Yawei Zhang, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Departments & Organizations
2008 YCCI Scholars
Cancer Prevention and Control
Global Health Initiative: Environmental Influences
School of Public Health: Environmental Health Sciences | Global Health
Cancer Prevention and Control
Research Interests
Cancer epidemiology; Etiology; Survivorship more...
Education
- M.D., Western China University of Medical Science, 1993
- M.P.H., Yale University, 2003
- Ph.D., Yale University, 2004
Selected Publications
- Zhang Y, Lan Q, Rothman N, Zhu Y, Holford T, Leaderer B, Boyle P, Zahm SH, Wang S, Zhang B, Zou K, Chanock S, Zheng T. A putative exonic splicing polymorphism in the BCL6 gene and the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(21):1616-8. PMID: 16264183
- Zhang Y, Shu XO, Gao Y, Ji BT, Yang G, Li HL, Kilfoy B, Rothman N, Zheng W, Chow W. Family cancer history and risk of lung cancer among Chinese women non-smokers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarker Prevention 2007 16(11):2432-5. PMID: 18006933
- Zhang Y, Guo G, Han X, Zhu C, Kilfoy B, Zhu Y, Boyle P, Zheng T. Do polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) increase the risk of thyroid cancer? Bioscience Hypotheses 2008 1:195-9. PMID: 19122824
