Stephanie Joan Weinstein (born 1967) is an American nutritionist and cancer epidemiologist who is a staff scientist in the metabolic epidemiology branch at the

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. She researches diet and cancer associations with a focus on

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, and one-carbon metabolism. Weinstein was formerly an environmental toxicologist at a

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Life

Weinstein was born 1967 in

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. She graduated from Andover High School. She received a B.S. in biology from

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

. After completing her undergraduate studies, Weinstein was an environmental toxicologist at the Jellinek, Schwartz & Connolly, Inc.

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Weinstein earned a M.S. (1995) and Ph.D. (1998) in nutrition from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. Her master's thesis was titled, ''Hispanics in metropolitan New York: perceptions and practices related to seafood''. Weinstein's dissertation focused on one-carbon metabolism and

cervical cancer Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix or in any layer of the wall of the cervix. It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that can invade or spread to other parts of the body. Early on, typically no symptoms are seen. Later sympt ...

. It was titled, ''Serum and red blood cell folate levels in relation to invasive cervical cancer risk in a multicenter case-control study of United States women''. Carole Bisogni was her doctoral advisor. Weinstein's research was influenced by mentor Regina G. Ziegler. Weinstein was a postdoctoral fellow in the nutritional epidemiology branch (NEB), division of cancer epidemiology and genetics (DCEG),

(NCI), for three years. After working for one year as a nutritionist in the

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is a program area of the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), originally created in 1994 and merged into FNS beginning in 2017, to improve the health and well-being of Americans by establis ...

, she returned to NCI as a staff scientist in NEB in 2002. She works in the metabolic epidemiology branch. Weinstein publishes on diet and cancer associations, with a focus on

, and one-carbon metabolism. She manages the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study, a prospective

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that began as a

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. Weinstein works with the data coordinating center for the Connect for Cancer Prevention Study, a prospective cohort of 200,000 adults in the United States.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinstein, Stephanie J Living people 1967 births Scientists from Boston Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni Cornell University alumni National Institutes of Health people Cancer epidemiologists American women epidemiologists American epidemiologists American women nutritionists 21st-century American women scientists American toxicologists