Epidemiology: Open Access
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Biography

Dr. Edward J. Trapido is Associate Dean for Research at the Louisiana State University School of Public Health; and Professor and Gauthier Chair for Cancer. He is also Deputy Director for Population Science in the Scott Cancer Center, and the Coordinator for LSU Health Sciences Center’s research on the Gulf Oil Spill. He also leads the International Atomic Energy Agency “Program of Action in Cancer Therapy’s” evaluation. Previously, he was Vice Chair of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University Of Miami, and led the Southeast Cancer Information Service and Florida Cancer Data System. He was Deputy Director for International Cancer Control in the Office of International Affairs at the NCI (US) and Associate Director of their Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program. He co-chaired of the Trans-NIH Tobacco/Nicotine Research Group and was NCI liaison to the 9/11 World Trade Center Studies. He has also been Senior Advisor to the Director of IARC.

Research Interest

Cancer Control
Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs
Tobacco
Cancer Epidemiology
Global Health
Health Disparities (International and Domestic)
HIV and related diseases
Substance Abuse
LGBT Issues
Cancer Registries
Environmental Epidemiology

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