Irina Stepanov, PhD
UMN School of Public Health
United States
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences; Director, Institute for Global Cancer Prevention Research; Faculty, MS and PhD Programs in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics (MPaT); Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Member, Masonic Cancer Center (MCC)
Topics of Focus: Chronic diseases, Environment & exposures, Genetics, Mother & children, Tobacco, Biomarkers, DNA adducts, Analytical biochemistry, Mass-spectrometry, Cancer, Inflammation, Regulatory science.
Grants and Projects include:
NIH R01CA260831 - Evaluating Cigarette Relighting Behavior: Prevalence, Correlates, Toxicant Exposure, and Implications for Cessation
NIH R01ES033220 - Biomarker phenotypes of air pollution and cancer risk in India
NIH T32CA163184 - Cancer Related Health Disparities Training Program
International Regions: India, Thailand, South Africa (and other African countries through the SA partnership), China, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Moldova, WHO