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Overview

Dale P. Sandler is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The scientist's work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several related subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Genetics, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

The scientist has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • Cancer Research
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

Notable recent papers by the scientist include:

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study (2020, The Lancet Public Health)
  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19 (2020, Science)
  • Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging (2021, Genome biology)
  • Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk Among Carriers of Germline Pathogenic Variants in ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, and PALB2 (2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology)

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Katie M. O'Brien
  • Lawrence S. Engel
  • Richard K. Kwok
  • Hazel B. Nichols
  • Clarice R. Weinberg

The scope of the scientist's work addresses both molecular and environmental determinants of health, particularly factors influencing cancer risk and the impact of environmental exposures. The integration of genetics and epidemiology is reflected in research on gene mutations such as BRCA and studies related to epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Best Publications

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

    Long H. Nguyen;David A. Drew;Mark S. Graham;Amit D. Joshi

  • Rotenone, Paraquat, and Parkinson’s Disease

    Caroline M Tanner;Freya Kamel;G Webster Ross;Jane A Hoppin

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Residential Radon and Risk of Lung Cancer: A Combined Analysis of 7 North American Case-Control Studies

    Daniel Krewski;Jay H Lubin;Jan M Zielinski;Michael Alavanja

  • The Agricultural Health Study.

    Michael C. R. Alavanja;Dale P. Sandler;Suzanne B. McMaster;Shelia Hoar Zahm

  • Use of Agricultural Pesticides and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort

    Michael C. R. Alavanja;Claudine Samanic;Mustafa Dosemeci;Jay Lubin

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • A combined analysis of North American case-control studies of residential radon and lung cancer.

    Daniel Krewski;Jay H Lubin;Jan M Zielinski;Michael Alavanja

  • Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors by Histologic Subtype: An Analysis From the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium

    Nicolas Wentzensen;Elizabeth M. Poole;Britton Trabert;Emily White

  • Reduced Fertility Among Overweight and Obese Men

    Markku Sallmén;Dale P Sandler;Jane A Hoppin;Aaron Blair

  • Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

    Catherine M Phelan;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Jonathan P Tyrer;Siddhartha P Kar

  • Cancer incidence among glyphosate-exposed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study.

    Anneclaire J. De Roos;Aaron Blair;Jennifer A. Rusiecki;Jane A. Hoppin

  • Pesticide Exposure and Self-reported Parkinson's Disease in the Agricultural Health Study

    F. Kamel;C. M. Tanner;D. M. Umbach;J. A. Hoppin

  • Increased risk for myelodysplastic syndromes in individuals with glutathione transferase theta 1 (GSTT1) gene defect

    H.W Chen;D.P Sandler;J.A Taylor;D.A Bell

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • Incident Diabetes and Pesticide Exposure among Licensed Pesticide Applicators: Agricultural Health Study, 1993–2003

    M. P. Montgomery;F. Kamel;T. M. Saldana;M. C. R. Alavanja

  • Head Injury and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Honglei Chen;Marie Richard;Dale P. Sandler;David M. Umbach

  • Analgesic Use and Chronic Renal Disease

    Sandler Dp;Smith Jc;Weinberg Cr;Buckalew Vm

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. R. Alavanja
Michael C. R. Alavanja National Institutes of Health
Aaron Blair
Aaron Blair National Institutes of Health
Clarice R. Weinberg
Clarice R. Weinberg National Institutes of Health
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Jack A. Taylor
Jack A. Taylor National Institutes of Health
Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute
Charles F. Lynch
Charles F. Lynch University of Iowa
Jay H. Lubin
Jay H. Lubin United States Department of Health and Human Services
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

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