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EGRP-Supported Epidemiology Consortia

Breast Cancer
Title of Initiative NIH Contacts Lead Contacts/Principal Investigators EGRP-Funded Grant (if appropriate) Consortia Type Year EGRP Facilitation and/or Funding Began
African-American Breast Cancer Consortium (ABC) EGRP/NCI:
Elizabeth Gillanders, Ph.D.,
lgilland@mail.nih.gov
Lead Contacts/PIs:
Chris Haiman, Ph.D.
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center,
University of Southern California
haiman@usc.edu

Funmi Olopade, M.D.
The University of Chicago
folopade@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Cohort, Case-Control 2008
Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3) EGRP/NCI:
Mukesh Verma, Ph.D.
vermam@mail.nih.gov

DCEG/NCI:
Robert Hoover, M.D., Sc.D. hooverr@mail.nih.gov

Lead Contacts/PIs:
David Hunter, Sc.D.
Channing Laboratory, Harvard University
david.hunter@channing.harvard.edu

Elio Riboli, M.D., Sc.M., M.P.H.
Imperial College, London
e.riboli@imperial.ac.uk

Cohort 2003
David Hunter, Sc.D.
Channing Laboratory, Harvard University
david.hunter@channing.harvard.edu
Characterizing Genetic Susceptibility to Breast and Prostate Cancer; the BPC3
U01CA098233
Cohort 2003
Brian Henderson, M.D.
University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
brian.henderson@keck.usc.edu
Characterizing Genetic Susceptibility to Breast and Prostate Cancer; the BPC3
U01CA098758
Cohort 2003
Elio Riboli, M.D., Sc.M., M.P.H.
Imperial College, London
e.riboli@imperial.ac.uk
Characterizing Genetic Susceptibility to Breast and Prostate Cancer; the BPC3
U01CA098216
Cohort 2003
Michael Thun, M.D., M.S.
American Cancer Society
michael.thun@cancer.org
Characterizing Genetic Susceptibility to Breast and Prostate Cancer; the BPC3
U01CA098710
Cohort 2003
NCI Cohorts:
Demetrius Albanes, M.D.
DCEG
Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study Cohort Not Applicable
Christine Berg, M.D.
bergc@mail.nih.gov
Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial Cohort Not Applicable
Breast Cancer Consortium for Outcomes and Survival (BC2OS) EGRP/NCI:
Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
seminard@mail.nih.gov

OCS/NCI:
Julia Rowland, Ph.D.,
rowlandj@mail.nih.gov

Lead Contact/PI:
Christine Ambrosone, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Christine.Ambrosone@RoswellPark.org
Breast Cancer Family Registry (B-CFR) BCRF Logo EGRP/NCI:
Sheri Schully, Ph.D.
schullys@mail.nih.gov

Scott Rogers, M.P.H. (for Informatics)
rogerssc@mail.nih.gov

Lead Contacts/PIs:
Irene Andrulis, Ph.D.
Cancer Care Ontario
andrulis@mshri.on.ca
Ontario Cancer Genetics Network (Cancer Care Ontario) U01CA069467 Familial, Case-control 1995
Saundra Buys, M.D.
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
saundra.buys@hci.utah.edu
Utah Cooperative Breast Cancer Registry at Huntsman Cancer Institute
U01CA069446
Familial, Case-control 1995
Mary Daly, M.D., Ph.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
mary.daly@fccc.edu
Family Risk Assessment Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center
U01CA069631
Familial, Case-control 1995
John Hopper, Ph.D.
University of Melbourne
j.hopper@unimelb.edu.au
Australian Breast Cancer Family Registry
U01CA069638
Familial, Case-control 1995
Esther John, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Northern California Cancer Center
ejohn@nccc.org
Northern California Cooperative Family Registry for Breast Cancer
U01CA069417
Familial, Case-control 1995
Mary Beth Terry , Ph.D.
Columbia University
mt146@columbia.edu
Metropolitan New York Registry
U01CA069398
Familial, Case-control 1995
The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2External Web Site Policy (CIMBA)CIMBA Logo EGRP/NCI:
Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
seminard@mail.nih.gov
Lead Contacts/PIs:
Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Ph.D.
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
georgia.trench@qimr.edu.au

Douglas Easton, Ph.D.
University of Cambridge
douglas.easton@srl.cam.ac.uk

Timothy Rebbeck, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
rebbeck@mail.med.upenn.edu

Prevention and Observation of Surgical Endpoints and Modifiers of Cancer Risk in BRCA 1/2 Mutation CarriersExternal Web Site Policy (PROSE-Modifiers Studies) (Collaborative Studies of BRCA 1/2 Mutation Carriers)PROSE Logo
EGRP/NCI:
Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
seminard@mail.nih.gov
Lead Contact/PI:
Timothy Rebbeck, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
trebbeck@cceb.med.upenn.edu
Modifiers of Cancer Risk in BRCA 1/2 Mutation Carriers R01CA102776 Cohort study, Nested case-control, Cases only 2004
Prophylactic Surgery in Carriers of BRCA 1/2 Mutations R01CA083855 Cohort study, Nested case-control, Cases only 2000
Susan Neuhausen, Ph.D.
University of California at Irvine
sneuhaus@uci.edu
Genetic Epidemiology of Breast Cancer – BRCA1 and BRCA R01CA074415 Cohort study, Nested case-control, Cases only 1998
Women, Cancer and Radiation ExposureExternal Web Site Policy (WECARE)WECARE Logo EGRP/NCI:
Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
seminard@mail.nih.gov
Lead Contact/PI:
Jonine Bernstein, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
bernstej@mskcc.org
Breast Cancer, Radiation Exposure, and the ATM Gene (WECARE)
U01CA083178
Cohort 2002
Interaction of Radiation, BRCA1/2, and Breast Cancer R01CA097397 Population-based 2002
Breast Cancer, Radiation and the ATM-CHEK2 Pathway
R01CA114236
Case-control 2002
Patrick Concannon, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
pjc6n@virginia.edu
ATM Mutations in Breast Cancer–-A Functional Approach
R01CA112450
2002

 

Key to Acronyms Used in Tables
EGRP Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DCB Division of Cancer Biology
DCEG Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIH National Institutes of Health
OCS Office of Cancer Survivorship
OD Office of the Director

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2009

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