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Gloria Gridley, M.S.

Epidemiologist

Location: Executive Plaza South, Room 8034
Phone: 301-496-3344
Fax: 301-402-0081
E-mail: gridleyg@mail.nih.gov

 Gloria Gridley, M.S.

Biography

Gloria Gridley received a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maryland and a M.S. in biostatistics/epidemiology from Georgetown University. She joined the Environmental Epidemiology Branch as a statistician in 1981, and transferred to the Biostatistics Branch in 1995. In 1998 she received the NIH Merit Award for developing analytic tools and resources to study medical conditions and diet as risk factors for cancer. In 1991 she was appointed by the mayor of Rockville to the Rockville Science and Technology Commission. Since 1985, she has served as a science fair judge in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C., and as a volunteer for the Washington Statistical Society, Quantitative Literacy program, and the Adventures in Science program at NIH. Ms. Gridley has been active in Graduate Women in Science since 1985 [as co-Historian editing the 87 year history of the organization to be published in 2009]

Research Interests

Her research covers a wide variety of cancers and a variety of putative risk factors for cancer, particularly occupation, nutrition, and medical conditions. She studies mostly adult cancers, but also perinatal risk factors for childhood cancers, and cancer risk when exposures occur in childhood. She has developed large administrative databases (using dietary, census and medical data) into epidemiologic resources. She works on several large and long-term international studies in Scandinavia and Shanghai, as well as a large study of U.S. Veterans.

Keywords

record linkage study, nutrition, medical conditions, occupation, obesity, hypertension, pediatrics, auto-immune conditions

Selected Publications

  • Moore LE, Gold L, Stewart P, Gridley G, Prince J, Zahm S. Parental occupational exposures and Ewing’s sarcoma. JOEM 2005;114:472-8.
  • Kang D, Gridley G, Huang WY, Engel LS, Winn DM, Brown LM, Bravo-Otero E, Diehl S, Hayes RB. Microsatellite polymorphisms in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) and the transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFA) gene and risk of oral cancer in Puerto Rico. Pharmacogenetics 2005;15:343-7.
  • Landgren O, Kerstann KF, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer L, Hemminki K, Linet MS, Goldin LR. Malignant lymphomas and the familial risk of multiple sclerosis: is there any etiologic link? (letter) JNCI 2005;97:543-4.
  • Engels EA, Cerhan JR, Linet MS, Cozen W, Colt JS, Davis S, Gridley G, Severson RK, Patricia H. Immune-related conditions and immune-modulating medications as risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a case-control study. Am J Epidemiol 2005;162:1153-61.
  • Goldin LR, Landgren O, McMaster M, Gridley G, Hemminki K, Xinjun L, Mellemkjaer L, Olsen JH, Linet MS. Familial aggregation and heterogeneity of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in population-based samples. CEBP 2005;14:2402-6.
  • Freedman DM, Travis LB, Gridley G, Kuncl RW. ALS mortality in 1.9 million US cancer survivors. Neuroepidemiology 2005;25:176-80.
  • Zhang XH, Andreotti G, Gao YT, Deng J, Liu E, Rashid A, Wu K, Sun L, Sakoda LC, Cheng JR, Shen MC, Wang BS, Han TQ, Zhang BH, Gridley G, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hsing AW. Tea drinking and the risk of biliary tract cancers and biliary stones: A population-based case-control study in Shanghai, China. Int J Cancer 2006;118:3089-94.
  • Landgren O, Linet MS, McMaster M, Gridley G, Hemminki K, Goldin LR. Familial characteristics of autoimmune and hematologic disorders in 8,406 multiple myeloma patients: a population-based case-control study. Int J Cancer 2006;118:3095-8.
  • Landgren O, Gridley G, Turesson I, Caporaso NE, Goldin LR, Baris D, Fears TR, Hoover RN, Linet MS. Risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance(MGUS) and subsequent multiple myeloma among African-American and White veterans in the U.S. Blood 2006;107:904-6.
  • Mellemkjaer L, Hasle H, Gridley G, Johansen C, Kjaer SK, Frederiksen K, Olsen JH. Risks of cancer in children with the diagnosis immaturity at birth. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2006;20:231-7.
  • Landgren O, Gridley G, Fears TR, Caporaso NE. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura does not exhibit a disparity in prevalence between African American and White veterans. (Letter) Blood 2006;108:1111-2.
  • Samanic C, Chow WH, Gridley G, Fraumeni JF Jr., Jarvolm B. Relation of body mass index and cancer risk in 362,552 Swedish men. Cancer Cause Control 2006;17:901-9.
  • Landgren O, Engels EA, Caporaso NE, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer L, Hemminki K, Linet MS, Goldin LR. Patterns of autoimmunity and subsequent chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Nordic countries. Blood 2006;108:292-6.
  • Brock KE, Gridley G, Brown LM, Yu MC, Schoenberg JB, Lynch C, McLaughlin JK. Dietary factors and cancers of the renal pelvis and ureter. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15:1051-3.
  • Landgren O, Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer L, Kerstann KF, Wheeler W, Hemminki K, Linet MS, Goldin LR. Autoimmunity and susceptibility to Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based case-control study in Scandinavia. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006;98:1321-30.
  • Edgren G, Hjalgrim H, Tran TN, Rostgaard K, Shanwell A, Titlestad K, Jakobsson L, Gridley G, Wideroff L, Jersild C, Adami J, Melbye M, Reilly M, Nyren O. A population-based binational register for monitoring long-term outcome and possible disease concordance among blood donors and recipients. Vox Sanguinis 2006;91(4):316-323.
  • Mellemkjaer L, Holmich LR, Gridley G, Rabkin C, Olsen JH. Risks for skin and other cancers up to 25 years after burn injuries. Epidemiology 2006;17:668-73.
  • Landgren O, Rapkin JS, Mellemkjaer L, Gridley G, Goldin LR, Engels EA. Respiratory tract infections in the pathway to multiple myeloma: a population-based study in Scandinavia. Haematologica 2006;91:1697-700.
  • Welzel TM, Mellemkjaer L, Gridley G, Sakoda LC, Hsing AW, Elghormli L, Olsen JH, McGlynn KA. Risk factors for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in a low-risk population. Int J Cancer 2006;120:638-41.
  • Landgren O, Pfeiffer RM, Stewart L, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer L, Hemminki K, Goldin LR, Travis LB. Risk of second malignant neoplasms among lymphoma patients with a family history of cancer. Int J Cancer 2007;120:1099-102.
  • Landgren O, Rapkin JS, Caporaso NE, Mellemkjaer L, Gridley G, Goldin LR, Engels EA. Respiratory tract infections and subsequent risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2007;109:2198-201.
  • Brock KE, Gridley G, Lynch CF, Ershow AG, Cantor KP. Obesity and hypertension interact to increase risk of renal cell carcinoma in Iowa, USA. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2007;1:147-53.
  • Landgren O, Turesson I, Gridley G, Caporaso NE. Risk of hematopoietic and solid malignancies among 1,525 adult male United States veterans with Gaucher disease. Arch Int Med 2007; 167:1189-94.
  • Edgren G, Hjalgrim H, Reilly M, Tran TN, Rostgaard K, Shanwell A, Titlestad K, Adami J, Wikman A, Jersild C, Gridley G, Wideroff L, Nyren O, Melbye M. Risk of cancer after blood transfusion from donors with subclinical cancer. Lancet 2007; 369:1724-30.
  • Kang D, Chokkalingam AP, Gridley G, Nyren O, Johansson JE, Adami HO, Silverman D, Hsing AW. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and subsequent risk of bladder cancer. Br J Cancer 2007; 96:1475-9.
  • Edgren G, Tran TN, Hjalgrim H, Rostgaard K, Shanwell A, Titlestad K, Wikman A, Norda R, Jersild C, Wideroff L, Gridley G, Adami J, Melbye M, Nyren O, Reilly M. Improving health profile of blood donors – as a consequence of transfusion safety efforts. Transfusion 2007; 47:2017-24.
  • Wilson RT, Donahue M, Gridley G, Adami J, El ghormli L, Dosemeci M. Shared occupational risks for transitional cell cancer of the bladder and renal pelvis among men and women in Sweden. Amer J Ind Med 2007; 51:83-99.
  • Hjalgrim H, Edgren G, Rostgaard K, Reilly M, Tran TN, Titlestad KE, Shanwell A, Jersild C, Adami J, Wikman A, Gridley G, Wideroff L, Nyren O, Melbye M. Cancer incidence in blood transfusion recipients. JNCI 2007; 99:1864-74.
  • Landgren O, Gridley G, Check D, Caporaso NE, Brown LM. Acquired immune-related and inflammatory conditions and subsequent chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Br J Hematology 2007; 139:791-8.
  • Anderson LA, Gridley G, Engels EA, Morton LM, Cerhan JR, Cozen W, Severson RK, Davis S, Patricia H, Linet M. Antibiotic use and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma : a population-based case-control study. Br J Cancer 2008; 98:161-4.
  • Landgren O, Gridley G, Caporaso NE, Turesson I. Prevalence of Type 1 Gaucher Disease in the United States – Reply (Letter). Arch Int Med 2008; 168:327-8.
  • Mellemkjaer L, Pfeiffer RM, Engels EA, Gridley G, Wheeler W, Hemminki K, Olsen JH, Dreyer L, Linet MS, Goldin LR, Landgren O. Autoimmune disease in persons and close family members and susceptibility to non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2008; 58:657-66.
  • McGlynn KA, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer L, Brinton LA, Landgren O, Olsen JH. Risks of cancer among a cohort of 23,935 men and women with osteoporosis. Int J Cancer 2008; 122:1879-84.
  • Brown LM, Gridley G, Check D, Landgren O. Prior medical conditions and risk of multiple myeloma and MGUS among white and black male United States veterans with prior autoimmune, infectious, inflammatory and allergic disorders. Blood 2008; 111:3388-94.
  • Cerhan JR, Engels E, Cozen W, Davis S, Severson RK, Morton LM, Gridley G, Patricia H, Linet M. Blood transfusion, anesthesia, surgery and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:888-94.
  • Moradi T, Gridley G, Dosemeci M, Lagerros YT, Ji BT, Berkel HJ, Lemeshow S. Occupational physical activity and risk for cancer of the colon and rectum in Sweden among men and women by anatomic sub-site. Eur J Cancer Prev 2008; 17:201-8.
  • Koshiol J, Gridley G, Engels EA, McMaster M, Landgren O. Chronic immune stimulation and subsequent Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Arch Int Med 2008; 168:1903-9.
  • Gao Y, Linet MS, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer, Hemminki K, Goldin LR, Landgren O. Shared susceptibility for celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease? (letter) Scand J Gastroenterology 2008; 43:1279-80.
  • Anderson LA, Pfeiffer RM, Rapkin JS, Gridley G, Mellemkjaer, Hemminki K, Bjorkholm M, Goldin LR, Caporaso NE, Landgren O. Survival patterns among lymphoma patients with family history of lymphoma. JCO 2008; 26:4958-65.
  • Kristinsson SY, Fears TR, Gridley G, Turesson I, Mellqvist U-H, Bjorkholm M, Landgren O. Deep vein thrombosis following monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma. Blood 2008; 112:3582-6.
  • Bluhm E, McNeil DE, Cnattingius S, Gridley G, El Gormli L, Fraumeni JF Jr. Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for neuroblastoma in Sweden. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:2885-90.