Vincent L Freeman

Assistant Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: freem981@uic.edu

Address:
981 SPHPI, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-413-0301

Research Interests

Nutritional and molecular epidemiology of prostate cancer; comorbidity assessment methods; and social determinants of disparities in the prevalence and health outcomes of chronic disease

Teaching Interests

Cancer epidemiology; epidemiological reasoning and research methods

Publications

 Freeman VL, Meydani M, Yong S, Pyle J, Wan Y, Durazo-Arvizu R, Liao Y. Prostatic levels of tocopherols, carotenoids and retinol in relation to plasma levels and self-reported usual dietary intake. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151(2):109-118.

 Freeman VL, Durazo-Arvizu R, Keys LCM, Johnson MP, Schafernak K, Patel VK. Racial differences in survival among men with prostate cancer and comorbidity at time of diagnosis. Am J Public Health 2004;94(5):803-808.

 Freeman VL, Meydani M, Hur K, Flanigan RC. Inverse association between prostatic polyunsaturated fatty acid and risk of locally advanced prostate cancer. Cancer 2004;101(12):2744-54 [Epub ahead of print October 19, 2004].

Bonilla C, Mason T, Long L, Ahaghotu C, Chen W, Zhao A, Coulibaly A, S, Bennett F, Aiken W, Tullock T, Coard K, Freeman V, Kittles RA. E-cadherin polymorphisms and haplotypes influence risk of prostate cancer. Prostate [Epub ahead of print, 12/21/2005]

Freeman VL, Durazo-Arvizu R, Keys LCM, Johnson MP, Schafernak K, Patel VK. Racial differences in survival among men with prostate cancer and comorbidity at time of diagnosis. Am J Public Health 2004;94(5):803-808

Freeman VL, Meydani M, Hur K, Flanigan RC. Inverse association between prostatic polyunsaturated fatty acid and risk of locally advanced prostate cancer. Cancer 2004;101(12):2744-54

Wallace KL, Furner SE, Davis FG, Freeman VL. Racial trends in prostate cancer incidence for Illinois and the United States: 1986-2000 Journal of Registry Management 2006 (33:4), pp. 108-110.

Freeman VL, Flanigan RC, Meydani M. Prostatic Fatty acids and cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer: a preliminary report. Cancer Causes Control 2007 Mar;18(2):211-8. [Epub 2007 Jan 9]

Kidd LC, Allibella L, Ahaghotu C, Long L, Bonilla C, Smith T, Freeman VL, Kittles RA. BCL-2 sequence variants and inherited predisposition to prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 2006 May 30; [Epub ahead of print]

Bonilla C, Mason T, Long L, Ahaghotu C, Chen W, Zhao A, Coulibaly A, S, Bennett F, Aiken W, Tullock T, Coard K, Freeman V, Kittles RA. E-cadherin polymorphisms and haplotypes influence risk of prostate cancer. Prostate Prostate. 2006;66:546-56. [Epub ahead of print, 12/21/2005]