Leah Ferrucci, PhD, MPH
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Leah M. Ferrucci, PhD, MPH is an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Ferrucci earned her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her MPH in the Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health. She received a PhD in nutritional cancer epidemiology through a joint training program with Yale University and the National Cancer Institute. Throughout her career, Dr. Ferrucci has focused on modifiable cancer risk factors, including nutrition and ultraviolet radiation related exposures, as well as cancer survivorship. She has worked not only in the study of the etiology of early-onset basal cell carcinoma (e.g. indoor tanning, alcohol intake, tea, coffee, and caffeine), but also translating these findings into behavioral interventions to reduce indoor tanning in young women and adolescent girls. Dr. Ferrucci is also studying diet quality, obesity, energetics, metabolomics, and the microbiome in the context of weight loss and lifestyle intervention trials for breast cancer survivors and ovarian cancer survivors.
Education & Training
- PhDYale University (2009)
- MPHYale School of Public Health (2006)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Best Poster Award | American Society of Preventive Oncology | 2014 |
Loan Repayment Program | National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health | 2013 |
Outstanding Student Paper Prize | American College of Epidemiology | 2009 |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- Obesity Research Working Group
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale School of Public Health