Hillary Klonoff-cohen
Professor
kinesiology and Community Health
University of Illinois at urbana champaign
United States of America
Biography
She received her doctoral degree in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, a Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Bridgeport, and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia.
Research Interest
She is particularly interested in women and infants’ health and cancer epidemiology. With research funding for the past two decades, she has investigated the role of sperm exposure, smoking, and stress in preeclampsia; the consequences of passive tobacco smoke exposure and breastfeeding, parental drug use, and bed-sharing on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; the timing of the menstrual cycle during surgery on prognosis of premenopausal breast cancer; and the effects of lifestyle habits on in vitro fertilization endpoints, including pregnancy, miscarriage, and birth defects. Her current research focuses on the barriers, concerns, successes, and risks of fertility preservation in girls and women of reproductive age with cancer, late effects and risky behaviors among childhood cancer survivors, and training of primary care physicians about caring for cancer survivors.
