Catherine Metayer, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology and Epi/Biostat
PHONE: (510) 643-1156
FAX: (510) 642-9319
LOCATION: 1995 University Avenue, Suite 460
E-MAIL: cmetayer@berkeley.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana
- M.D., University of Bordeaux II, France
- B.S., Mathematics, France
Courses
- PH 258 - Epidemiology of Neoplastic Diseases (Co-Instructor)
- PH 258B - Ethical Issues in Epidemiologic Research (Co-Instructor)
Research Interests
- Environmental epidemiology of cancer
- Genetic epidemiology of cancer
- Children's health
Research Description
Dr. Metayer is an epidemiologist whose work currently focuses on genetic and environmental risk factors of childhood leukemia.
Current Projects
Dr. Metayer's research portfolio has focused on methodologic issues related to epidemiologic case-control studies, associations between environmental exposures or medical conditions and childhood leukemia, and role of folate metabolism and cancer. She is pursuing those research areas both within the California Childhood Leukemia Study (CCLS) as the Associate Director for Research, and the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium Studies (CLIC), as one of the Project Directors of the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE), a federally funded Program Project for a Children's Environmental Health Center in the United States.
Publications
Metayer C, Scelo G, Chokkalingam AP, Barcellos LF, Aldrich MC, Chang JS, Guha N, Urayama KY, Hansen HM, Block G, Kiley V, Wiencke JK, Wiemels JL, Buffler PA. Genetic variants in the folate pathway and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Causes Control. 2011. 22(9):1243-1258.
Bartley K, Metayer C, Selvin S, Ducore J, Buffler P. Diagnostic X-rays and risk of childhood leukaemia. Int J Epidemiol. 2010. 39(6):1628-1637.
Chokkalingam A, Bartley K, Wiemels JL, Metayer C, Barcellos LF, Hansen HM, Aldrich MC, Guha N, Urayama KY, Scelo G, Chang JS, Month SR, Wiencke JK, Buffler PA. Haplotypes of DNA repair and cell cycle control genes, x-ray exposure, and risk of chilchood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011. (In Press).
Whitehead T, Metayer C, Gunier RB, Ward MH, Nishioka MG, Buffler P, Rappaport SM. Determinants of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels in house dust. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009. 21(2):123-132.
Ward MH, Colt JS, Metayer C, Gunier RB, Lubin J, Crouse V, Nishioka MG, Reynolds P, Buffler PA. Residential exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspect. 2009.117(6):1007-1013.
Scelo G, Metayer C, Zhang L, Wiemels JL, Aldrich MC, Selvin S, Month S, Smith MT, Buffler PA. Household exposure to paint and petroleum solvents, chromosomal translocations, and the risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspect. 2009. 117(1):133-139.
Metayer C, Buffler PA. Residential exposures to pesticides and childhood leukaemia. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2008. 132(2):212-219.
Kwan ML, Metayer C, Crouse V, Buffler PA. Maternal illness and drug/medication use during the period surrounding pregnancy and risk of childhood leukemia among offspring. Am J Epidemiol. 2007. 165(1):27-35.
Chang JS, Selvin S, Metayer C, Crouse V, Golembesky A, Buffler PA. Parental smoking and the risk of childhood leukemia. Am J Epidemiol. 2006. 163(12): 1091-1100.
Metayer C, Curtis RE, Vose J, Sobocinski KA, Horowitz MM, Bhatia S, Fay JW, Freytes CO, Goldstein SC, Herzig RH, Keating A, Miller CB, Nevill TJ, Pecora AL, Rizzo JD, Williams SF, Li CY, Travis LB, Weisdorf DJ. Myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia after autotransplantation for lymphoma: a multicenter case-control study. Blood. 2003. 101(5):2015-2023.
Other Interests
- Member of the French National Society of Physicians (Ordre National des Médecins), and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
- Member of the Management Group of the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium
Profile updated: January 25, 2012