Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Scientific Consortia Coordinator and Program Director, Office of the Associate Director
Contact Information
Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Blvd., Rm. 5142, MSC 7393
Bethesda, MD 20892-7393
(For express delivery, use Rockville, MD 20852)
telephone: (301) 496-9600
fax: (301) 435-5477
e-mail: seminard@mail.nih.gov
Interest Areas
Genetic epidemiology of cancer and complex diseases, with a focus on gene-gene and gene-environment interactions; knowledge synthesis in cancer and other complex diseases; application of "omic" technologies to population and familial studies; molecular definition of genetically susceptible populations; and application of genomic epidemiology to public health, disease prevention, and therapy.
Degrees
Ph.D. - Molecular Biology
University of Rome
M.P.H. - Epidemiology and Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley
Biography
Dr. Seminara is the Scientific Consortia Coordinator for the Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (EGRP). In this capacity, she coordinates EGRP's activities in facilitating and supporting more than 30 national and international cancer epidemiology research consortia, and represents the Program as a scientific contact for these groups, which are investigating many forms of cancer. She shares oversight responsibility for EGRP's genome-wide association studies (GWAS) research portfolio and the post-Genome Wide Association Initiative, and has made a substantial contribution to the development of GWAS-related policies both at the NCI and NIH level. Dr. Seminara is a member of several committees, including NCI's Biorepository Coordinating Committee (BCC), the NIH Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative (GEI) Genetics Program, the Board of Scientific Governors for the Center for Inherited Disease Research
, the Human Variome Project, and the Public Health Genomics Interest Group (PHGIG). She has more than 20 years of experience in NIH's intramural and extramural programs and she initiated NCI's extramural genetic epidemiology program.
