Mia M. Gaudet is an American molecular epidemiologist pectized in cancer prevention research and managing cohort studies. She is a senior scientist in the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics at the National Cancer Institute.
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| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| Fields | Cancer epidemiology, cohort studies |
| Institutions | Rollins School of Public Health Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine National Cancer Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Marilie Gammon |
| Other academic advisors | Andrew F. Olshan |
Life
editGaudet was born to Diane Guadet who raised her and her sister Renee as a single working mother.[1] Gaudet's grandmother, Ruth Michaelson, had an influential role in her life.[1] Michaelson had a seventh grade education and lived on a dairy farm in Illinois during the great depression.[1]
Gaudet earned master's degree and a Ph.D. in epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2][1] Her 2005 dissertation was titled Interactions of lifestyle factors, manganese superoxide dismutase, catechol-O-methyltransferase, and the risk of breast cancer.[1] Andrew F. Olshan was her academic advisor during her master's degree.[1] Gaudet's doctoral advisor was Marilie Gammon.[1] She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) division of cancer epidemiology and genetics (DCEG).[2]
Gaudet has held academic positions at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[2] She was a scientific director of epidemiology research at the American Cancer Society (ACS).[2] In the ACS cancer prevention studies, she contributed to cohort activities, including participant recruitment and retention, questionnaire development, and resource utilization.[2] She initiated and oversaw the collection and characterization of breast and ovarian tissue from women diagnosed with these cancers in these cohorts.[2] Gaudet conducted research to clarify and identify genetic and non-genetic risk factors for subtypes of breast cancer with an emphasis on more fatal subtypes in the cancer prevention study cohorts and other collaborative efforts.[2] Gaudet is the senior scientist for the connect for cancer prevention cohort study in the DCEG trans-divisional research program.[2] She oversees cohort management and activities as well as serves as the study’s chair in the executive and DCEG steering committees.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Gaudet, Mia M. (2005). Interactions of lifestyle factors, manganese superoxide dismutase, catechol-O-methyltransferase, and the risk of breast cancer (Ph.D. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 62560523.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mia M. Gaudet, Ph.D., biographical sketch and research interests - NCI". dceg.cancer.gov. 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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