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JAMES HEBERT, ScD
Professor, USC Arnold School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention
and Control Program
Hollings Cancer Center
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
DEGREES
B.A., Biology, 1971, Boston University
Diploma, 1979, International Education, University of California: Berkeley
M.S.P.H., 1980, Environmental Health, University of Washington
Sc.D., 1984, Nutritional Epidemiology, Harvard University
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Testing the specific effect of diet and related factors in causing cancer
- Designing studies to understand how changes in dietary risk factors affect both biomarkers of exposure and cancer-related outcomes
- Developing methods of intervening on diet, physical activity, and related factors to prevent cancer or alter its course in persons diagnosed with the disease
- Understanding the underlying psychosocial processes that determine success in prevention researchOrganizing a Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program targeted at large disparities in cancer rates that disfavor African-Americans and that will enable:
- the adoption and dissemination of successful intervention strategies through community participatory research
- identification of gaps in knowledge and recommendations for further research
- feedback loops between the university and communities disproportionately affected by cancer.
CONTACT INFORMATION
University of South Carolina | Arnold School of Public Health | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 14 Richland Medical Park, Suite 500 | Columbia, SC 29203 | E-mail
Office: 803 . 434 . 6009 | Fax: 803 . 434 . 2609
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