M. Jacob Adams, M.D., M.P.H.

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Research: Pediatric, cardiovascular and cancer epidemiology. I am interested in the long-term health impact of the treatment of childhood cancer therapy. I am particularly interested in dyslipidemia and other cardiovascular risks in childhood cancer survivors. My primary research project explores the long-term cardiovascular and oncologic consequences of radiation therapy to the chest. More broadly, I am interested in pediatric, cardiovascular and cancer epidemiology.

Current Appointments

• Assistant Professor - Department of Community and Preventive Medicine (SMD)

Education
MPH Public Health	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	2003
MD Medicine	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	1997
BA Biology/History	Washington University	1993

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Research Fellow, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Risk Factors in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Steven Lipshultz, MD (Division Chair and Fellowship Director)	2000 - 2003
Post Doctoral Fellow in NHLBI Funded Preventive Cardiology Training Program (2T32HL07937), Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Rochester, NY. Thomas Pearson, MD, MPH (Department Chair and Fellowship Director)	2000 - 2002
Research Associate in Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Rochester, NY	1999 - 2000
Pediatric Resident, Children's Hospital at Strong/University of Rochester Medical Center. Rochester, NY	1997 - 1999

Fellowship Awards
Wilmot Cancer Research Fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Funded by the James P. Wilmot Foundation (renewable for a total of 3 years). To provide funding and support for cancer epidemiology research, including current work related to late cardiovascular and oncologic effects of childhood therapeutic irradiation to the chest	2002 - 2005
American Heart Association's 26th Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease	2000 - 2000
NHLBI Funded Preventive Cardiology Training Program (T-32 Application #: 2T32HL07937) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	2000 - 2002
Gilbert Forbes Fellowship for House Officer Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Rochester, NY. To provide portion of stipend for work performed in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology	1998 - 1999
James A. Manning Award in Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Rochester, NY. For support of work performed in the division.	1998 - 1999
John Wilmot and Jane A. Mason Memorial Research Fellow in Cancer Research, University of Rochester Cancer Center Research Fellow. To provide portion of stipend for work performed in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology related to cardiovascular effects of childhood cancer therapy	1998 - 1999
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Summer Research Fellowship (intramural) to work in a molecular biology laboratory in the Division of Pediatric Oncology	1994 - 1994
National Institutes of Health Summer IRTA Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch. Bethesda, MD	1992 - 1992

Recent Journal Articles
Showing the 4 most recent journal articles.
Cooper AR; Van Wijngaarden E; Fisher SG; Adams MJ; Yost MG; Bowman JD. "A population-based cohort study of occupational exposure to magnetic fields and cardiovascular disease mortality." Annals of epidemiology. 2009; 19(1):42-8.
Kohli S; Fisher SG; Tra Y; Adams MJ; Mapstone ME; Wesnes KA; Roscoe JA; Morrow GR. "The effect of modafinil on cognitive function in breast cancer survivors." Cancer. 2009; Epub 2009 Mar 23.
Adams MJ; Lipsitz SR; Colan SD; Tarbell NJ; Treves ST; Diller L; Greenbaum N; Mauch P; Lipshultz SE. "Cardiovascular status in long-term survivors of Hodgkin's disease treated with chest radiotherapy." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2004; 22(15):3139-48.
Chiang VW; Burns JP; Rifai N; Lipshultz SE; Adams MJ; Weiner DL. "Cardiac toxicity of intravenous terbutaline for the treatment of severe asthma in children: a prospective assessment." The Journal of pediatrics. 2000; 137(1):73-7.