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Commencement 2009: Chunyan He

It is with mixed emotions that we celebrate Chunyan He's graduation from the School of Public Health on June 4th.  Chunyan has been a post-doctoral student in the Program for the past 5 years and has accepted a faculty position in the Department of Public Health at the University of Indiana.  We thank her for 5 years of hard work and congratulate her on her swift success.  We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors, and most of all -- we will miss her!

 

 

PRESS RELEASES, PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS

GENOMICS: Personal Risk Prediction: Not There Yet

PMAGE Director David Hunter and faculty member Peter Kraft among the researchers who discuss the effectiveness of increasingly popular personal genome scans and individual risk tests.
17 April 2009, FOCUS Online

 

Newly Identified Genetic Variants Found to Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Two common genetic variants that increase the risk of breast cancer in women of European ancestry have been identified in a large collaborative study of genetic markers.  The manuscript has been published in the advance online section of Nature Genetics.
29 March 2009, HSPH Press Release 

PMAGE Retreat 2009
On 9 March 2009, the Program held a day-long retreat at the Harvard Club on Commonwealth Ave.  The Retreat gave PMAGE faculty, staff and post-doctoral students the opportunity to present data, increase their understanding of each others' roles within the Program, and engage in dialogue about progress and goals for the future.

 

DNA Test for Breast Cancer Risk Draws Criticism
deCODE Genetics, an Icelandic company, released the first-ever breast cancer risk test designed to cover common forms of the disease amid much controversy.
17 October 2008, SCIENCE Vol. 322, published by AAAS.  www.sciencemag.org
 

Genetic Variants Associated with Vitamin B12
Nutrigenomics study reveals surprising genetic predictor of blood levels of vitamin known to be deficient in some elderly people
7 September 2008, HSPH Press Release

Newly Identified Gene Variants Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk
Q&A with Co-author David Hunter of Harvard School of Public Health on Genome Scans and Pitfalls of Personal Profiling
10 February, 2008 HSPH Press Release

 

Nicotine, Smoking and Genetics
Stephen Chanock, David Hunter and Kari Stefansson discuss how your genes can affect your addiction to nicotine and your increased cancer risk from smoking.
2 April, 2008  Nature; Nature Genetics