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PanScan Study Participants

The following principal investigators and studies are participating in PanScan. Note that the principal investigators for PanScan often are not the same individuals who are the principal investigators of the established cohorts.

Consortium Leaders

• Laufey Amundadottir, Ph.D., Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), NCI
• Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., DCEG, NCI
• Brian Wolpin, M.D., Harvard University

Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium

• ACS Cancer Prevention Study-II (CPS-II)
  Eric Jacobs, Ph.D.
  American Cancer Society
• Agricultural Health Study (AgHealth)
  Laura Beane-Freeman, Ph.D.
  DCEG, NCI
• Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study
  Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D.
  DCEG, NCI
• CLUE II
  Kathy Helzlsouer, M.D., M.H.S.
  Mercy Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University
• European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study
  H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
  National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
• CLUE II
  Kathy Helzlsouer, M.D., M.H.S.
  Mercy Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University
• Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS)
  Charles Fuchs, M.D., M.P.H.
  Harvard University
• Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS)
  Gianluca Severi, MSc., Ph.D.
  Cancer Council Victoria
• Multiethnic Cohort Study of Diet and Cancer (MEC)
  Laurence Kolonel, M.D., Ph.D.
  Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii
• NYU Women's Health Study
  Alan Arslan, M.D.
  New York University Medical Center
• Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II)
  Charles Fuchs, M.D., M.P.H.
  Harvard University
• Physicians' Health Study I and II (PHS I and II)
  Charles Fuchs, M.D., M.P.H.
  Harvard University
• Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial
  Myron Gross, Ph.D.
  University of Minnesota
• Shanghai Men’s Health Study (SMHS) and Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS)
  Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Vanderbilt University Center for Health Services Research
• Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) Study
  Emily White, Ph.D.
  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
  Andrea LaCroix, Ph.D.
  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Women's Health Study (WHS)
  Charles Fuchs, M.D., M.P.H.
  Harvard University

Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PANC4) Studies

• Mayo Clinic Molecular Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer Study (Mayo Clinic SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer) A Clinic-Based Case-Control Study
  Gloria Petersen, Ph.D.
• Group Health PACIFIC - Seattle
  Melissa Austin, Ph.D.
• Johns Hopkins University
  Allison Klein, Ph.D., M.H.S.
• The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  Donghui Li, Ph.D.
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  Sara Olson, Ph.D.
• University of California, San Francisco
  Paige Bracci, Ph.D., M.P.H
• University of Toronto
  Steven Gallinger, MSc., FRCSC, M.D.
• Yale University
  Harvey Risch, M.D., Ph.D.

Other Case-Control Studies

• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
  Brian Wolpin, M.D.
• Heidelberg, Germany case-series
  Federico Canzian, Ph.D.

Replication Studies

• Cancer And Leukemia Group B (CALGB)
  Kouros Owzar, Ph.D.
• Carotene And Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET)
  Gary Goodman, M.D., M.S.
• The PANcreatic Disease ReseArch Consortium (PANDoRA)
  Federico Canzian, Ph.D.

NCI Investigators

• Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS):
  • Joanne Watters, Ph.D., M.P.H., Program Director, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP)
  • Deborah Winn, Ph.D., DCCPS Deputy Director
• Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG):
  • Laufey Amundadottir, Ph.D., Tenure Track Investigator, Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Human Genetics Program
  • Stephen Chanock, M.D., Chief, Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Human Genetics Program
  • Patricia Hartge, Sc.D., Deputy Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
  • Robert Hoover, M.D., Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
  • Amy Hutchinson, M.S., Contractor, Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Human Genetics Program
  • Kevin Jacobs, M.S., Contractor, Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Human Genetics Program
  • Julie Mendelsohn, J.D., M.P.H., Contractor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
  • Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., Investigator, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
  • Geoffrey Tobias, Program Analyst, Human Genetics Program
  • Kai Yu, Ph.D., Investigator, Biostatistics Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program