Zhihong Gong

Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
United States of America

Academician Oncology
Biography

Zhihong Gong, PhD, joined the RPCI research staff in 2011 as a Research Assistant Professor. In 2014, she was appointed to a faculty position as an Assistant Member and Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. Dr. Gong received her doctoral degree in Epidemiology from the University of South Carolina, and her post-doctoral training at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

Research Intrest

Risk factors of cancer and cancer outcomes:Dietary and other lifestyle factors,Genetic factors

List of Publications
Gong Z, Neuhouser ML, Goodman PJ, Albanes D, Chi C, et al. (2006) Obesity, diabetes, and risk of prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 15:1977-1983.
Gong Z, Xie D, Deng Z, Bostick RM, Muga SJ, et al. (2005). The PPAR{gamma} Pro12Ala polymorphism and risk for incident sporadic colorectal adenomas. Carcinogenesis 26: 579-585.
Gong ZH, Xie DW, Deng ZL, Bostick RM, Miao XJ, et al. (2005) Vitamin D receptor gene Tru9I polymorphism and risk for incident sporadic colorectal adenomas. World Journal of Gastroenterology 11: 4794-4799.