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Cancer

Past projects have focused on understanding the factors that cause cancer and include close collaborations with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

2/18/26 Atypical Work Hours and Cancer Incidence
2/18/26 Breast Cancer Epidemiology in Puerto Rico
2/18/26 Breast Carcinogenesis: Alcohol Drinking as a Paradigm
2/18/26 Causes of Illness in Black Women Follow-up Study
2/18/26 Diet and Cancer in Puerto Rican Men
2/18/26 DNA Methylation: A Mechanism for Aggressive Breast Cancer in African-American Women
2/18/26 Endogenous Hormones and Premenopausal Breast Cancer Risk
2/18/26 Endogenous 6-Hydroxymelatonin Excretion (Melatonin) and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer
2/18/26 Estrogen Metabolism and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Prospective Study
2/18/26 Estrogen Receptor 1 Gene, Adiposity, and Breast Cancer Risk
2/18/26 Fasting Glucose in Long-term Breast Cancer Survival
2/18/26 Integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into Breast Cancer Epidemiologic Research
2/18/26 Methylation and Oxidation in Breast Cancer Epidemiology
2/18/26 Prostate Cancer Mortality in Puerto Rican Men: The Effect of Body Habitus and Physical Activity
2/18/26 Risk Factors for miRNA Expression and Differentiation in Normal Breast Tissue
2/18/26 Search for Novel Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes in African American Families
2/18/26 University of Puerto Rico - Roswell Park Cancer Partnership
2/18/26 Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Epidemiologic Approach
2/18/26 WHI Breast Tumor Tissue Pilot
2/18/26 Women's Health Initiative

Division of Environmental Health Sciences

The multidisciplinary Division of Environmental Health Sciences brings together students and faculty from across UB to integrate perspectives from a wide range of research areas.

Researcher Spotlight

ean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.

Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD

Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.

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