Yawei Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (203) 785-6210
Fax: (203) 737-6023
yawei.zhang@yale.edu
Dr. Zhang's research interests are in the areas of cancer epidemiology, etiology and survivorship. In particular, she has been studying hair coloring product use, pesticides, exogenous hormones, past medical conditions and medication use, and genetic susceptibility in the etiology and survivorship of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She has also been studying genetic susceptibility and gene-environmental interactions in the risk of breast cancer and testicular cancer. Her other research area is early life exposures in the etiology of hormone-related cancers including breast and testicular cancer.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Yale University, 2004
M.P.H., Yale University, 2003
M.D., West China University of Medical Science, 1993
Awards and Honors
Scholar in Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research, 2005
Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Cancer Institute, 2004-2005
Professional Services
General Editor, Encyclopedia of Global Health
Courses Taught
EHS 580b Environmental Hormones and Human Health
Current Research Projects
Hair Dye Use and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Interlymph-based Pooled Analysis; Genetic Susceptibility and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; Environment, Gene, and Testicular cancer; and Family History and Risk of Lung and Breast Cancer in Chinese Population.
In the News
Hair Dye Use Increases Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Selected Publications
Zhang, Y., Newcomb, P.A., Egan, K.M., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Chanock, S., Welch, R., Brinton, L., Lissowska, J., Bardin-Mikolajcza, A., Peplonska, B., Szeszenia-Dabrowska, S., Zatonski, W., Garcia-Closas, M. Genetic Polymorphisms in Base-excision Repair Pathway Genes and Risk of Breast Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 15(2): 353-358, 2006.
Zhang, Y., Lan, Q., Rothman, N., Zhu, Y., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Wang, S., Zhang, B., Zou, K., Chanock, S., and Zheng, T. An Exonic Splicing Polymorphism in BCL6 Gene and Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 97(21): 1616-1618, 2005.
Zhang, Y., Graubard, B., Klebanoff, M.A., Ronckers, C., Stanczyk, F.Z., Longnecke, M.P., and McGlynn, K.A. Maternal Hormone Levels among Populations at High and Low Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Cancer. British Journal of Cancer 92: 1787-1793, 2005.
Zhang, Y., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Flynn, S., Tallini, G., Owens, P.H., and Zheng, T. Hair-Coloring Product Use and Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Connecticut. American Journal of Epidemiology 159(2): 148-154, 2004.
Zhang, Y., Wise, J.P., Holford, T., Xie, H., Zahm, S.H., Owen, P.H., Boyle, P., Zhang, B., Zou, K., and Zheng, T. Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Cytochrome P-4501A1 Genetic Polymorphisms and Risk of Female Breast Cancer in Connecticut. American Journal of Epidemiology 160(12): 1177-1183, 2004.
Zhang, Y., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Owens, P.H., Morton, L., Zhang, B., Flynn, S., Tallini, G., and Zheng, T. Menstrual and reproductive factors and risk of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma among Connecticut Women. American Journal of Epidemiology 160(8): 766-773, 2004.
Zhang, Y., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Owens, P.H., Morton, L., Zou, K.Y., Zhang, B., Flynn, S., Tallini, G., and Zheng, T. Blood Transfusion and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Connecticut Women. American Journal of Epidemiology 160(4): 325-330, 2004.
Zhang, Y., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Owens, P.H., Morton, L., Zhang, B., Zou, K.Y., Flynn, S., Tallini, G., and Zheng, T. Prior Medical Conditions and Medication Use and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Connecticut Women. Cancer Causes & Control 15(4): 419-428, 2004.
For a further list of Dr. Zhang’s publications, please see PubMed.
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