Tongzhang Zheng, B.Med.,Sc.D.,Sc.M.
Professor and Head,
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Dr. Zheng’s research interests have been in the area of environmental pollution and human health, particularly in cancer epidemiology and etiology related to environmental hormone disruptors, genetic susceptibility and gene-environmental interaction. His research emphasizes the role of organochlorine compounds (such as PCBs, DDE and other pesticides) in the etiology of several major cancers in the United States including breast, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin’s diseases, multiple myeloma and testicular cancer. Dr. Zheng has considerable experience in conducting epidemiological studies in China. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) training grant studying air pollution, temperature changes and human health in 6 different cities with different types of air pollution in China. He is also PI for a case-control study of liver cancer in China and serves as Co-Investigator for a case-control study of indoor pollution, gene polymorphisms and risk of lung cancer in Xuanwei County in China.
Education
Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 1990
Sc.M., Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 1986
Awards and Honors
Honorary M.A., Yale University, 2007
Professional Services
Senior Fellow, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization (WHO)
Member, Expert Panel, Committee to review the Worker and Public Health Activities Program, National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, 2005-2006.
Member, Expert Panel on Persian Gulf War and Health, National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, 2000-2004.
Member, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
Senior Consultant, Human Health Effects from Chernobyl Radiation Exposure, United States Navy, 1999-2001.
Courses Taught
EHS 507a Environmental Epidemiology
Current Research Projects
Research Training for Study of Air Pollution Control in China; Environment, Gene and Testicular Cancer Risk; Modeling Interventions for Lung Cancer Mortality; Circadian Genes and Breast Cancer; and Case-Control Study of Liver Cancer in China.
In the News
Spike in Testicular Cancer is Focus of $5.5 Million National Cancer Institute Grant Awarded to Zheng
Alcohol Consumption May Lower Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Hair Dye Use Increases Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Yale Researchers Find No Relation between PCBs, Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Risk Minimized by Breastfeeding
Selected Publications
Lan, Q., Zheng, T., Shen, M., Zhang, Y., Wang, S.S., Zahm, S.H., Holford, T.R., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., and Chanock, S. Genetic Polymorphisms in the Oxidative Stress Pathway and Susceptibility to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Human Genetics 121: 161-168, 2007.
Zhang Y., Holford T.R., Leaderer B., Boyle P., Zhu Y., Wang R., Zou, K., Zhang, B., Wise, J.P., Sr., Qin, Q., Kilfoy, B., Han, J., and Zheng, T. Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. American Journal of Epidemiology 165(11): 1255-1264, 2007.
Lan, Q., Zheng, T., Chanock, S., Zhang, Y., Shen, M., Wang, S.S., Berndt, S.I., Zahm, S.H., Holford, T.R., Leaderer, B., Yeager, M., Welch, R., Hosgood, D., Boyle, P., and Rothman, N. Genetic Variants in Caspase Genes and Susceptibility to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Carcinogenesis 28(4): 823-827, 2007.
Lan, Q., Zheng, T., Shen, M., Zhang, Y., Wang, S.S., Zahm, S.H., Holford, T.R., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., and Chanock, S. Genetic Polymorphisms in the Oxidative Stress Pathway and Susceptibility to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Human Genetics 121: 161-168, 2007.
Zheng, T., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Zhang, Y., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Flynn, S., Tallini, G., Owens, P.H., Rothman, R., Lan, Q., and Boyle, P. Diet and Nutrient Intakes and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Connecticut Women. American Journal of Epidemiology 159: 454-466, 2004.
Zhang, Y., Holford, T., Leaderer, B., Boyle, P., Zahm, S.H., Flynn, S., Tallini, G., Owens, P.H., and Zheng, T. Hair Coloring Product Use and Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Population-based Case-Control Study in Connecticut. American Journal of Epidemiology 159: 148-154, 2004.
Chang, E.T., Zheng, T., Weir, E.G., Borowitz, M., Mann, R.B., Spiegelman, D., and Mueller, N.E. Aspirin and the Risk of Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a Population-based Case–control Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 96: 305-315, 2004.
Zheng, T., Niu, S.R., Fan, X.E., Sun, F., Wang, J.P., and Zhang, Y., et al. Childhood Asthma in Beijing, China: a Population-based Case-Control Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 156: 977-983, 2002.
For a further list of Dr. Zheng’s publications, please see PubMed. |
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