Newswise — Richard B. Hayes, D.D.S., Ph.D. has been appointed associate director for population sciences at The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center, with a dual appointment at the NYU School of Medicine as director of the Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Environmental Medicine.
In this new role, Dr. Hayes will lead the development of a comprehensive research program focused on cancer prevention that will employ a multi-faceted approach to identifying both genetic and environmental causes of cancer as well as a program to identify prevention strategies through risk profiling, early detection and behavioral changes. "One of our highest priorities is to ensure that every member of our community benefits equally from breakthroughs in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment," stated William L. Carroll, M.D., the Julie and Edward Minskoff professor of Pediatrics and director of the Cancer Institute. "Dr. Hayes will help us reach our goal of understanding the economic, social and cultural obstacles to effective cancer care." "Dr. Hayes has extensive experience in studying human genetic susceptibility to a variety of cancers," said Max Costa, Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Environmental Medicine and leader of the Environmental and Molecular Carcinogenesis Program at NYU Langone Medical Center. "Dr. Hayes' expertise will be invaluable in training epidemiology Ph.D. graduate students and mentor junior faculty in the Division of Epidemiology. He will also direct our Environmental Epidemiology Program for our center grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in addition to his research activity." Dr. Hayes brings to his new position more than two decades of leadership in epidemiologic research, most recently as senior investigator in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute, where he led research on etiology and early markers of cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Dr. Hayes has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles, covering a range of research in cancer prevention, including lead publications in Nature Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics and Cancer Research. He had led research of significance for U.S. and international regulatory bodies evaluating the cancer hazards of benzene, formaldehyde, chromium and other chemicals, a research area which dovetails with the strong tradition at NYU Langone Medical Center in environmental medicine. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the environmental and behavioral causes of prostate and colon cancer and has been on the forefront in research consortia on the genetic determinants of these diseases. Dr. Hayes received his D.D.S. from Columbia University, in 1972, and the Ph.D. in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, in 1978. He is a recipient of the Alice Hamilton Science Award for Occupational Safety and Health, and has received National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health Merit Awards and the National Cancer Institute Mentor of Merit Award. He serves as an expert consultant for epidemiology to Cancer Care Ontario and the American Cancer Society, serves on editorial boards for the American Journal of Epidemiology, Cancer Causes and Control, and the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, and as a reviewer for various international agencies.
About The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical CenterThe mission of The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center is to discover the origins of human cancer and to use that knowledge to eradicate the personal and societal burden of cancer in our community, the nation and the world. The Cancer Institute is an NCI-designated Cancer Center. For more information about The Cancer Institute go to http://ci.med.nyu.edu/
About NYU Langone Medical CenterLocated in the heart of New York City, NYU Langone Medical Center is one of the nation's premier centers of excellence in health care, biomedical research, and medical education. For over 167 years, NYU physicians and researchers have made countless contributions to the practice and science of health care. Today the Medical Center consists of NYU School of Medicine, including the Smilow Research Center, the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, and the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences; the three hospitals of NYU Hospitals Center, Tisch Hospital, a 726-bed acute-care general hospital, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, the first and largest facility of its kind, and the Hospital for Joint Diseases, a leader in musculoskeletal care; and such major programs as The Cancer Institute, The Child Study Center, and the Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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