Who's Who
Joachim Schuz
Section Head
Section of Environment and Radiation
Specialty:
Environment, Radiation and CancerAcademic Degrees
| Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Town | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Habilitation | Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medical Informatics | University of Mainz | Mainz | Germany |
| 1997 | PhD | Epidemiology | University of Mainz | Mainz | Germany |
| 1993 | Diploma | Medical Informatics | University of Heidelberg | Heidelberg | Germany |
Current Research Projects
- Case-control studies on environmental causes (focus on endocrine disrupting agents) of testicular cancer ; TESTESPERA (France) and NORDTEST (Nordic countries)
Beatrice Fervers (CLB), Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton (DCS), Maria Feychting (Karolinska), Tore Tynes (NCR), Niels Eric Skakkebĉk (Uni Copenhagen); IARC: Charlotte LeCornet, Rémi Beranger, Joachim Schüz - Historical cohort study of cancer mortality following exposure to chrysotile asbestos at the Uralasbest plant in Asbest, Russian Federation
Evgeny Kovalevskiy (SRIOH), Hans Kromhout (IRAS); IARC: Sara Schonfeld, Valerie McCormack, Joachim Schüz - Studies into incidence and survival differences of childhood leukemia
Eve Roman (Uni York), Martin Schrappe (Uni Kiel), Claudia Rössig (Uni Münster), Hans Lehrach (MPI), Peter Kaatsch (IMBEI); IARC: Laila Starr, Friederike Erdmann, Tracy Lightfoot, Joachim Schüz - Epidemiological Studies of Exposed Southern Urals Populations (SOLO project) within: EU 7th Framework Programme: Radiation Protection Quantification of Risks for Low and Protracted Exposures
John Harrison (HPA), Aleksander Akleyev (URCRM), Tamara Azizova (SUBI); IARC: Isabelle Deltour, Joachim Schüz - Advanced Research on Interaction Mechanisms of electroMagnetic exposures with Organisms for Risk Assessment (ARIMMORA)- within: EU 7th Framework Programme: Exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMF): investigations of mechanisms to support risk assessment and reduce uncertainty
Niels Kuster (ITIS), international consortium; IARC: Friederike Erdmann, Joachim Schüz
Selected Publications
Frei P, Poulsen AH, Johansen C, Olsen JH, Steding-Jessen M, Schüz J. (2011) Use of mobile phones and risk of brain tumours: update of Danish cohort study. BMJ 343 : d6387.Schüz J, Schmidt LS, Kogner P, Lähteenmäki PM, Pal N, Stokland T, Schmiegelow K (2011) Birth characteristics and Wilms tumours in children in the Nordic countries: a register-based case-control study. Int J Cancer 128 : 2166-73.
Schmiedel S, Jacquez GM, Blettner M, Schüz J. (2011) Spatial clustering of leukemia and type 1 diabetes in children in Denmark Cancer Causes Control 22 : 849-57
Schüz J, Steding-Jessen M, Hansen S, Stangerup S, Cayé-Thomasen P, Johansen C. (2010) Sociodemographic factors and vestibular schwannoma: a Danish nationwide cohort study. Neuro Oncol 12 : 1291-9
Schüz J, Svendsen AL, Linet M, McBride ML, Roman E, Feychting M, Kheifets L, Lightfoot T, Mezei G, Simpson J, Ahlbom A.:263-9 (2007) Night-time exposure to electromagnetic fields and childhood leukemia: an extended pooled analysis. Am J Epidemiol 166 : 263-9
Scientific Societies Membership
Bioelectromagnetics Society (currently as President)International Epidemiological Association