Robin Taylor Wilson's Information
POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Molecular epidemiology; occupational cancer risks; health disparities and cancer surveillance.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time
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Principal Investigator, Determining Functional Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms, with P. Lazarus (Penn State), R. Dellinger (Penn State) and A. Roff (Penn State). Division of Population Sciences and Cancer Prevention, Penn State Cancer Institute.
Principal Investigator, Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus infection among Iowa corn farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. With D. Whitby (NCI) and R. Vermeulen (NCI), main study PI.
Principal Investigator, Risk of acute childhood leukemia in relation to pesticide exposure, Childhood Cancer Oncology Group case-control study, with LE. Moore (NCI), T. Stewart (NCI), AM. Dyer (Penn State), X-O. Shu (Vanderbilt), and L. Robison (Universit
Principal Investigator, Risk of Low Vitamin D Status and Function: Self-Reported Race, Population Ancestry and Skin Reflectance, Penn State GCRC
Co-Investigator, A Model GIS/Atlas for State Comprehensive Cancer Control, Association of American Medical Colleges
Co-Investigator, Obesity and Cancer Risk in Rural Pennsylvania, Outreach Health Thematic Initiative Fund of Penn State
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
2004-present Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Cancer Institute
2005-present Faculty Affiliate, Penn State Population Research Institute
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2005 Governing Councilor-elect, American Public Health Association
2005 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences 2006 Nominee for the Penn State College of Medicine
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Rogers, A.
and
R.T. Wilson
(1996).
"Representing Structural Change in US Migration Patterns."
Geographical Analysis 28(1):1-17.
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Doebbeling, B.N.
,
D.K. Wyant
,
K.D. McCoy
,
S. Riggs
,
R.F. Woolson
,
D. Wagner
,
R.T. Wilson
and
C.F. Lynch
(1999).
"Linked Insurance-Tumor Registry Database for Health Services Research."
Medical Care 37(11):1105-1115.
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Wilson, R.T.
,
L.E. Moore
and
M. Dosemeci
(2003).
"Salivary Gland Cancer Mortality in Relation to Occupational Exposure among African American and White Workers in the United States."
Annals of Epidemiology 13(8):571.
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Wilson, R.T.
,
L.E. Moore
and
M. Dosemeci
(2004).
"Occupational Exposures and Salivary Gland Cancer Mortality among African American and White Workers in the United States."
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 46(3):287-297.
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Moore, L.E.
,
R.T. Wilson
and
S.L. Campleman
(2005).
"Lifestyle Factors, Exposures, Genetic Susceptibility and Renal Cell Cancer Risk: A Review."
Cancer Investigation 23(3):240-255.
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Wilson, R.T.
,
J.F. Dick
and
N. Cobb
(2005).
"Accuracy of Administrative Data for Tracking Preventive Services among American Indian Cancer Patients."
IHS Primary Care Provider 30(8):205-210.
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Wilson, R.T.
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D.K. Silverman
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J.F. Fraumeni
and
R.E. Curtis
(2006).
"New Malignancies Following Cancer of the Urinary Tract." In
Curtis, R.E.
,
D.M. Freedman
,
E. Ron
,
L.A. Ries
,
D.G. Hacker
,
B.K. Edwards
,
M.A. Tucker
and
J.F. Fraumeni
(Eds.)
, New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors: SEER Cancer Registries, 1973-2000.
Bethesda:
National Cancer Institute.
(pp. 285-312)
Wilson, R.T.
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G.A. Chase
,
E.A. Chrischilles
and
R.B. Wallace
(2006).
"Hip Fracture Risk Among Community-Dwelling Elderly People in the United States: A Prospective Study of Physical, Cognitive, and Socioeconomic Indicators."
American Journal of Public Health 96(7):1210-1218.
PMCID: PMC1483878??
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Wilson, R.T.
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M. Adams-Cameron
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L. Burhansstipanov
,
M.A. Roubidoux
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N. Cobb
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C.F. Lynch
and
B.K. Edwards
(2007).
"Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment among American Indian, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women Enrolled in Medicare."
Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved 18(3):648-664.
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Roff, A.
and
R.T. Wilson
(2008).
"A Novel SNP in a Vitamin D Response Element of the CYP24A1 Promoter Reduces Protein Binding, Transactivation, and Gene Expression."
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 112(1-3):47-54.
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Wiggins, C.L.
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D.K. Espey
,
P.A. Wingo
,
J.S. Kaur
,
R.T. Wilson
,
J. Swan
,
B.A. Miller
,
M.A. Jim
,
J.J. Kelly
and
A.P. Lanier
(2008).
"Cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004."
Cancer 113(5 Suppl):1142-1152.
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Wilson, R.T.
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L.C. Richardson
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J.J. Kelly
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J.S. Kaur
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M.A. Jim
and
A.P. Lanier
(2008).
"Cancers of the Urinary Tract among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004."
Cancer 113(5 Suppl):1213-1224.
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Wilson, R.T.
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M. Donahue
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G. Gridley
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J. Adami
,
L. El-ghormli
and
M. Dosemeci
(2008).
"Shared Occupational Risks for Transitional Cell Cancer of the Bladder and Renal Pelvis among Men and Women in Sweden."
American Journal of Industrial Medicine 51(2):83-99.
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Wilson, R.T.
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J. Wang
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V.M. Chinchilli
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J.P. Richie
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J. Virtamo
,
L.E. Moore
and
D. Albanes
(Forthcoming).
"Fish, Vitamin D, and Flavonoids in Relation to Renal Cell Cancer among Smokers."
American Journal of Epidemiology.
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