Andrew F. Olshan, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health

Specialty:

Molecular epidemiology of head and neck and childhood cancer

Education:

• MS, Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1982
• PhD, Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1987
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1987-1989

Professional Experience:

• Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 2001-present
• Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2001-present
• Research Associate Professor, Divison of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, UNC, 1997-2001
• Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC, 1996-2001
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, UNC, 1994-1997
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC, 1991-1996
• Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990-1991
• Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989-1991

Recent Publications:

• Olshan AF, Perreault SD, Bradley L, Buus RM, Strader LF, Jeffay SC, Lansdell L, Savitz DA, Herring A. The Healthy Men Study: A Cohort Study of Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products and Semen Quality. Fertility and Sterility, 87:554-64, 2007.
• Trivers KF, Gammon MD, Abrahamson PE, Lund MJ, Flagg EW, Kaufman JS, Moorman PG, Cai J, Olshan AF, Porter PL, Brinton LA, Eley JW, Coates RJ. Association between reproductive factors and breast cancer survival in younger women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 103:93-102, 2007.
• Cooney MA, Daniels JL, Ross JA, Breslow NE, Pollock BH, Olshan AF. Household pesticides and the risk of Wilms Tumor. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115:134-7, 2007.
• Hashibe M, Brennan P, Benhamou S, Castellsague X, Chen C, Curado MP, Maso LD, Daudt AW, Fabianova E, Wünsch-Filho V, Franceschi S, Hayes R, Herrero R, Koifman S, La Vecchia C, Lazarus P, Levi F, Mates D, Matos E, Menezes A, Muscat J, Eluf-Neto J, Olshan A, Rudnai P, Schwartz SM, Smith E, Sturgis EM, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Talamini R, Wei Q, Winn DM, Zaridze D, Zatonski W, Zhang ZF, Berthiller J, Boffetta P. Alcohol drinking in never-tobacco users and cigarette smoking in never drinkers: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 99:777-89, 2007.
• Puumala SE, Ross JA, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Smith FO, Spector LG. Reproductive history, infertility treatment, and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: A report from the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). Cancer, 110:2067-74, 2007.
• Felini M, Olshan A, Schroeder J, North K, Carozza, Kelsey K, Rice T, Wrensch M. DNA repair polymorphisms XRCC1 and MGMT and risk of adult gliomas. Neuroepidemiology,29:55-58, 2007.
• Bunin GR, Spector LG, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Roesler M, Grufferman S, Shu XO,
• Ross JA. Secular trends in response rates for controls selected by random-digit dialing in childhood cancer studies: A report from the Children’s Oncology Group. American Journal of Epidemiology, 166:109-16, 2007
• Spector LG, Ross JA, Puumala SE, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Bunin GR. Feasibility of nationwide birth registry control selection in the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology, Am J Epidemiol. 166:852-6, 2007.
• Luben TJ, Olshan AF, Herring AH, Jeffay S, Strader L, Buus RM, Chan RL, Savitz
• DA, Singer PC, Weinberg HS, Perreault SD. The healthy men study: an evaluation of exposure to disinfection by-products in tap water and sperm quality. Environ Health Perspectives, 115:1169-76, 2007.
• Blair CK, Roesler M, Xie Y, Gamis AS, Olshan AF, Heerema NA, Robison LL, Ross JA.
• Vitamin supplement use among children with Down syndrome and risk of leukemia: A Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Study. Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiology, 22:288-95, 2008.
• Cohen SS, Palmieri RT, Nyante SJ, Koralek DO, Kim S, Bradshaw P, Olshan AF: A Review: Obesity and screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in women. Cancer, 112(9):1892-904, 2008.
• Hoffman CS, Mendola P, Savitz DA, Herring AH, Loomis D, Hartmann KE, Singer PC, Weinberg HS, Olshan AF. Drinking water disinfection by-product exposure and duration of gestation. Epidemiology, 5:738-46, 2008.
• Hoffman CS, Mendola P, Savitz DA, Herring AH, Loomis D, Hartmann KE, Singer PC, Weinberg HS, Olshan AF. Drinking water disinfection by-product exposure and fetal growth. Epidemiology, 5:729-37, 2008.