factors Branch

HSFB’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
• 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.

Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch

CTEB’s mission is to plan, develop, direct, coordinate, and evaluate:

• a comprehensive program of epidemiologic research in human populations related to clinical factors that influence development of cancer among persons with underlying diseases and conditions and progression, recurrence, new primary cancers, and mortality from cancer among cancer survivors
• 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 development of cancer among persons with underlying diseases and conditions and progression, recurrence, new primary cancers, and mortality from cancer among cancer survivors with the ultimate goal of elucidating cancer development and progression among people with these health conditions
• a program of extramural epidemiologic research to evaluate the association of and magnitude of cancer risk associated with biomarkers of cancer development and progression in persons with underlying diseases and cancer
• resources, infrastructures, and consortia with a focus on cancer development and progression in persons with underlying diseases and cancer 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.