Faculty/Staff Detail

Elisa  Bandera, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Primary Affil: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
SPH Department: Epidemiology
Units: N/A
Campus: New Brunswick
Building: Cancer Institute
Room: 5568
Phone: 732.235.9874
Fax: 732.235.8808
Email: elisa.bandera@umdnj.edu

Degrees/Certifications:

MD, 1985, University of Malaga
PhD, 1995, State University of New York at Buffalo

Global Public Health Experience:

No

Research Interests:

Nutritional epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; cancer prevention and control; and female hormonal cancer

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

  • The EDGE(Estrogens, Diet, Genetics, and Endometrial Cancer) Study: A population-based case-control study of endometrial cancer study evaluating how hormonal, dietary factors, and polymorphisms in genes involved in estrogen metabolism affect endometrial cancer risk.  Partners: Memorial Sloan-Kettering and NJDHSS
  • The Ovarian Cancer Study: A population-based case-control study evaluating dietary factors and DNA repair and ovarian cancer risk. Partners: Memorial Sloan-Kettering and NJDHSS
  • The Women Circle of Health Study: Breast cancers study addressing health disparities in risk factors and treatment between African American and Caucasian women.  Partners: NJDHSS, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, UMDNJ-School of Public Health, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • The Jersey Girl Study: A study evaluation environmental factors affecting an early onset of puberty, as a risk factor of breast cancer, in New Jersey girls.  Partners: EOHSI, UMDNJ-School of Public Health, RWJMS Department of Pediatrics, the Family Medicine Research Network, CINJ-Biometrics
  • Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs in New Jersey: A ongoing database listing programs addressing nutrition and physical activity available throughout New Jersey. Partners: NJDSS http://www.nj.gov/health/ccp/npap/index.shtml

Professional Service:

  • Consultant for the World Cancer Research Fund International/American Institute for Cancer Research's Continuous Update Expert Panel of Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer.
  • Member, National Cancer Institute Initial Review Group Subcommittee J for Population and Patient-Oriented Training, National Institutes for Health
  • Committee Member, American Cancer Society’s Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention (2006)
  • Chair, Nutrition and Physical Activity Workgroup, New Jersey Taskforce on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment (2003-present)
  • Vice-Chair, Cancer Prevention & Control Advisory Group of the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (2002-present)

Publications/Links:

http://myprofile.cos.com/evbandera

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