
Qingyi Wei, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Medicine, is Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Co-leader of CCPS and Co-leader of Epidemiology and Population Genomics (Focus Area 1). He is a professor of Medicine and an internationally recognized epidemiologist focused on the molecular and genetic epidemiology of head and neck cancers, lung cancer, and melanoma. His research focuses on biomarkers and genetic determinants for the DNA repair deficient phenotype and variations in cell death. He is Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal "Cancer Medicine" and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics.
Area of Expertise: Epidemiology
Education and Training
- Nanjing Medical University (China), B.M. 1983
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Ph.D. 1993
Selected Grants and Awards
- Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research
- Helicobacter pylori blood biomarker for gastric cancer risk in East Asia
- The UGT2A and 3A metabolizing enzymes and tobacco-related cancer risk
- Genotypes and Phenotypes of Apoptosis and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer
- Molecular Epidemiology of DNA Repair in Head and Neck Cancer