Appointment
Professor and Director, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics
Expert Areas
Children’s health, Cancer
Research Focus
Julie Ross investigates the genetic and environmental causes of cancer, focusing on pediatric cancers. She oversees several National Cancer Institute-funded studies that investigate the causes of leukemia in children and adults. She also directs a laboratory that investigates environmental and genetic mechanisms in cancer. Ross helped develop the Childhood Cancer Research Network, a national pediatric cancer research registry that facilitates studies in the causes and consequences of childhood cancer. She also directs a student training program in pediatric cancer epidemiology research.
Sources of Funding
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Children’s Cancer Research Fund
