Lydia B. Zablotska, MD, MPA, PhD

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Education

Minsk State Medical School, Belarus, MD, May 1993, Medicine
Askew School of Public Administration, Florida State University, MPA, August 1997, Public Policy and Health Administration/Policy
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, PhD, May 2003, Epidemiology

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Professional Experience

• 1993-1995
  National Medical Residency, Internal Medicine, Lviv State Medical School, Ukraine
• 1996
  Administrative and Research Internship, Center for Clinical Effectiveness, Ford Health System
• 1997-2000
  Graduate Research Assistant, Project "Effects of the Chornobyl Accident on Thyroid Cancer and Leukemia," Dr. G. Howe (PI), Department of Epidemiology, MSPH, Columbia University
• 2000-2003
  Staff Associate, Project "Effects of the Chornobyl Accident on Thyroid Cancer and Leukemia," Dr. G. Howe (PI), Department of Epidemiology, MSPH, Columbia University
• 2003-2006
  Epidemiologist, Project "Effects of the Chornobyl Accident on Thyroid Cancer and Leukemia," Dr. G. Howe (PI), Department of Epidemiology, MSPH, Columbia University
• 2003-2004
  Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Dr. E.Susser (Chairman), MSPH, Columbia University
• 2004-2005
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Dr. E.Susser (Chairman), MSPH, Columbia University
• 2005-2008
  Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Dr. E.Susser (Chairman), MSPH, Columbia University
• 2008-present
  Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dr. R. Hiatt (Chairman), School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

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Honors & Awards

• 1993
  Graduation with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude), Minsk State Medical School, Minsk, Belarus
• 1995
  Senator E. Muskie Scholarship for Graduate Studies for Outstanding Students from the Commonwealth of Independent States, U.S. Agency for International Development
• 2003
  Sydney Kark Award in Epidemiology for doctoral students committed to work in international health, MSPH, Columbia University
• 2003
  Young Investigator Award, 12th International Congress of Radiation Research, Brisbane, Australia
• 2004
  Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prize, MSPH, Columbia University
• 2005
  Dean's Award for Innovation in the Curriculum, MSPH, Columbia University
• 2006
  New Investigator's Award, American Statistical Association's Conference on Radiation and Health, Monterey Beach, CA
• 2006
  Item Writing Committee, National Board of Public Health Examiners
• 2007
  Young Investigator Award, 13th International Congress of Radiation Research, San Francisco, CA
• 2007
  Invited Participant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Workshop on Monoclonal B-cell Lymphocytosis and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Etiologic Factors, Precursors, and Disease, Washington, DC
• 2008
  Invited Speaker, American Statistical Association's Conference on Radiation and Health, Vail, CO

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Selected Publications

1. Zablotska LB, Lane RS, Frost SE. Mortality (1950-1999) and cancer incidence (1969-1999) of workers in the Port Hope cohort study exposed to a unique combination of radium, uranium and ?-ray doses. BMJ Open. 2013; 3(2).
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2. Little MP, Azizova TV, Bazyka D, Bouffler SD, Cardis E, Chekin S, Chumak VV, Cucinotta FA, de Vathaire F, Hall P, Harrison JD, Hildebrandt G, Ivanov V, Kashcheev VV, Klymenko SV, Laurent O, Ozasa K, Tapio S, Taylor AM, Tzoulaki I, Vandoolaeghe WL, Wakeford R, Zablotska L, Zhang W, Lipshultz SE. Comment on "Dose-responses from multi-model inference for the non-cancer disease mortality of atomic bomb survivors" (Radiat. Environ. Biophys (2012) 51:165-178) by Schöllnberger et al. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2013 Mar; 52(1):157-9.
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3. Eidemüller M, Jacob P, Lane RS, Frost SE, Zablotska LB. Lung cancer mortality (1950-1999) among Eldorado uranium workers: a comparison of models of carcinogenesis and empirical excess risk models. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e41431.
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4. Little MP, Azizova TV, Bazyka D, Bouffler SD, Cardis E, Chekin S, Chumak VV, Cucinotta FA, de Vathaire F, Hall P, Harrison JD, Hildebrandt G, Ivanov V, Kashcheev VV, Klymenko SV, Kreuzer M, Laurent O, Ozasa K, Schneider T, Tapio S, Taylor AM, Tzoulaki I, Vandoolaeghe WL, Wakeford R, Zablotska LB, Zhang W, Lipshultz SE. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Circulatory Disease from Exposure to Low-Level Ionizing Radiation and Estimates of Potential Population Mortality Risks. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Nov; 120(11):1503-11.
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5. Tronko M, Mabuchi K, Bogdanova T, Hatch M, Likhtarev I, Bouville A, Oliynik V, McConnell R, Shpak V, Zablotska L, Tereshchenko V, Brenner A, Zamotayeva G. Thyroid cancer in Ukraine after the Chernobyl accident (in the framework of the Ukraine-US Thyroid Project). J Radiol Prot. 2012 Mar; 32(1):N65-9.
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6. Hatch M, Polyanskaya O, McConnell R, Gong Z, Drozdovitch V, Rozhko A, Prokopovich A, Petrenko S, Brenner A, Zablotska L. Urinary Iodine and Goiter Prevalence in Belarus: experience of the Belarus-American cohort study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases following the Chornobyl nuclear accident. Thyroid. 2011 Apr; 21(4):429-37.
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7. Brenner AV, Tronko MD, Hatch M, Bogdanova TI, Oliynik VA, Lubin JH, Zablotska LB, Tereschenko VP, McConnell RJ, Zamotaeva GA, O'Kane P, Bouville AC, Chaykovskaya LV, Greenebaum E, Paster IP, Shpak VM, Ron E. I-131 dose response for incident thyroid cancers in Ukraine related to the Chornobyl accident. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jul; 119(7):933-9.
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8. Zablotska LB, Ron E, Rozhko AV, Hatch M, Polyanskaya ON, Brenner AV, Lubin J, Romanov GN, McConnell RJ, O'Kane P, Evseenko VV, Drozdovitch VV, Luckyanov N, Minenko VF, Bouville A, Masyakin VB. Thyroid cancer risk in Belarus among children and adolescents exposed to radioiodine after the Chornobyl accident. Br J Cancer. 2011 Jan 4; 104(1):181-7.
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9. Zablotska LB, Gong Z, Wang F, Holly EA, Bracci PM. Vitamin D, calcium, and retinol intake, and pancreatic cancer in a population-based case-control study in the San Francisco Bay area. Cancer Causes Control. 2011 Jan; 22(1):91-100.
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10. Hatch M, Furukawa K, Brenner A, Olinjyk V, Ron E, Zablotska L, Terekhova G, McConnell R, Markov V, Shpak V, Ostroumova E, Bouville A, Tronko M. Prevalence of hyperthyroidism after exposure during childhood or adolescence to radioiodines from the chornobyl nuclear accident: dose-response results from the Ukrainian-American Cohort Study. Radiat Res. 2010 Dec; 174(6):763-72.
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11. Lane RS, Frost SE, Howe GR, Zablotska LB. Mortality (1950-1999) and cancer incidence (1969-1999) in the cohort of Eldorado uranium workers. Radiat Res. 2010 Dec; 174(6):773-85.
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12. O'Kane P, Shelkovoy E, McConnell RJ, Shpak V, Parker L, Brenner A, Zablotska L, Tronko M, Hatch M. Frequency of undetected thyroid nodules in a large I-131-exposed population repeatedly screened by ultrasonography: results from the Ukrainian-American cohort study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases following the Chornobyl accident. Thyroid. 2010 Sep; 20(9):959-64.
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13. Bozhok Y, Greenebaum E, Bogdanova TI, McConnell RJ, Zelinskaya A, Brenner AV, Zurnadzhy LY, Zablotska L, Tronko MD, Hatch M. NA cohort study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases after the Chernobyl accident: cytohistopathologic correlation and accuracy of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in nodules detected during the first screening in Ukraine (1998-2000). Cancer. 2009 Apr 25; 117(2):73-81.
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14. Hatch M, Brenner A, Bogdanova T, Derevyanko A, Kuptsova N, Likhtarev I, Bouville A, Tereshchenko V, Kovgan L, Shpak V, Ostroumova E, Greenebaum E, Zablotska L, Ron E, Tronko M. A screening study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases among individuals exposed in utero to iodine-131 from Chernobyl fallout. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Mar; 94(3):899-906.
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15. Ostroumova E, Brenner A, Oliynyk V, McConnell R, Robbins J, Terekhova G, Zablotska L, Likhtarev I, Bouville A, Shpak V, Markov V, Masnyk I, Ron E, Tronko M, Hatch M. Subclinical hypothyroidism after radioiodine exposure: Ukrainian-American cohort study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases after the Chornobyl accident (1998-2000). Environ Health Perspect. 2009 May; 117(5):745-50.
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16. O'Kane P, Shelkovoy E, McConnell RJ, Shpak V, Parker L, Bogdanova TI, Brenner A, Naida Y, Frangos A, Zablotska L, Robbins J, Greenebaum E, Zurnadzhy LY, Tronko M, Hatch M. Differences in sonographic conspicuity according to papillary thyroid cancer subtype: results of the Ukrainian-American cohort study after the Chornobyl accident. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Dec; 191(6):W293-8.
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17. Romanenko A, Bebeshko V, Hatch M, Bazyka D, Finch S, Dyagil I, Reiss R, Chumak V, Bouville A, Gudzenko N, Zablotska L, Pilinskaya M, Lyubarets T, Bakhanova E, Babkina N, Trotsiuk N, Ledoschuk B, Belayev Y, Dybsky SS, Ron E, Howe G. The Ukrainian-American study of leukemia and related disorders among Chornobyl cleanup workers from Ukraine: I. Study methods. Radiat Res. 2008 Dec; 170(6):691-7.
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18. Chumak VV, Romanenko AY, Voillequé PG, Bakhanova EV, Gudzenko N, Hatch M, Zablotska LB, Golovanov IA, Luckyanov NK, Sholom SV, Kryuchkov VP, Bouville A. The Ukrainian-American study of leukemia and related disorders among Chornobyl cleanup workers from Ukraine: II. Estimation of bone marrow doses. Radiat Res. 2008 Dec; 170(6):698-710.
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19. Romanenko AY, Finch SC, Hatch M, Lubin JH, Bebeshko VG, Bazyka DA, Gudzenko N, Dyagil IS, Reiss RF, Bouville A, Chumak VV, Trotsiuk NK, Babkina NG, Belyayev Y, Masnyk I, Ron E, Howe GR, Zablotska LB. The Ukrainian-American study of leukemia and related disorders among Chornobyl cleanup workers from Ukraine: III. Radiation risks. Radiat Res. 2008 Dec; 170(6):711-20.
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20. Zablotska LB, Chen Y, Graziano JH, Parvez F, van Geen A, Howe GR, Ahsan H. Protective effects of B vitamins and antioxidants on the risk of arsenic-related skin lesions in Bangladesh. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Aug; 116(8):1056-62.
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