Faculty Profile

Jo L. Freudenheim

PhD

Jo L. Freudenheim.

Jo L. Freudenheim

PhD

Jo L. Freudenheim

PhD

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
SUNY Distinguished Professor

Research Topics/Projects

Cancer epidemiology, using epidemiologic tools to understand carcinogenesis at the population, individual, tissue and molecular levels to better prevent and control the disease risk and progression. Much of my work includes a focus on nutrition and alcohol. Recent projects include examination of factors associated with mortality after a breast cancer diagnosis, breast cancer epidemiology in Puerto Rico, and examination of reduction of alcohol consumption in relation to cancer risk and mortality. In addition, I am working on a project regarding caregiving and caretaking among those with disability.

Overview Publications News

UB News

  • In addition to the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and certain types of cancer, the report examined linkages to seven other health outcomes.

  • The funding will support a new interdisciplinary research project to better understand and address issues faced by caregivers and those with disabilities.

  • SUNY Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Jo L. Freudenheim, PhD, MS, RD, has been selected as a member of the American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASN) Class of 2023 Fellows. 

  • SPHHP faculty and staff are sharing their expertise in a range of roles...

  • Research team led by Jo Freudenheim will examine DNA methylation differences in e-cig users compared to non-smokers and smokers.

  • While recent recommendations have been to limit sun exposure to prevent skin cancer, there may also be a benefit to some sun exposure, especially exposure without sunburn, researchers say.

  • Overlap of age at diagnosis of breast cancer and age with high consumption of caffeine, and inconsistent findings from previous studies, motivated researchers to study whether caffeine could affect breast cancer risk.

  • Grant from the Windsong CARES Foundation is funding the study, which will add to researchers’ understanding of whether bacteria in breast tissue contribute to breast cancer.

  • Women who reported drinking non-diet soda five times or more per week were 85% more likely to die from breast cancer.

  • The prestigious Abraham Lilienfeld Award recognizes excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career.

  • M. Laura Feltri, Jo Freudenheim, Amit Goyal, Elad Levy and Stephen Tiffany received the highest faculty rank in SUNY.

  • Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers identify vitamin E acetate as likely culprit.

  • Women who consumed sofrito more than once per day had a 67% decrease in risk compared to women who never ate it.

  • Study is the first to examine whether metric mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is, in fact, associated with outcomes of care in inpatient rehabilitation facilities.

  • The grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund interdisciplinary training in cancer epidemiology for PhD students.

  • Epidemiologist Jo Freudenheim presented the paper at the American Society of Preventive Oncology Conference.

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