Who's Who

Veronique Chajes

Visiting Scientist

Biomarkers Group

Specialty:

Lipid Biochemistry/Epidemiology

Academic Degrees

Year	Degree	Major	Institution	Town	Country
2000	Habilitation Ã diriger des recherches (HDR)	Lipid Biochemistry/Epidemiology	University FranÃ§ois Rabelais	Tours	France
1993	PhD	Lipid Biochemistry/Epidemiology	University FranÃ§ois Rabelais	Tours	France
1987	Masters	Toxicology	University of Nancy	Nancy	France
1986	Masters	Cell Biology and Physiology	University FranÃ§ois Rabelais	Tours	France

Current Research Projects

Biomarkers of industrial trans fatty acids and breast cancer risk within the EPIC Study (Coordinator)
V ChajÃ¨s, N Slimani
Biomarkers of dietary fatty acids and breast cancer risk in the Mexican CAMA study
V ChajÃ¨s, A Scalbert, I Romieu
Biomarkers discovery : dietary fatty acids
V ChajÃ¨s, N Slimani, I Romieu, A Scalbert
Biomarkers of B vitamins, alcohol intake, polymorphisms of MTHFR, and breast cancer risk within the EPIC cohort, IARC
V ChajÃ¨s, A Scalbert, N Slimani, I Romieu
Mining the Food Metabolome to Identify New Biomarkers of Dietary Intake for Cancer Risk Studies
V ChajÃ¨s, S Rinaldi, N Slimani, A Scalbert

Selected Publications

ChajÃ¨s V, Torres-Mejia G, Biessy C, Ortega-Olvera C, Angeles-Llerenas A, Ferrari P, Lazcano-Ponce E, Romieu I. (2012) w-3 and w-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intakes and the risk of breast cancer in Mexican women: impact of obesity status. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21 : 319-326

ChajÃ¨s V, Biessy C, Byrnes G, Deharveng G, Saadatian-Elahi M, Jenab M, Peeters PH, OckÃ© M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Johansson I, Hallmans G, Manjer J, WirfÃ¤lt E, Jakszyn P, GonzÃ¡lez CA, Huerta JM, Martinez C, Amiano P, SuÃ¡rez LR, Ardanaz E, TjÃ¸nneland A, Halkjaer J, Overvad K, Jakobsen MU, Berrino F, Pala V, Palli D, Tumino R, Vineis P, de Magistris MS, Spencer EA, Crowe FL, Bingham S, Khaw KT, Linseisen J, Rohrmann S, Boeing H, NÃ¶ethlings U, Olsen KS, Skeie G, Lund E, Trichopoulou A, Zilis D, Oustoglou E, Clavel-Chapelon F, Riboli E, Slimani N. (2011) Ecological-level associations between highly processed food intakes and plasma phospholipid elaidic acid concentrations: results from a cross-sectional study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Nutr Cancer 63 : 1235-1250

ChajÃ¨s V, Jenab M, Romieu I, Ferrari P, Dahm CC, Overvad K, Egeberg R, TjÃ¸nneland A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Engel P, Teucher B, Kaaks R, Floegel A, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Dilis V, Karapetyan T, Mattiello A, Tumino R, Grioni S, Palli D, Vineis P, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Numans ME, Peeters PH, Lund E, Navarro C, QuirÃ³s JR, SÃ¡nchez-Cantalejo E, Gurrea AB, Dorronsoro M, RegnÃ©r S, Sonestedt E, WirfÃ¤lt E, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Crowe FL, Rinaldi S, Slimani N, Carneiro F, Riboli E, GonzÃ¡lez CA. (2011) Plasma phospholipid fatty acid concentrations and risk of gastric adenocarcinomas in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). Am J Clin Nutr 94 : 1304-1313

ChajÃ¨s V, Joulin V, and Clavel-Chapelon F. (2011) The fatty acid desaturation index of blood lipids, as a biomarker of hepatic stearoyl-CoA desaturase expression, is a predictive factor of breast cancer risk. Curr Opin Lipidol 22 : 6-10

Young Park J, Nicolas G, Freisling H, Biessy C, Scalbert A, Romieu I, ChajÃ¨s V, Chuang SC, Ericson U, WallstrÃ¶m P, Ros MM, Peeters PH, Mattiello A, Palli D, MarÃa Huerta J, Amiano P, HalkjÃ¦r J, Dahm CC, Trichopoulou A, Orfanos P, Teucher B, Feller S, Skeie G, Engeset D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Crowe F, Khaw KT, Vineis P, Slimani N. (2011) Comparison of standardised dietary folate across ten countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Br J Nutr 1 : 1-18