Shuk-mei, Ho Shuk-mei Ho
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Research Description:

Dr. Ho is the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Chair of the Department of Environmental Health, Director of the Center for Environmental Genetics, and Co-Leader of the Hormonal Malignancies Program in the Joint Cancer Center, at the College of Medicine in the University of Cincinnati,Cincinnati, OH.

An expert in hormonal carcinogenesis, Dr. Ho’s research focuses on the significance of hormones and endocrine disruptors on carcinogenesis in the prostate, ovary, endometrium and mammary gland. Her research utilizes innovative genomic, epigenomic, proteomic, and bioinformatic approaches for the discovery of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, novel signaling pathways, mechanism-based therapeutics and interventions, and translational strategies for predicting patients’
responses. Her current programs center on developmental origins of complex diseases including cancer, effects of cadmium and polyaromatic hydrocarbon, oxidative stress, and inflammation-mediated cellular changes. She has served as the Scientific Counsel Member of the National Toxicology Program between 2001-2004, President-Elect of the Society of Basic Urological Research in 2005, Integration Panel Member of the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Program since 2007, and is the recipient of the 2007 Women in Urology Award for Excellence in Urologic Research. She has been invited to chair numerous National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense study sections and strategic committees. Dr. Ho has published over 140 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. Her current and past research projects have been continuously funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, the Department of Defense, and a number of private foundations.

Related News:
1/11/2010 UC wins $5M stimulus grant for lab renovations
9/18/2009 Estrogen May Explain the Higher PCa Risk in Blacks
4/1/2009 Study Links Maternal Exhaust Exposure to Childhood Asthma
2/15/2009 Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma
2/15/2009 Pollution Link to Asthma in Womb
2/1/2009 Study Offers Insight into Endocrine Disruption by Soy
1/21/2009 Shuk-mei Ho interview with Channel 12 News: Colon Cancer Treatment
1/16/2009 Shuk-mei Ho Interview with WNKU discussing Colon Cancer Markers
1/16/2009 Cancer ‘Hot Spots’ Found
1/16/2009 Genetic Data May Predict Colon Cancer Odds
1/16/2009 Genetic Data May Predict Colon Cancer Odds
11/23/2008 Environmental Health Chair Leads Organizing Committee for Meeting
5/19/2008 Another Bastion of Research
5/19/2008 UC Med School Hauls in Funding
4/1/2008 7.8 Million Grant Supports Gene-Environment Interaction Research
3/26/2008 UC Researcher Dr Shuk-mei Ho Wins $2.6M to Study Prostate Cancer Link Ho
2/26/2008 Distinguished Lecture Series on Advances in Toxicology and Risk Assessment
12/1/2007 Environment Health Chair Selected to Assist With Study
7/22/2007 UC Environmental Health Chair Recognized Nationally for Urologic Research Excellence
3/12/2007 Plastic Dangers
7/1/2006 Chemical in Plastics is Tied to Prostate Cancer
1/1/2006 Series on Experimental Oncology and its Clinical Application

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