MARTHA S. LINET

Chair, Publications Committee

Dr. Linet is Chief, Population Studies Section in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute. She has led landmark studies on the relationship of non-ionizing radiation exposures from power lines and electrical appliances in relation to childhood leukemia. More recently, she has evaluated the role of wireless communication devices in a comprehensive study of brain tumors in adults. Dr. Linet is also internationally recognized for research on the relationship of a range of environmental exposures, specific medical conditions, surgical treatments, medications, and vaccinations to childhood and adult leukemias, lymphomas, and brain tumors. In collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Dr. Linet and her colleagues at NCI have quantified the dose-response relationship of occupational exposure to benzene with adult hematological malignancies and related disorders. She has also collaborated with Swedish colleagues at the Karolinska Institute and Danish colleagues at the Division for Cancer Epidemiology in the Danish Cancer Society on a series of linked registry studies of cancer risk and mortality among cohorts of patients hospitalized for various disorders and/or surgical procedures. Dr. Linet serves as an advisor to the Leukaemia Research Fund (London) and the European Institute of Oncology (Milan). She is a member of the Standing Committee on Epidemiology of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, the Advisory Group on Cancer and the Environment to the American Cancer Society and is government liaison member from NCI on the Committee on Environmental Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics.