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Genetic Epidemiology Branch

Fellowships

The Genetic Epidemiology Branch (GEB) is in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), National Cancer Institute. Located in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the division serves as a national resource for population- and family-based studies in cancer etiology.

The Branch designs and conducts interdisciplinary clinical, epidemiologic, genetic and laboratory studies of persons, families and populations at high risk of cancer. These studies:

  • Identify and map genes,
  • Define exposures conferring cancer predisposition, and
  • Explore the interactions between predisposition and specific exposures.

The Branch also conducts epidemiologic studies to:

  • Estimate the prevalence of mutations in cancer susceptibility genes in the general population,
  • Identify the risk of cancer among mutation carriers, and
  • Clarify the modifying effects of lifestyle and other environmental risk factors.

In addition, the Branch conducts interdisciplinary studies of epidemiologically defined populations to quantify late effects of exposures to therapeutic radiation or chemotherapy and elucidate mechanisms of cancer susceptibility.

To support studies that explore differences in cancer susceptibility among individuals, the Branch also undertakes methodologic investigations to develop novel analytic approaches for exploring gene-gene and gene-environment interactions.

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