Mariana C. Stern, PhD

Dr. Stern obtained her undergraduate training in Biology at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Sciences, in Argentina with a focus on molecular and evolutionary genetics. She obtained her PhD in Cancer Biology at the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center and pursued postdoctoral training in molecular epidemiology at the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. At USC, she is currently Director for the Molecular Epidemiology MS/PhD Program and teaches to undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in graduate programs in Preventive Medicine. Her overall research interests cut across the following main themes: diet and cancer, clinical epidemiology of prostate cancer, and cancer health disparities in Latino populations.

• University of Buenos Aires, School of Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina — BS, MS — 1992 — Biology
• University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tx — PhD — 1992 — Cancer Biology
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC — Postdoctoral Training — 2001 — Epidemiology

• ADVANCE Population Cancer Research (PCR) Training
  NIH · T32CA293959 · Sep 1, 2024 – Aug 31, 2029 · Role: Principal Investigator
• Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center
  NIH/NCI · 2 U54 CA233465-6 · Sep 1, 2023 – Aug 31, 2028 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
• 1/3 Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Center
  NIH · U54CA233396 · Sep 19, 2018 – Aug 31, 2028 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
• 3/3 Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Center
  NIH · U54CA233465 · Sep 19, 2018 – Aug 31, 2028 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
• 2/3 Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Center
  NIH · U54CA233444 · Sep 17, 2018 – Aug 31, 2028 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
• Diagnosing clinically-significant prostate cancer in African American men: Systematic random versus MR-image-fusion guided biopsy
  NIH · R01CA205058 · Sep 2, 2016 – Aug 31, 2021 · Role: Principal Investigator

• ENLACE Study Explores Colorectal Cancer in Hispanic and Latino People (10/18/2023)
• Biden’s Moonshot fund to support USC researchers (2/23/2022)
• Cancer Moonshot funds will help USC researchers reduce health disparities in cancer research (1/26/2022)
• Discussing Cancer Health Disparities (10/02/2020)
• To diversify research, USC teams with Florida universities on cancer disparities (10/25/2018)
• With a newly required cancer warning label, we discuss if coffee is safe to drink (04/02/2018)
• Go ahead and drink your coffee, public health experts say (03/30/2018)
• For Latinos, cancer risks can depend on heritage (08/29/2016)
• Ni el café ni el mate: la temperatura del agua podría causar cáncer de esófago (06/16/2016)
• Café ardiendo, bacon… La OMS nos quita todo los que nos gusta (06/16/2016)
• Hot Drinks May Cause Cancer, According To World Health Organization (06/16/2016)
• WHO: Coffee itself isn't cancerous, but watch out for 'very hot' beverages (06/15/2016)
• It's not the coffee that will give you cancer, it's how hot it is (06/15/2016)
• Directa la relación entre la carne roja y el cáncer (03/08/2016)
• A Scientist Who Worked on the World Health Organization's Report on Red and Processed Meats Answers All Your Burning Questions (10/27/2015)
• The Science Behind How Bacon Causes Cancer (10/26/2015)
• Eating red meat may raise bladder cancer risk (11/20/2012)
• Pan-fried meat increases risk of prostate cancer, new study finds (08/16/2012)
• Should I eat hot dogs?

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