
Environmental Exposures & Cancer
The Environmental Exposures & Cancer thematic area elucidates the mode of action for genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens, identify individuals at risk using biomarkers of exposure and effect and intermediate cancer biomarkers, and incorporate environmental exposures into cancer risk estimates to inform population-based interventions.
Team Members


Steven Albelda, MD
Professor Medicine (Thoracic Malignancies)
Frances Barg, PhD, MEd
Emeritus Professor Family Medicine and Community Health
Kara Bernstein, PhD
Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics
Donita Brady, PhD
Professor Cancer Biology
Eric Brown, PhD
Associate Professor Cancer Biology
Brian Capell, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Dermatology
Pouria Fattahi, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Biochemical Engineering
David Feldser, PhD
Associate Professor Cancer Biology
Jeffrey Field, PhD
Professor Pharmacology
Aime T. Franco, PhD
Assistant Professor Pediatrics
Reto Gieré, PhD
Professor Earth & Environmental Science
Marilyn Howarth, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor Pharmacology
Wei-Ting Hwang, PhD
Professor Biostatistics
Dan Huh, PhD
Associate Professor Bioengineering
Jonathan P. Katz, MD
Associate Professor Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Maayan Levy, PhD
Assistant Professor Microbiology
Michael Mann, PhD
Professor Earth and Environmental Science
Clementina Mesaros, PhD
Research Associate Professor Pharmacology
Katherine L. Nathanson
Professor Genomics and Computational Biology
Trevor M. Penning, PhD
Professor Pharmacology
Joseph Romano, PhD
Assistant Professor Informatics
John T. Seykora, MD, PhD
Professor Dermatology
Andrew A. Strasser, PhD
Research Professor Psychiatry
Sarah Tishkoff, PhD
Professor Genetics and Biology