Jonine Figueroa
{{Short description|U.S. epidemiologist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Jonine Figueroa
| image = Jonine Figueroa 2023.jpg
| fields = Breast cancer epidemiology
| workplaces = National Cancer Institute
University of Edinburgh
| alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University
Stony Brook University
Columbia University
| doctoral_advisor = Michael J. Hayman
}}
Jonine Figueroa is an American epidemiologist specializing in breast cancer epidemiology. She is a senior investigator and distinguished scholar in the integrative tumor epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute. She was previously a tenured professor and chair of molecular epidemiology and global cancer prevention at the University of Edinburgh.
Life
Dr. Figueroa received a B.S. in genetics and developmental biology from the Pennsylvania State University, a Ph.D. (2004) in molecular genetics and microbiology from Stony Brook University, and an M.P.H. from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-23 |title=Jonine Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H. , biographical sketch and research interests - NCI |url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/about/staff-directory/figueroa-jonine |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=dceg.cancer.gov |language=en}}{{PD-notice}} Michael J. Hayman was her doctoral advisor.{{Cite web |title=Jonine Figueroa {{!}} Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University |url=https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/mi/program/alumni/figueroa |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu}} From 2005 to 2008, she completed postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Montserrat García-Closas in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a cancer prevention fellow.{{Cite web |title=Colleagues: Recently Tenured {{!}} NIH Intramural Research Program |url=https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/31/3/colleagues-recently-tenured |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=irp.nih.gov}}{{PD-notice}}
From 2008 to 2015, Dr. Figueroa was an investigator in the DCEG. She was a tenured professor and chair of molecular epidemiology and global cancer prevention at the University of Edinburgh, where she is an honorary fellow. Her research at the University of Edinburgh focused in understanding the interactions between genetic and environmental factors in both breast and bladder cancer development by utilizing case-control, cohort, and large consortium epidemiology studies globally.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Jonine Figueroa (Affiliate) |url=https://institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/research/research-groups-a-z/jonine-figueroa-affiliate |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=The University of Edinburgh |language=en}} In 2023, she returned to the NCI as a senior investigator and NIH distinguished scholar in the integrative tumor epidemiology branch. She researches the interplay of biological, environmental, and socioeconomic determinants in cancer epidemiology studies. Her specialty focus is breast cancer epidemiology.
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