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These are the excellent presentations from the Children with Cancer UK sponsored childhood cancer session organised by Professor Denis Henshaw for the 8th Princess Chulabhorn International Scientific Congress held in Thailand in November 2016.

Professor Richard Stevens

Professor Richard Stevens

Community Medicine and Health Care, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-6325, USAP

Degree in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley
PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in Seattle
Cancer epidemiologist and Professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School

CC2018 Talk Abstract

Richard Stevens received a B.S. degree in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a cancer epidemiologist and Professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School.

His research has focused on body iron and risk of cancer, and then beginning in 1987 on the potential role of electric lighting in causing circadian disruption leading to increased risk of breast cancer in women. This idea is now receiving wide scientific and public interest.

A full description of Professor Steven’s research can be seen.

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