Profiles in "Cancer: Prevention and Screening" Expertise Area

  • Dr. Jurutka is an endocrinologist applying molecular medicine approaches to elucidate fundamental questions in human health/disease including work on: nutraceuticals, cancer, IBS, RXR drug discovery, and neurobiology of vitamin D.
  • Dr. Leischow's research is clinical and translational, with a focus on pharmacologic and behavioral treatments for tobacco dependence, tobacco regulatory science, and systems and network approaches to population health.
  • Sheikh's research focuses on developing statistical methodologies for survival and longitudinal data analysis within the Bayesian framework, which are motivated by challenging applications in complex diseases.