Lifang Hou, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Degree-Granting Education

MD, Shanxi Medical College, Shanxi, P.R.China
M.Sc in Community Medicine, Japan National Institute for Leprosy Research, Tokyo, Japan
Ph.D in molecular genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City, Japan
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Maryland.

Research interests

Dr. Hou’s research focuses on the roles of lifestyle, environmental/occupational exposure, and
molecular factors in the etiology and prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases.
Dr. Hou has been conducting studies examining the relation of DNA methylation, genetic
variations, telomere shortening with the risk of prostate cancer, Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphoma (NHL), and gastrointestinal cancers.

Selected Publications

1. Bollati V, Baccarelli A, Hou L, Bonzini M, Fustinoni S, Cavallo D, Byun HM, Jiang J, Marinelli B, Pesatori AC, Bertazzi PA, Yang AS. Changes in methylation patterns in subjects exposed to low-dose benzene. Cancer Res. 2007 Feb 1;67 (3):876-80 17283117
   
   
2. Hou L, El-Omar EM, Chen J, Grillo P, Rabkin C, Baccarelli A , Yeager M, Chanock SJ, Zatonski W, Groves FD, Sobin LH, Lissowska J, Fraumeni JF Jr., Chow WH. Polymorphisms in genes involved in Th1-type cell-mediated response and the risk of gastric cancer in Polish population. Carcinogenesis, 2007 Jan;28(1):118-23.
   
   
3. Baccarelli A, Hou L, Chen J, Lissowska J, El-Omar EM, Grillo P, Giacomini SM, Yeager M, Zatonski W, Fraumeni JF Jr., Chanock SJ, Chow WH, MBL2 polymorphisms, haplotypes, and stomach cancer risk in Polish population. International Journal of Cancer. 2006 Oct 15;119(8):1970-5.
   
   
4. Savage SA, Hou L, Lissowska J, Chow WH, Zatonski W, Chanock SJ, Yeager M, Interleukin 8 Polymorphisms Are Not Associated With Gastric Cancer Risk in a Polish Population. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2006 Mar;15(3):589-91.
   
   
5. Hou, L., Lee, WJ., Rusiecki, J., Hoppin, JA., Blair, A., Bonner, MR., Lubin, JH, Samanic, C., Sandler, DP., Dosemeci, M., Alavanja, M.C.R., Pendimethalin exposure and cancer risk among pesticide applicators: a report from the U.S.-based agricultural health study. Epidemiology, 2006 May; 17(3):302-307.
   
   
6. Hou, L., Xu, JF., Gao, YT., Rashid, A., Zhang, L., Shen, MC., Wang, BS., Deng, D., Sakoda, L., Han, TQ., Zhang, BH., Meyers, D., Fraumeni, Jr. JF., Hsing, AW. CYP17 MspA1 polymorphism and the risk of biliary tract cancers and gallstones: a population-based study in Shanghai, China. International Journal of Cancer, 2006 Jun;118(11):2847-53
   
   
7. Hou, L., Ji, BT., Blair, A., Dai, Q., Gao, YT., Chow, WH. Overweight and colon cancer risk: Modifying effects of menopause status in Chinese women. European Journal of Cancer, 2006 Jan; 42(1):84-90.
   
   
8. Hou, L., Chatterjee, N., Huang, WY., Baccarelli, A., Yadavalli, S., Yeager, M., Bresalier, RS., Chanock, SJ., Caporaso, NE., Ji, BT., Weissfeld, JL., Hayes, RB. CYP1A1 Val462 and NQO1 Ser187 polymorphisms, cigarette use, and risk for colorectal adenoma. Carcinogenesis, 2005 Jun; 26(6):1122-8.
   
   
9. Hou, L., Ji, BT., Blair, A., Dai, Q., Gao, YT., WH. Chow Commuting physical activity and colon cancer risk in Shanghai, China. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2004 160(9):860-7.
   
   
10. Hou, L., Osei-Hyiaman, D., Yu, HQ., Ren, ZY., Wang, B., Harada, S. Association of a 27-bp repeat polymorphism in ecNOS gene with ischemic stroke in Chinese. Neurology, 2001; 56:490-6.
    
    
11. Hou, L., Osei-Hyiaman, D., Zhang, ZM., Wang, B., Yang, AZ., Kano, K. Molecular characterization of pncA gene mutations in mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from China. Epidemiology and Infection, 2000. 124 (2); 227-32.
    
    
12. Soni LK, Hou L, Gapstur SM, Evens AM, Weisenburger DD, Chiu BC. Sun exposure and non-Hodgkins lymphoma: A population-based, case-control study. Eur J Cancer 2007 Aug 6.
    

PHONE: 312-908-7914
E-MAIL: l-hou@northwestern.edu