Ph.D., Epidemiology, 2002, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, 1998, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Edwin Van Wijngaarden , PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Epidemiology,
Community & Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

University of Rochester
Community & Preventive Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: 4-W142
Phone: (585) 275-1985
Fax: (585) 461-4532

Email: Edwin_van_Wijngaarden at urmc.rochester.edu

Research:

Occupational and environmental epidemiology, cancer epidemiology

My interest is in etiologic research (e.g., cancer, neurobehavioral diseases) involving occupational and environmental exposures, and the development and application of epidemiological methods (e.g., exposure-response assessment, occupational exposure assessment, and quantitative cancer risk assessment). My research experience includes studies evaluating the health effects of electromagnetic fields, pesticides, solvents and metals.

• Hein MJ, Waters MA, van Wijngaarden E, Deddens JA, Stewart PA. Issues when modeling benzene, toluene and xylene exposures using a literature database. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene, in press.
• Stahlhut RW, van Wijngaarden E, Dye TD, Cook S, Swan SS. Concentrations of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites are Associated with Increased Waist Circumference and Insulin Resistance in Adult U.S. Males. Environmental Health Perspectives 2007;115(6):876-82.
• Mundt DJ, van Wijngaarden E, Mundt KA. An assessment of the possible extent of confounding in epidemiological studies of lung cancer risk among roofers. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2007;4 (Supplement 1): 163-174.
• Jandzinksi D, van Wijngaarden E, Dogra V, Fisher SG, Conde A, Rubens D. Renal ultrasound with 2D vs. Cine Organ Imaging (COI): Preliminary results. Journal of Ultrasound Medicine 2007;26(5):635-644.
• Simning A, van Wijngaarden E. Literature review of cancer mortality and incidence among dentists. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007;64(7):432-8.
• Currier GW, Trenton AJ, Walsh PG, van Wijngaarden E. A pilot, open label safety study of quetiapine for treatment of moderate psychotic agitation in the emergency setting. Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2006;12(4):223-228.
• Van Wijngaarden E, Beck C, Shamlaye CF, Cernichiari E, Davidson PW, Myers GJ, Clarkson TW. Benchmark concentrations for methyl mercury obtained from the 9-year follow-up of the Seychelles Child Development Study. Neurotoxicology 2006;27:702-709.
• Van Wijngaarden E, Dosemeci M. Brain cancer mortality and potential occupational exposure to lead: Findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-1989. International Journal of Cancer 2006;119:1136-1144.
• Van Wijngaarden E. A graphical method to evaluate exposure-response relationships in epidemiologic studies using standardized mortality or morbidity ratios. Dose-response 2005;3(4):465-473.
• Van Wijngaarden E, Hertz-Picciotto I. A simple approach to performing quantitative cancer risk assessment using published results from occupational epidemiology studies. Science of the Total Environment 2004;332(1-3):81-87.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Mundt KA, Luippold RS. Evaluation of the exposure-response relationship of lung cancer mortality and occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium based on published epidemiological data. Nonlinearity in Biology, Toxicology and Medicine 2004;2(1):27-34.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Stewart PA. Critical literature review of determinants and levels of occupational benzene exposure for United States community-based case-control studies. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2003;18(9):678-693.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Stewart PA, Olshan AF, Savitz DA, Bunin GR. Parental occupational exposure to pesticides and childhood brain cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003;57:989-997.
• Van Wijngaarden E . Mortality of mental disorders in relation to potential pesticide exposure. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2003;45:564-568.
• Van Wijngaarden E . An exploratory investigation of suicide and occupational exposure. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2003;45(1):96-101.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Savitz DA, Kleckner RC, Kavet R, Loomis D. Mortality patterns by occupation in a cohort of electric utility workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2001;40:667-673.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Savitz DA. Occupational sunlight exposure and mortality from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among electric utility workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;48(6):548-553.
• Van Wijngaarden E, Nylander-French LA, Millikan RC, Savitz DA, Loomis D. Population-based case-control study of occupational exposure to magnetic fields and female breast cancer. Annals of Epidemiology 2001;11(5):297-303.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Savitz DA. Occupational sunlight exposure in relation to suicide among electric utility workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2000;38:149-154.
• Van Wijngaarden E , Savitz D, Kleckner R, Cai J, Loomis D. Exposure to electromagnetic fields and suicide among electric utility workers: a nested case-control study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000;57:258-263. [reprinted in Western Journal of Medicine 2000;173:94-100]