Who's Who
Kurt Straif
Section Head
Section of IARC Monographs
Specialty:
EpidemiologyAcademic Degrees
| Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Town | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | PhD | Epidemiology | University of California | Los Angeles | USA |
| 1999 | Priv. Doz. Dr. med. habil. | Epidemiology and Social Medicine | University of Münster | Münster | Germany |
| 1991 | MPH | Public Health | University of California | Los Angeles | USA |
| 1987 | MD | Medicine | University of Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Germany |
Current Research Projects
- Tumour concordance and mechanisms of carcinogenesis
IARC Monographs - SYNERGY: Pooled analysis of European case-control studies on the interaction of occupational carcinogens in the development of lung cancer
IARC, IRAS and DGUV coordinated consortium - Pooled exposure-specific analyses of cohort studies in the European rubber manufacturing industry
IARC (ENV) - Cancer mortality among workers exposed to chrysotile asbestos in Asbest Town, Sverdlovsk, Russian Federation
IARC (ENV) - AGRICOH: A consortium of agricultural cohorts
US NCI and IARC initiated consortium
Selected Publications
Cogliano VJ, Baan R, Straif K, Grosse Y, Lauby-Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Guha N, Freeman C, Galichet L, Wild CP (2011) Preventable exposures associated with human cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst 103 : 1827-1839Baan R, Grosse Y, Lauby-Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Guha N, Islami F, Galichet L, Straif K; WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group (2011) Carcinogenicity of radiofrequency electro-magnetic fields. Lancet Oncol 12 : 624-626
Olsson AC, Gustavsson P, Kromhout H, Peters S, Vermeulen R, Brüske I, Pesch B, Siemiatycki J, Pintos J, Brüning T, Cassidy A, Wichmann HE, Consonni D, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Plato N, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Lissowska J, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Zaridze D, Stücker I, Benhamou S, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Dumitru RS, Gross IM, Kendzia B, Forastiere F, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Straif K (2011) Exposure to diesel motor exhaust and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis from case-control studies in Europe and Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183 : 941-948
Stevens RG, Hansen J, Costa G, Haus E, Kauppinen T, Aronson KJ, Castaño-Vinyals G, Davis S, Frings-Dresen MH, Fritschi L, Kogevinas M, Kogi K, Lie JA, Lowden A, Peplonska B, Pesch B, Pukkala E, Schernhammer E, Travis RC, Vermeulen R, Zheng T, Cogliano V, Straif K (2011) Considerations of circadian impact for defining 'shift work' in cancer studies: IARC Working Group Report. Occup Environ Med 68 : 154-162
Ward EM, Schulte PA, Straif K, Hopf NB, Caldwell JC, Carreón T, DeMarini DM, Fowler BA, Goldstein BD, Hemminki K, Hines CJ, Pursiainen KH, Kuempel E, Lewtas J, Lunn RM, Lynge E, McElvenny DM, Muhle H, Nakajima T, Robertson LW, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Siemiatycki J, Silverman D, Smith MT, Sorahan T, Steenland K, Stevens RG, Vineis P, Zahm SH, Zeise L, Cogliano VJ (2010) Research recommendations for selected IARC-classified agents. [Review] Environ Health Perspect 118 : 1355-1362
Scientific Societies Membership
International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Scientific Committee, Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH)American Association for Cancer research (AACR)
Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini
Prizes, Honours
Prix universitaires franco-allemands, 2007Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Office; 1992, 1994, and 1996, PhD program UCLA, Los Angeles
Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Office; 1990-1991, MPH program UCLA, Los Angeles