Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology Program

Program Leaders

Christopher A. Loffredo, PhD
Associate Professor of Oncology and Biostatistics, Biomathematics and Bioinformatics

Dr.Christopher Loffredo is an internationally known researcher and educator in the fields of cancer epidemiology and birth defects. His research focuses on environmental and genetic causes of cancer and birth defects, specifically on the roles that genetics play in mediating the risks from environmental chemical exposures. His currently funded research projects span liver, bladder, and lung cancer in relation to chronic infections such as hepatitis C, and environmental factors such as smoking and secondhand smoke.

Dr. Loffredo also directs the Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Shared Resource at Lombardi. He trained in both toxicology and epidemiology at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine in Baltimore prior to joining the Georgetown University faculty in 2000 as an Assistant Professor of Oncology. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2005. In 2006 Dr. Loffredo received a joint appointment in the newly established Department of Biostatistics, Biomathematics and Bioinformatics at Georgetown University Medical Center. He teaches courses in epidemiology and biostatistics, for both graduate students and medical students.

Dr. Loffredo is the principal investigator of three NIH-funded R01 grants and several smaller studies, and is a co-investigator in several ongoing projects on childhood cancer and congenital heart malformations in infants. His research record includes more than 50 peer-reviewed research papers and several books and book chapters.