Biography

Dr. Hatch received an MPH and PhD in epidemiology from Columbia University, and was on the faculty of the Columbia School of Public Health and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She joined NCI in May, 2002, and now serves as Head of the Chornobyl Research Unit. In the early 1990s, Dr. Hatch conducted research on the nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island but is only now returning to the field of radiation research. She is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society, a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and is currently President Elect of the Society for Epidemiologic Research.

Research Interests

• Cancer risks among workers and residents exposed to radiation as a result of the 1986 accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
• In particular, Dr. Hatch is interested in studying thyroid disease among those who were in utero when the accident occurred.
• Women's health (reproduction, thyroid disease).

Keywords

Chornobyl, fallout, dose, Iodine-131

Selected Publications

• Hatch M, Beyea J, Nieves J, Susser M. Cancer near the Three Mile Island nuclear plant: Radiation emissions. Am J Epidemiol 1990; 132:397-412.
• Hatch M, Susser M. Backgound gamma radiation and childhood cancer within 10 miles of a U.S. nuclear plant. Int J Epidemiol 1990; 19:546-552.
• Hatch M, Wallenstein S, Beyea J, Nieves J, Susser M. "Cancer rates after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident and proximity of residence to the plant." Am J Pub Health 1991; 81:719-724.
• Hatch M. "Childhood leukemia around nuclear facilities." Sci Total Environ 1992; 127:37-42.
• Hatch M, Chen C-J, Levin B, Ji B-T, Yang G-Y, Hsu S-W, Wang L-W, Hsieh L-L, Santella R. "Urinary aflatoxin levels, hepatitis-B virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan." Int J Cancer 1993; 54:931-934.
• Gammon MD, Sagiv SK, Eng SM, Shantakumar S, Gaudet MM, Teitelbaum SL, Britton JA, Terry MB, Wang LW, Wang Q, Stellman SD, Beyea J, Hatch M, Kabat GC, Wolff MS, Levin B, Neugut AI, Santella RM. "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)-DNA adducts and breast cancer: a pooled analysis." Arch Environ Health (in press).
• Gammon MD, Eng SM, Teitelbaum SL, Britton JA, Kabat GC, Hatch M, Paykin AB, Neugut AI, Santella RM. "Environmental tobacco smoke and breast cancer inciednece." Environ Res (in press).

Collaborators

DCEG Collaborators

• Andre Bouville, Ph.D.; Alina Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.; Lubin, Jay, Ph.D.; Luckyanov, Nick, Ph.D.; Masnyk, Ihor, Ph.D.; Ron, Elaine, Ph.D.

Other Scientific Collaborators

• William H. Barth, Jr., M.D., Col USAF, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
• Trudy Berkowitz, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, NY
• Stuart Finch, M.D., Consultant, Columbia University, NY, NY
• Daniel Fink, M.D., MPH, Columbia University, NY, NY
• Neal Freeman, North General Hospital, NY, NY
• Marilie Gammon, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Ellen Greenebaum, M.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Susie Hoffman, Dr. PH, Columbia University, NY, NY
• Geoffrey Howe, Ph.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Joseph Hurrell, Ph.D., NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH
• Eleanora Kapitonova, M.D., Centre for Radiation Medicine, Gomel, Belarus
• James Kesner, Ph.D., NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH
• Robert Lapinsky, Ph.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Robert McConnell, M.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Yoko Nomura, Ph.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• Navah Ratzon, Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv IS
• Robert Reiss, M.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Jacob Robbins, M.D., NIDDK, Bethesda, MD
• Anatoly Romanenko, M.D., Institute of Radiation Medicine, Kiev, Ukraine
• Joanna Shulman, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY
• Richard Sloan, Ph.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• Steven Stellman, Ph.D., Columbia University, NY, NY
• A. George Thomas, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY
• Mykola Tronko, M.D., Institute of Endocrinology, Kiev, Ukraine
• David Zhang, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY
• Jun Zhang, MD., Ph.D., NICHD, Rockville, MD