Leslie T Stayner
Professor
Epidemiology
971 Sphpi, M/c 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612
312-355-3692
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Univ N Carolina Chapel Hill, 1989
Epidemiology - M.S., Harvard Univ, 1980
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
- M.S., Harvard Univ, 1980
Environmental Health - A.B., U of Massachusetts Boston, 1977
Biology
Research Interests
- Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Methods, Risk Assessment, Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
Teaching Interests
- Epidemiologic Methods, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Publications
- Stayner L, Smith R, Bailer J, Luebeck EG and Moolgavkar SH. Modeling epidemiologic studies of occupational cohorts for the quantitative assessment of carcinogenic hazards. Am J Ind Med, 1995:27;155-70.
- Stayner LT, Smith R, Bailer J, Gilbert S, Steenland K, Dement J, Brown D and Lemen R. Exposure-Response Analysis of Respiratory Disease Risk Associated with Occupational Exposure to Chrysotile Asbestos. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1997; 54:646-652.
- Stayner L, Steenland K, Dosemici M and Hertz-Piccioto I. Attenuation of exposure-response curves in occupational cohort studies at high exposures. Scand J Work Environ Health 2003;29(4):317-24.
- Stayner L, Steenland K, Greife A, Hornung R, Nowlin S, Morawetz J, Ringenburg V, Elliot L, Hayes R, and Halperin W. An exposure-response analysis of cancer mortality among a cohort of workers exposed to ethylene oxide. Am J of Epid, 1993:138(10);787-98.
- Park RM, Ahn YS, Stayner LT, Kang SK and Jang JK. Mortality of iron and steelworkers in South Korea. Am J Ind Med 2005;48:194-204.
- Park RM, Stayner LT. A search for thresholds and other nonlinearities in the relationship between hexavalent chromium and lung cancer. Risk Analysis 2006;26(1):79-87.
- Ahn YS, Park RM, Stayner L, Kang SK, Jang JK. Cancer morbidity in iron and steel workers in Korea. 2006 Aug;49(8):647-57.
- Boffetta P and Stayner LT. Pleural and peritoneal neoplasms. Third Edition. Edited by: D Schottenfeld and JF Fraumeni Jr. Oxford University Press, New York, 2006;pp-659-673.
- Stayner LT, Boffetta P and Vainio H. Risk assessment of carcinogenic hazards. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Third Edition. Edited by: D Schottenfeld and JF Fraumeni Jr. Oxford University Press, New York, 2006;pp-65-69.
- Joslin CE, Tu EY, McMahon TT, Passaro DJ, Stayner LT and Sugar J. Epidemiological characteristics of a Chicago-area Acanthamoeba keratitis outbreak. Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug;142(2):212-7.
- Stayner L. Silica and Lung Cancer: When is Enough Evidence Enough? Invited Commentary in Epidemiology, Epidemiology 2007;18(1):23.
- Stayner L, Bena J, Sasco A, Smith R, Steenland K, Kreuzer M and Straif K. Lung cancer risk and workplace exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. 2007 Mar;97(3):545-51.
Recent Honors and Awards
- 2003, National Fellows: American College of Epidemiology
Administrative Units
- Academic Affairs
- Advancement
- Community and Public Health Practice
- Finance and Resource Planning
- Information Technology
- Research Services
- Student Affairs
- Urban Health and Diversity Programs
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