Christine Ambrosone PhD

Dr. Ambrosone joined the RPCI faculty in 2002 and is currently the Chair of the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, and co-leader of the CCSG Population Sciences Program. Dr. Ambrosone graduated from the University at Buffalo summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and earned her PhD degree at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 1995. She was a member of the Division of Molecular Epidemiology at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, AR until 2000, when she joined the faculty at Mt. Sinai as Director of Epidemiology in the Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center. She is a molecular epidemiologist with background and expertise in the role of gene environment interactions in the etiology of cancer, as well as factors that affect toxicities experienced with cancer treatment, and predictors of cancer survival. Much of her current work focuses on breast cancer disparities.