Christopher A. Loffredo PhD

Dr. Christopher Loffredo co-leads the Cancer Prevention and Control Program of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. He teaches graduate school courses in epidemiology and biostatistics. Dr. Loffredo is an internationally known researcher in the fields of cancer and birth defects. His research focuses on the environmental and genetic causes of these diseases, and especially on the roles that genetics plays in mediating the risks from environmental chemical exposures. His research projects span liver, bladder, and lung cancer in relation to chronic infections such as hepatitis C virus, and environmental factors such as smoking and pesticides. He has directed collaborative research in Egypt for the past 15 years and is also the principal investigator of a project with Russian scientists related to ionizing radiation exposure and its long-term cancer risks. At Georgetown, he leads a group focused on developing biomarkers for the early detection of liver cancer in high-risk patients.