Vanderbilt Postdoc Association presents:

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Vanderbilt Postdoc Association presents

• Bill Blot, Ph.D.

Cancer in the South
April 24, 2003 2pm
206 PRB
Refreshments Served
Dr. Bill Blot directed epidemiological and
biostatistical research studies at the National
Cancer Institute for 20 years. He has
initiated epidemiologic and intervention trial
investigations throughout the world that have
helped elucidate much of what is known about the
causes of a number of cancers today. With over
400 published papers and worldwide recognition,
Dr. Blot is an expert in epidemiological and
biostatistical methods of study. He holds an
appointment as Professor of Medicine, Department
of Medicine, at the Vanderbilt University Medical
Center and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive
Cancer Center. Dr. Blot has adjunct appointments
at the Johns Hopkins University and Rutgers
University. He is an editor of the Journal of the
National Cancer Institute and the Journal of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, among others. Dr.
Blot has parlayed his extensive experience in
cancer epidemiology and biostatistics by moving
from his position at the National Cancer
Institute  into the private sector as the chief
executive officer of the International
Epidemiology Institute (IEI). IEI is a biomedical
research organization founded in 1994 by
scientists from the NIH which provides
state-of-the-science expertise towards complex
biomedical issues that confront both the public
and private sectors, universities and other
institutions in today's rapidly changing
world. As the director of IEI and as a Principal
Investigator, Dr. Blot  is actively involved in
the largest research endeavor thus far at the
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. This five year
research project funded by the National Institute
of Health is entitled the "Southern Community
Cohort Study" and will enroll  105,000  people,
two-thirds of them African-American from six
southern states. The study in conjunction with
Meharry Medical College, was developed to
elucidate the causes of the higher rates of
cancer among African-Americans and will look at
genetic, environmental, dietary and lifestyle
factors that are considered risk factors for
cancer. At  his lecture, Dr. Blot will address
the Southern Community Cohort Study as well
as the experiences that led him to the private
sector and his current interactions with academic
institutions.