Graduate Education in Medical Sciences at University of Chicago





GEMS Research Topics : Cancer Prevention

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Wright, Margaret E.

Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Pathology
mewright@uic.edu   312 -996-968

Research Interests
Molecular Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention, Genetics/Genomics

Research Description

I combine population-based (epidemiologic) and laboratory approaches to study the effects of dietary and other lifestyle factors on the etiology of prostate and lung cancers. I also examine how genetic susceptibility modifies associations between these factors and cancer risk.