Stephanie J. Weinstein
Staff Scientist
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, Metabolic Epidem
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Stephanie Weinstein received a B.S. in biology from Tufts University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nutrition from Cornell University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on one-carbon metabolism and cervical cancer. Upon completion of her graduate work, Dr. Weinstein was a postdoctoral fellow in the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch (NEB), Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, for three years. After working for one year as a nutritionist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, she returned to NCI as a staff scientist in NEB in 2002, and continues her duties in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch. Since joining NCI, Dr. Weinstein received the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence and the NCI Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician Organization Travel Award.
Research Interest
Lung Cancer; Clinical Cancer Trials
Publications
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Weinstein SJ, Mackrain K, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Selhub J, Virtamo J, Albanes D. Serum creatinine and prostate cancer risk in a prospective study. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 2009 Sep 15:1055-9965.
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Weinstein SJ, Yu K, Horst RL, Parisi D, Virtamo J, Albanes D. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of lung cancer in male smokers: a nested case-control study. PLoS One. 2011 Jun 10;6(6):e20796.
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Weinstein SJ, Peters U, Ahn J, Friesen MD, Riboli E, Hayes RB, Albanes D. Serum α-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol concentrations and prostate cancer risk in the PLCO Screening Trial: a nested case-control study. PloS one. 2012 Jul 5;7(7):e40204.
