PROMMTT Study
Department of Surgery
PROMMTT

PROMMTT

    Erin E. Fox, Ph.D.

Project Coordinator - PROMMTT, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, UTHealth


Education

Doctor of Philosophy, May 2007
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
Specialization: Epidemiology
Minors: Biometry and Toxicology

Master of Science, August 1999
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
Specialization: Epidemiology
Minor: Biometry

Bachelor of Science, April 1994
University of Florida
Major: Microbiology
Minor: English

Honors and Awards

2007, Nominee for Teaching Assistant of the Year
2004, John Trolinger Scholarship for Ethics in Healthcare
2003-2006, Recipient of NIOSH traineeship in Occupational Epidemiology
2001, Nominee for Teaching Assistant of the Year
2000, Young Scientist Award, European Helicobacter pylori Study Group (EHPSG)
1999, Nominee for Teaching Assistant of the Year
1999, Merit scholarship, Epidemiology discipline
1998, Nominee for Teaching Assistant of the Year
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1989-1994, Florida Undergraduate Scholar

Dissertation

Fox EE (2007). Cancer in Vietnam Veterans, unpublished Doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health.

Thesis

Fox EE (1999). A Cross-sectional Study of Helicobacter pylori and Nutritional Factors in the Blood in Adolescents, Age 12-19, unpublished Masters thesis, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health.

Publications (peer-reviewed)

  1. Spector LG, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Choe EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Mueleer BA. Cancer risk among children with very low birthweight. Pediatrics. In press.
  2. Johnson KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Spector LG. Pooled analysis of parental age and risk of childhood cancer. Epidemiol. In press.
  3. Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Spector LG. Childhood cancer among twins and higher order multiples. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jan;18(1):162-8.
  4. Du XL, Fox EE, Lai D. Competing Causes of Death for Women with Breast Cancer and Change Over Time From 1975 to 2003. Amer J Clin Oncol. 2008;31(2):105-116.
  5. Cooper SP, Weller NF, Fox EE, Cooper SR. Comparative description of migrant farmworkers versus other students attending rural south Texas schools: Substance use, work, and injuries. J Rural Health 2005;21(4):361-366.
  6. Cooper SP, Weller NF, Fox EE, Cooper SR, Shipp EM. Comparative description of migrant farmworkers versus other students attending south Texas schools: demographic, academic, and health characteristics. Texas Medicine 2005;101(8):58-62.
  7. Tsai SP, Fox EE, Ransdell J, Waddell LC, Donnelly R. A hematology surveillance study among petrochemical workers exposed to benzene. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2004; 40(1): 67-73.
  8. Cooper SP, Heitman EH, Fox EE, Quill B, Knudson P, Zahm SH, MacNaugton N, Ryder R. Ethical issues in conducting migrant farmworker studies. J Immigrant Health 2004; 6(1):29-39.
  9. Tsai SP Chen VW, Fox EE, Wendt JK, Cheng Wu X, Foster DE, Fraser AE. Cancer incidence among refinery and petrochemical employees in Louisiana, 1983-1999. Ann Epidemiol 2004;14(9):722-30.

Published Abstracts

  1. Spector LG, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Reynolds P, Von Behren J. Very low birth weight and the risk of childhood cancers. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167(11):351.
  2. Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Spector LG. Increasing birth weight and childhood cancer. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167(11):351.
  3. Carozza SE, Fox E, Weiss N, Huber C. Cancer registry data linkage to a newborn dried blood spot screening program: a resource for epidemiological studies of childhood cancers. Cancer, In Press.
  4. Fox EE, del Junco DJ, Goodman KJ, Delclos GL, Selwyn BJ, Burau KD. Cancer in Texas Vietnam Veterans. Am J Epidemiol 2007;165(11):020-S.
  5. Fox EE, Wang C, Goodman KJ. Alcohol consumption and Helicobacter pylori serostatus. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151(11):S62.
  6. Sweeney A, del Junco D, Robison T, Garzon A, Fox E, Moore S. Serum dioxin, P450 genes, and birth defects among offspring of Vietnam veterans. Epidemiology 2000;11(4):S72.
  7. Fox EE, Wang C, Goodman K. Alcohol consumption and H. pylori seroprevalence in U.S. adults. Gut 2000; 47(S1):A51.
  8. Wang C, Fox EE, Goodman K. Smoking and Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in U.S. adults. Gut 2000;47(S1):A50.

Presentations

  1. Fox EE*, del Junco DJ, Goodman KJ, Delclos GL, Selwyn BJ, Burau KD. Cancer in Texas Vietnam Veterans. Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, June 19, 2007.
  2. Fox EE*, Sweeney A, del Junco D, Cooper S, Symanski E, Wu X. Data linkage of Vietnam veterans and vital statistic NTD records using Matchware. UTSPH student symposium, April 2001.
  3. Fox EE*, Wang C, Goodman KJ. Alcohol consumption and H. pylori seroprevalence in U.S. adults. European Helicobacter pylori Study Group, October 2000.
  4. Wang C, Fox EE*, Goodman K. Smoking and Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in U.S. adults. European Helicobacter pylori Study Group, October 2000.
  5. Fox EE*, Wang C, Goodman KJ. Alcohol consumption and Helicobacter pylori serostatus. Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, June 2000.
  6. Fox EE*, Wang C, Goodman KJ. Alcohol consumption and Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence. UTSPH Student Symposium, March 2000.
  7. Fox EE*, Waller DK, Goodman KJ, Montgomery D. A cross-sectional study of Helicobacter pylori and nutritional factors in the blood in adolescents, age 12-19. UTSPH Student Symposium, March 2000.
  8. Wang C, Fox EE, Goodman KJ. Predictors of Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and CagA seropositivity in U.S. adults. UTSPH Student Symposium, March 2000.
  9. Wang C, Fox EE, Goodman KJ. Smoking and Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in the U.S. UTSPH Student Symposium, March 2000.

Professional Experience

November 2008-present Project Coordinator, Prospective Observational Multi-center Massive Transfusion Study
Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Core
Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

May 2008- present Associate Editor of Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations

March 2008-present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health

April 2007-January 2008 Senior Cancer Research Epidemiologist
Texas Department of State Health Services, Cancer Epidemiology
and Surveillance Branch

February 2002- August 2005 Graduate Assistant
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of
Public Health (UTSPH), Environmental and Occupational Health
Division

December 2002-May 2004 Research Assistant
Shell Oil Company, Shell Health Services, Epidemiology Section

June-October 2003 Research Assistant
American Cancer Society & Texas Cancer Registry

March 1999- January 2003 Data Manager
UTSPH, Epidemiology Discipline
Vietnam Veterans and Family Health Study

June 2001- September 2001 Graduate Assistant
UTSPH, Epidemiology Discipline

June 2000- September 2000 Research Associate
Scientific Evidence, Inc.

May 1998- September 1998 Database Developer/Manager
UTSPH, Epidemiology Discipline
Children's Assessment Center Baseline Study

October 1996- November 1997 Data Manager
UTSPH, Environmental Science Discipline
Study of Neural Tube Defects on the Texas- Mexico
Border

Teaching Experience

Advanced Epidemiologic Methods I Teaching Assistant, UTSPH
Fall 2000, 2001, 2005, and 2006

Introduction to Epidemiology Teaching Assistant, UTSPH
Fall 1997 and 1998, Spring 2006

Advanced Epidemiologic Methods II Teaching Assistant, UTSPH
Spring 2001 and 2002

Epidemiologic Proposal Development Teaching Assistant, UTSPH
Summer 1998 and 1999

Field Epidemiology Teaching Assistant, UTSPH
Spring 1998 and 1999

Reviewer

American Public Health Association (Epidemiology Section), abstract reviewer (2008-9)
Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations (2007)
Society for Epidemiologic Research, abstract reviewer (2006)

Association Memberships

Society for Epidemiologic Research
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
American College of Epidemiology (Associate member)

  • Erin Fox, PhD
  • Erin E. Fox, PhD

  • Project Coordinator - PROMMTT, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR)
  • 6410 Fannin St. UPB 11.00
    Houston, TX 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-7965
    fax: 713-500-0766
    e-mail: erin.e.fox@uth.tmc.edu