Anand P. Chokkalingam, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Division of Epidemiology
PHONE: (510) 642-8375
FAX: (510) 643-1735
E-MAIL: anandc@berkeley.edu
LOCATION: 2150 Shattuck Ave, Ste 500
Courses
- PH258: Epidemiology of Neoplastic Disease
Research Interests
- Molecular and genetic epidemiology of childhood leukemia
- Molecular and genetic epidemiology of prostate cancer
- Disparities in cancer risk
- Diagnostics
Selected Publications
Hsing AW, Sakoda LC, Chen J, Zheng L, Chokkalingam AP, Deng J, Gao Y-T, Xu J. Variants of the MSR1 gene and the risk of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a population-based study in China. Carcinogenesis. 2007; Sep 3; [Epub ahead of print]
Urayama KY, Wiencke JK, Buffler PA, Chokkalingam AP, Metayer C, Wiemels JL. MDR1 gene variants, indoor insecticide exposure, and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2007; 16:1172-7.
Chokkalingam AP, Hsing AW, Stanczyk FZ, Reichardt JKV. Molecular epidemiology of hormone metabolizing loci in prostate cancer. Front Biosci, 2007; 12:3436-60.
Kang D, Chokkalingam AP, Gridley G, Nyren O, Johansson J-E, Adami H-O, Blair A, Silverman D, Hsing AW. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and risk of bladder cancer: a population-based cohort study in Sweden. Br J Cancer. 2007; 96:1475-9.
Iakoubova OA, Tong CH, Chokkalingam AP, Rowland CM, Kirchgessner TG, Louie JZ, Ploughman LM, Sabatine MS, Campos H, Catanese JJ, Leong DU, Young BA, Lew D, Tsuchihashi Z, Luke MM, Packard CJ, Zerba KE, Shaw PM, Shepherd J, Devlin JJ, Sacks FM. Asp113Asn polymorphism in the myeloid IgA Fc receptor is associated with myocardial infarction in two disparate populations: CARE and WOSCOPS. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006; 26:2763-8.
Huang H, Shiffman ML, Cheung RC, Layden TJ, Friedman S, Abar OT, Yee L, Chokkalingam AP, Schrodi SJ, Chan J, Catanese JJ, Leong DU, Ross D, Hu X, Monto A, McAllister LB, Broder S, White T, Sninsky JJ, Wright TL. Identification of two gene variants associated with risk of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology. 2006; 130:1679-87.
Park SK, Sakoda LC, Kang D, Chokkalingam AP, Shin HR, Ahn YO, Shin MH, Lee CW, Lee DH, Blair A, Devesa SS, Hsing AW. Rising prostate cancer rates in South Korea. Prostate. 2006; 66:1285-91.
Hsing AW and Chokkalingam AP. Prostate cancer epidemiology. Front Biosci, 2006; 11:1388-413.
Ioannidis JPA, Gwinn ML., Little J, Higgins JPT, Bernstein JL, Boffetta P, Bondy M, Bray MS, Brenchley PE, Buffler PA, Casas JP, Chokkalingam A, Danesh J, Smith GD, Dolan S, Duncan R, Gruis NA, Hartge P, Hashibe M, Hunter D, Jarvelin M-R, Malmer B, Manolio T, Maraganore DM, Newton-Bishop JA, O'Brien TR, Petersen G, Riboli E, Salanti G, Seminara D, Smeeth L, Taioli E, Timpson N, Uitterlinden AG, Vineis P, Wareham N, Winn DM, Zimmern R, Khoury MJ, Human Genome Epidemiology Network, Network of Investigator Networks. A road map for efficient and reliable human genome epidemiology. Nat Genet. 2006; 38:3-5.
Carlton VEH, Hu X, Chokkalingam AP, Schrodi SJ, Brandon R, Alexander HC, Chang M, Catanese JJ, Leong DU, Ardlie KG, Kastner DL, Seldin MF, Criswell LA, Gregersen PK, Beasley E, Thomson G, Amos CI, Begovich AB. PTPN22 genetic variation: evidence for multiple variants associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Hum Genet. 2005; 77:567-81.
Ritchey JD, Huang W-Y, Gao Y-T, Chokkalingam AP, Deng J, Levine P, Stanczyk FZ, Hsing AW. Genetic variants of DNA repair genes and prostate cancer: a population-based study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005; 14:1703-9.
Begovich AB, Carlton VE, Honigberg LA, Schrodi SJ, Chokkalingam AP, Alexander HC, Ardlie K, Huang Q, Smith AM, Spoerke JM, Conn MP, Chang M, Chang S-YP, Saiki RK, Catanese JJ, Leong DU, Garcia VE, Jeffery DA, Lee A, Batliwalla F, Remmers E, Criswell LA, Seldin MF, Kastner DL, Amos CI, Sninsky JJ, Gregersen PK. A missense SNP in the protein tyrosine phosphastase PTPN22 is associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Hum Genet. 2004; 75:330-7.
Chokkalingam AP, Nyren O, Johannson J-E, Gridley G, McLaughlin J, Adami H-O, Hsing AW. Prostate cancer following diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a population-based cohort study in Sweden. Cancer. 2003;98:1727-1734.
Hsing AW, Chokkalingam AP, Gao Y-T, Madigan MP, Deng J, Gridley G, Fraumeni JF Jr. Allium vegetables and risk of prostate cancer: a population-based study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002; 94:1648-1651.
Chokkalingam AP, Gao Y-T, Deng J, Stanczyk FZ, Sesterhenn IA, Mostofi FK, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hsing AW. Insulin-like growth factors and risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate. 2002; 52:98-105.
Chokkalingam AP, McGlynn KA, Gao Y-T, Pollak M, Deng J, Sesterhenn IA, Mostofi FK, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hsing AW. Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms, insulin-like growth factors, and prostate cancer risk: a population-based case-control study in China. Cancer Res. 2001; 61:4333-4336.
Chokkalingam AP, Pollak M, Fillmore C-M, Gao Y-T, Stanczyk FZ, Deng J, Sesterhenn IA, Mostofi FK, Fears TR, Madigan MP, Ziegler RG, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hsing AW. Insulin-like growth factors and prostate cancer: a population-based case-control study in China. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001; 10:421-427.
Profile Updated: October 17, 2007