Biography
Dr. Abnet received a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Wisconsin in 1998 and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota in 1999. He joined NCI as a Cancer Prevention Fellow in the Division of Cancer Prevention in 1998 and became an investigator in the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch in 2005.
Research Interests
- Etiologic studies of esophageal and gastric cancer
- Developing exposure markers for nutritional and toxic elements for use in epidemiologic studies
- Oral health and cancer
- Early detection methods for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in high-risk populations
- Member of the DCEG Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers Research Group
Keywords
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, element status, oral health, early detection
Selected Publications
Collaborators
DCEG Collaborators
- Sanford Dawsey, M.D.; Philip Taylor, M.D., Sc.D.; Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.; Farin Kamangar, M.D., Ph.D.; Mark Roth, M.D.; Michael Leitzmann, M.D., Dr.P.H.; Wong-Ho Chow, Ph.D.; Katherine McGlynn, Ph.D.; Demetrius Albanes, M.D.; Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Other NCI Collaborators
- Karen Woodson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Neal Freedman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Other Scientific Collaborators
- Paulo Boffetta, M.D., IARC, Lyon, France
- Paul Brennan, Ph.D., IARC, Lyon, France
- Zhi-Wei Dong, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Bruce Dye, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
- Renato Fagundes, M.D., Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
- Laura Lee Johnson, Ph.D., NICAM, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Barry Lai, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratories, Department of Energy, Argonne, IL, USA
- Paul Limburg, M.D., M.P.H., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Reza Malekzadeh, M.D., DDRC, Tehran University, Iran
- Steven Mark, M.D., Sc.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Sidney Mirvish, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA
- Pirjo Pietinen, Ph.D., KTL, Helsinki, Finland
- You-Lin Qiao, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Vikash Sewram, Ph.D., PROMEC, Medical Research Council, South Africa
- Paul Strickland, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Stefan Vogt, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratories, Department of Energy, Argonne, IL, USA
- Wen-Qiang Wei, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Russ White, M.D., Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya