Charles Rabkin
Senior Investigator
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Infections and Immunoepidem
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Rabkin earned an Sc.B. and M.D. from Brown University and an M.Sc. in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He received postgraduate training at the University of Colorado and is board certified in internal medicine and preventive medicine. Before coming to the NCI, he was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has received PHS Commendation and Unit Commendation Medals for his studies of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma and the Outstanding Service Medal for the molecular epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori and HIV-related malignancies
Research Interest
Chronic infection and inflammation cancer; non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Publications
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Rabkin CS, Janz S. Overview of Mechanisms and Consequences of Chromosomal Translocation. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs. 2008 Jul 1;2008(39):1-.
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Hirt C, Camargo MC, Yu KJ, Hewitt SM, Dölken G, Rabkin CS. Risk of follicular lymphoma associated with BCL2 translocations in peripheral blood. Leukemia & lymphoma. 2015 Sep 2;56(9):2625-9.
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Rabkin CS, Engels EA, Landgren O, Schuurman R, Camargo MC, Pfeiffer R, Goedert JJ. Circulating cytokine levels, Epsteinâ€Barr viremia, and risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndromeâ€related nonâ€Hodgkin lymphoma. American journal of hematology. 2011 Oct 1;86(10):875-8.
