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Frank D. Gilliland

Professor

Preventive Medicine (Division of Environmental & Occupational Health)
Keck School of Medicine

Send E-mail to:   gillilan@usc.edu 
Telephone: 323-442-1309Fax: 323-442-3272
Office: CHP 236Mail Code: 9013 HSC

Education:
BA 1973 Physics/Mathmatics - University of Virginia
MS 1974 Physics - University of Virginia
MD 1977 Medicine - University of Virginia
MPH 1990 Occ/Enviromental Health - University of Minnesota
PhD 1992 Env/Occ Epidemiology - University of Minnesota

Started at USC: 1997

Research Topics: Environmental & Occupational Health

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Research Description

Dr. Gilliland's research focuses on the epidemiology of acute and chronic pesticide exposure, epidemiology of respiratory illness, air pollution and asthma.



10 Selected Publications:
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Von Behren J,Lipsett M,Horn-Ross PL,Delfino RJ,Gilliland F,McConnell R,Bernstein L,Clarke CA,Reynolds P - Obesity, waist size and prevalence of current asthma in the California Teachers Study cohort. - Thorax [2009] Oct;64(10):889-93 PubMed

Pierce BL,Ballard-Barbash R,Bernstein L,Baumgartner RN,Neuhouser ML,Wener MH,Baumgartner KB,Gilliland FD,Sorensen BE,McTiernan A,Ulrich CM - Elevated Biomarkers of Inflammation Are Associated With Reduced Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients. - J Clin Oncol [2009] May 26;(): PubMed

Seibold MA,Reese TA,Choudhry S,Salam MT,Beckman K,Eng C,Atakilit A,Meade K,Lenoir M,Watson HG,Thyne S,Kumar R,Weiss KB,Grammer LC,Avila P,Schleimer RP,Fahy JV,Rodriguez-Santana J,Rodriguez-Cintron W,Boot RG,Sheppard D,Gilliland FD,Locksley RM,Burchard EG - Differential enzymatic activity of common haplotypic versions of the human acidic mammalian chitinase protein. - J Biol Chem [2009] May 12;(): PubMed

Himes BE,Hunninghake GM,Baurley JW,Rafaels NM,Sleiman P,Strachan DP,Wilk JB,Willis-Owen SA,Klanderman B,Lasky-Su J,Lazarus R,Murphy AJ,Soto-Quiros ME,Avila L,Beaty T,Mathias RA,Ruczinski I,Barnes KC,Celedón JC,Cookson WO,Gauderman WJ,Gilliland FD,Hakonarson H,Lange C,Moffatt MF,O'Connor GT,Raby BA,Silverman EK,Weiss ST - Genome-wide association analysis identifies PDE4D as an asthma-susceptibility gene. - Am J Hum Genet [2009] May;84(5):581-93 PubMed

Salam MT,Islam T,Gauderman WJ,Gilliland FD - Roles of arginase variants, atopy, and ozone in childhood asthma. - J Allergy Clin Immunol [2009] Mar;123(3):596-602, 602.e1-8 PubMed

Mirabelli MC,Künzli N,Avol E,Gilliland FD,Gauderman WJ,McConnell R,Peters JM - Respiratory Symptoms Following Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Airway Size as a Susceptibility Factor. - Epidemiology [2009] Mar 9;(): PubMed

Lee YL,McConnell R,Berhane K,Gilliland FD - Ambient ozone modifies the effect of tumor necrosis factor G-308A on bronchitic symptoms among children with asthma. - Allergy [2009] Feb 16;(): PubMed

Gilliland FD - Outdoor air pollution, genetic susceptibility, and asthma management: opportunities for intervention to reduce the burden of asthma. - Pediatrics [2009] Mar;123 Suppl 3():S168-73 PubMed

Breton CV,Vora H,Salam MT,Islam T,Wenten M,Gauderman WJ,Van Den Berg D,Berhane K,Peters JM,Gilliland FD - Variation in the GST mu Locus and Tobacco Smoke Exposure as Determinants of Childhood Lung Function. - Am J Respir Crit Care Med [2009] Jan 16;(): PubMed

Islam T,Berhane K,McConnell R,Gauderman WJ,Avol E,Peters JM,Gilliland FD - Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) P1, GSTM1, exercise, ozone and asthma incidence in school children. - Thorax [2009] Mar;64(3):197-202 PubMed


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