Joseph L. Wiemels, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

joe.wiemels@ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 514-0577 (voice)
Box 0520, 1450 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94158

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Education

Kenyon College, BA, 1988, Biology
University of California Berkeley, PhD, 1997, Environmental Health Science/Toxicology

Professional Experience

• 1988-90
  Science Teacher, St. Johns College, Levuka, Fiji
• 1992-97
  Graduate Student Researcher, University of California Berkeley
• 1997-99
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Leukaemia Research Fund Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London
• 1999-2000
  Assistant Research Molecular Epidemiologist, University of California San Francisco
• 2001-2002
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
• 2002-2006
  Assistant Professor in Residence, University of California San Francisco
• 2006-present
  Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco

Honors & Awards

• 1986
  Maxwell Elliot Power Prize, Kenyon College
• 1988
  Phi Beta Kappa, Kenyon College
• 1993
  Public Health Alumni Scholarship, University of California Berkeley
• 1993
  National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Toxicology awarded
• 1993-97
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley
• 2002
  Scholar, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America

Selected Publications

1. Claus EB, Wiemels J, Wrensch M. Dental x-rays and risk of meningioma: Response to Drs. Calnon, Jorgensen, and White. Cancer. 2013 Jan 15; 119(2):465-6.
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2. Wiemels JL, Bracci PM, Wrensch M, Schildkraut J, Bondy M, Pfefferle J, Zhou M, Sison J, Calvocoressi L, Claus EB. Assessment of Autoantibodies to Meningioma in a Population-based Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Jan 1; 177(1):75-83.
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3. Chang JS, Tsai YW, Tsai CR, Wiemels JL. Allergy and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Population-based and Record-based Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Dec 1; 176(11):970-8.
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4. Wiencke JK, Accomando WP, Zheng S, Patoka J, Dou X, Phillips JJ, Hsuang G, Christensen BC, Houseman EA, Koestler DC, Bracci P, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M, Nelson HH, Kelsey KT. Epigenetic biomarkers of T-cells in human glioma. Epigenetics. 2012 Dec 1; 7(12):1391-402.
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5. Claus EB, Calvocoressi L, Bondy ML, Wrensch M, Wiemels JL, Schildkraut JM. Exogenous hormone use, reproductive factors, and risk of intracranial meningioma in females. J Neurosurg. 2013 Mar; 118(3):649-56.
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6. Lee ST, Xiao Y, Muench MO, Xiao J, Fomin ME, Wiencke JK, Zheng S, Dou X, de Smith A, Chokkalingam A, Buffler P, Ma X, Wiemels JL. A global DNA methylation and gene expression analysis of early human B-cell development reveals a demethylation signature and transcription factor network. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Dec; 40(22):11339-51.
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7. Urayama KY, Chokkalingam AP, Metayer C, Ma X, Selvin S, Barcellos LF, Wiemels JL, Wiencke JK, Taylor M, Brennan P, Dahl GV, Moonsamy P, Erlich HA, Trachtenberg E, Buffler PA. HLA-DP genetic variation, proxies for early life immune modulation and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk. Blood. 2012 Oct 11; 120(15):3039-47.
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8. Rajaraman P, Melin BS, Wang Z, McKean-Cowdin R, Michaud DS, Wang SS, Bondy M, Houlston R, Jenkins RB, Wrensch M, Yeager M, Ahlbom A, Albanes D, Andersson U, Freeman LE, Buring JE, Butler MA, Braganza M, Carreon T, Feychting M, Fleming SJ, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Hallmans G, Henriksson R, Hoffman-Bolton J, Inskip PD, Johansen C, Kitahara CM, Lathrop M, Liu C, Le Marchand L, Linet MS, Lonn S, Peters U, Purdue MP, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Sanson M, Sesso HD, Severi G, Shu XO, Simon M, Stampfer M, Stevens VL, Visvanathan K, White E, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Decker P, Enciso-Mora V, Fridley B, Gao YT, Kosel M, Lachance DH, Lau C, Rice T, Swerdlow A, Wiemels JL, Wiencke JK, Shete S, Xiang YB, Xiao Y, Hoover RN, Fraumeni JF, Chatterjee N, Hartge P, Chanock SJ. Genome-wide association study of glioma and meta-analysis. Hum Genet. 2012 Dec; 131(12):1877-88.
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9. Chokkalingam AP, Metayer C, Scelo G, Chang JS, Schiffman J, Urayama KY, Ma X, Hansen HM, Feusner JH, Barcellos LF, Wiencke JK, Wiemels JL, Buffler PA. Fetal growth and body size genes and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Sep; 23(9):1577-85.
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10. Chang JS, Tsai CR, Tsai YW, Wiemels JL. Medically diagnosed infections and risk of childhood leukaemia: a population-based case-control study. Int J Epidemiol. 2012 Aug; 41(4):1050-9.
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11. Chokkalingam AP, Metayer C, Scelo GA, Chang JS, Urayama KY, Aldrich MC, Guha N, Hansen HM, Dahl GV, Barcellos LF, Wiencke JK, Wiemels JL, Buffler PA. Variation in xenobiotic transport and metabolism genes, household chemical exposures, and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Aug; 23(8):1367-75.
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12. Nelson HH, Marsit CJ, Christensen BC, Houseman EA, Kontic M, Wiemels JL, Karagas MR, Wrensch MR, Zheng S, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT. Key epigenetic changes associated with lung cancer development: results from dense methylation array profiling. Epigenetics. 2012 Jun 1; 7(6):559-66.
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13. Seiler RL, Wiemels JL. Occurrence of 210Po and Biological Effects of Low-Level Exposure: The Need for Research. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Sep; 120(9):1230-7.
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14. Bracci PM, Zhou M, Young S, Wiemels J. Serum autoantibodies to pancreatic cancer antigens as biomarkers of pancreatic cancer in a San Francisco Bay Area case-control study. Cancer. 2012 Nov 1; 118(21):5384-94.
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15. Claus EB, Calvocoressi L, Bondy ML, Schildkraut JM, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M. Dental x-rays and risk of meningioma. Cancer. 2012 Sep 15; 118(18):4530-7.
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16. Claus EB, Walsh KM, Calvocoressi L, Bondy ML, Schildkraut JM, Wrensch M, Wiemels JL. Cigarette smoking and risk of meningioma: the effect of gender. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Jun; 21(6):943-50.
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17. Wiemels J. Perspectives on the causes of childhood leukemia. Chem Biol Interact. 2012 Apr 5; 196(3):59-67.
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18. Mansur MB, Hassan R, Barbosa TC, Splendore A, Jotta PY, Yunes JA, Wiemels JL, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS. Impact of complex NOTCH1 mutations on survival in paediatric T-cell leukaemia. BMC Cancer. 2012; 12:9.
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19. Vasconcelos GM, Christensen BC, Houseman EA, Xiao J, Marsit CJ, Wiencke JK, Zheng S, Karagas MR, Nelson HH, Wrensch MR, Kelsey KT, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS, Wiemels JL. History of Parvovirus B19 infection is associated with a DNA methylation signature in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Epigenetics. 2011 Dec; 6(12):1436-43.
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20. Joannides M, Mays AN, Mistry AR, Hasan SK, Reiter A, Wiemels JL, Felix CA, Coco FL, Osheroff N, Solomon E, Grimwade D. Molecular pathogenesis of secondary acute promyelocytic leukemia. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2011; 3(1):e2011045.
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