Project Team

KRISTAN ARONSON, PHD

Kristan Aronson is a Professor in the Department of Community Health and
Epidemiology, the School of Environmental Studies, and the Division of
Cancer Care and Epidemiology at the Queen's Cancer Research Institute,
all at Queen's University in beautiful Kingston, Ontario. She is also
founding Director of the Institute of Population and Public Health at
Queen's.

Kristan completed her undergraduate and Master's degrees at McGill
University. After additional training in Heidelberg and at the
University of Edinburgh, she obtained a PhD in epidemiology and
biostatistics at the University of Toronto, followed by a post-doctoral
award at the International Agency for Research in Cancer in Lyon,
France. In 1991, Dr. Aronson became a professor at the University of
Toronto and began conducting research on the determinants of breast
cancer. At Queen's University since 1995, Kristan's research program
examines the relative contribution of environmental and genetic factors
in the etiology of cancer through multi-disciplinary studies.
Environmental factors currently being investigated are pesticides and
PCBs, PAHs, light at night, phthalates etc. Advances in understanding of
basic mechanisms of cancer causation, biomarkers of exposure and
disease, and understanding of the human genome are incorporated into
these studies, funded by CIHR and CBCRA. Kristan is the recipient of
many awards including a Research Scholar Award (NHRDP), an Investigator
Award (CIHR), the Premier's Research Excellence Award (Ontario), a
Career Scientist Award (Ontario), and the Golden Jubilee Medallion of
Queen Elizabeth II.

Jane Y. Polsky, Kristan J. Aronson, Jeremy P. W. Heaton, and Michael A. Adams Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls as Potential Risk Factors for Erectile Dysfunction. J Androl 2007 28: 28-37.

Walker M, Aronson KJ, King WD, Wilson JWL, Fan W et al. Eating patterns and prostate cancer risk. International Journal of Cancer 2004 (in press)

Healey SM, Aronson KJ, Mao Y, Franco EL. Human papillomavirus and cervical dysplasia in Nunavut: Prelude to a screening strategy. Proceedings of the International Conference in Circumpolar Health, Nuuk, Greenland 2004 (in press)

McCready D, Aronson KJ, Chu W, Fan W, Vesprini D, Narod SA. Breast tissue organochlorine levels and metabolic genotypes in relation to breast cancer risk. Cancer Causes and Control 2004;15:399-418.

Coo H, Aronson KJ. A systematic review of potential non-genetic risk factors for Multiple Sclerosis. Neuroepidemiology 2004;23:1-12.

Paris-Pombo AP, Aronson KJ, Woolcott CG, King WD. Dietary predictors of breast adipose tissue concentrations of PCBs among women in Ontario, Canada. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal 2003;58:48-54.

Friedenreich C, Marrett LD, Working Group members including Aronson KJ, and Expert Panel. Workshop Report: Identification of research needs in breast cancer etiology. Chronic Diseases in Canada 2001;22(2):41-9.

Woolcott CG, Aronson KJ, Hanna WM, SenGupta S, McCready DR, Sterns EE, Lickley LA, Miller AB. Breast cancer risk and organochlorines by receptor status, tumour size and grade. Cancer Causes and Control 2001;12:395-404.

Healey SM, Aronson KJ, Mao Y, Schlecht NF, Mery LS, Ferenczy A, Franco EL. Oncogenic human papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in aboriginal women in Nunavut, Canada. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2001;28:694-700.

Weston TL, Aronson KJ, Siemiatycki J, Howe GR, Nadon L. Risk of cancer mortality among males in relation to exposures assessed through a job-exposure matrix. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2000;6(3):194 202.

Aronson KJ, Miller AB, Woolcott CG, Sterns EE, McCready DR, Lickley LA, Fish EB, Hiraki GY, Holloway C, Ross T, Hanna WM, SenGupta S, Weber JP. Breast adipose tissue concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and other organochlorines and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2000;9:55 63.