Laura Beane Freeman
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| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
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| Fields | Environmental epidemiology |
| Institutions | National Cancer Institute |
Laura Elizabeth Beane Freeman is an American environmental epidemiologist who is a senior investigator in the occupational and environmental epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Life[edit]
Beane Freeman completed a M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) in epidemiology from the University of Iowa.[1] Her dissertation was titled Arsenic exposure, artificial tanning and melanoma in Iowa.[2] Leslie K. Dennis was her doctoral advisor.[2]
Beane Freeman completed postdoctoral training in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB).[3] In 2009, she was appointed to the tenure track and was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH in 2017.[3] She is the NCI Principal Investigator of the Agricultural Health Study, the Early Life Exposures in Agriculture Study, and the NCI Formaldehyde Industries cohort.[3] Beane Freeman has received awards recognizing her work, including two NCI Director’s Innovation Awards, and the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Mentoring Award.[3] In 2016, Beane Freeman was elected to the Management Group of the International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) society.[3] She was elected Women Scientist Advisor for DCEG in 2020 and re-elected in 2022 to a three-year term.[3] In 2021, she was elected to a three-year term as chair of Epidemiology in Occupational Health Conference (EPICOH).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "DAA Awardee: Laura E. Beane Freeman | University of Iowa Center for Advancement". www.foriowa.org. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ a b Beane Freeman, Laura Elizabeth (2003). Arsenic exposure, artificial tanning and melanoma in Iowa (Ph.D. thesis). University of Iowa. OCLC 148120758.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Laura Beane Freeman, Ph.D., biographical sketch and research interests - NCI". dceg.cancer.gov. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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