Who's Who
Maria Leon Roux
Scientist
Section of Environment and Radiation
Specialty:
Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention, Public HealthAcademic Degrees
| Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Town | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | ScD | Public Health | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | USA |
| 1988 | MPH | Epidemiology | Emory University | Atlanta | USA |
| 1981 | Licenciature (5-year BSc) | Biology | Universidad Simon Bolivar | Caracas | Venezuela |
Current Research Projects
- Lifestyle factors and Upper Digestive Tract Cancer, a pilot case-control study in Addis Ababa
Co-Principal Investigator along Ahmedin Jemal. Co-investigators include Mathewos Assefa, Abraham Aseffa in Addis and Massimo Tommasino, Terik Gheit, Gilles Ferro and Joachim Schuz in Lyon. - Coordination of AGRICOH
Consortium Coordinator - Exposure to pesticides and risk of lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma – a pooled analysis
Leon ME, Lebailly P, Baldi I, Kromhout H, Been Freeman L, Nordby KC, Langseth H, Schuz J - Tobacco use in an understudied population in France – use in migrants.
Leon ME, Ducarrez S, Luzon V, Schuz J - The PPACTE project – derived present and future manuscripts
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Selected Publications
Chaloupka FJ, Straif K and ME Leon (2011) Effectiveness of tax and price policies in tobacco control. Tobacco Control. May; 20(3) : 235-8Maria E. Leon, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Jeroen Douwes, et al. (2011) AGRICOH: A Consortium of Agricultural Cohorts. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 8 : 1341-1357
Leufkens AM, Van Duijnhoven FJ, Siersema PD, Boshuizen HC, Vrieling A, Agudo A, Gram IT, Weiderpass E, Dahm C, Overvad K, Tjonneland A, Olsen A, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Morois S, Palli D, Grioni S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Mattiello A, Herman S, Kaaks R, Steffen A, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Peeters PH, van Gils CH, van KH, Lund E, Dumeaux V, Engeset D, Rodriguez L, Sanchez MJ, Chirlaque MD, Barricarte A, Manjer J, Almquist M, van GB, Hallmans G, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Tsilidis KK, Straif K, Leon-Roux M, Vineis P, Norat T, Riboli E, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB. (2011) Cigarette smoking and colorectal cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition study Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 9(2) : 137-144
Pierce JP, Leon M. (2008) Effectiveness of smoke-free policies Lancet Oncol, 9(7) : 614-615
Godtfredsen NS, Lam TH, Hansel TT, Leon ME, Gray N, Dresler C, Burns DM, Prescott E, Vestbo J. (2008) COPD-related morbidity and mortality after smoking cessation: status of the evidence Eur Respir J 32(4) : 844-53
Scientific Societies Membership
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)