Frank D. Gilliland Professor Preventive Medicine (Division of Environmental & Occupational Health) Keck School of Medicine

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

Research Description

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

Selected Publications

Penson DF, McLerran D, Feng Z, Li L, Albertsen PC, Gilliland FD, Hamilton A, Hoffman RM, Stephenson RA, Potosky AL, Stanford JL. - 5-year urinary and sexual outcomes after radical prostatectomy: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study. - J Urol [ 2008 ] May;179(5 Suppl):S40-4 . PubMed

Leng S, Stidley CA, Willink R, Bernauer A, Do K, Picchi MA, Sheng X, Frasco MA, Van Den Berg D, Gilliland FD, Zima C, Crowell RE, Belinsky SA. - Double-strand break damage and associated DNA repair genes predispose smokers to gene methylation. - Cancer Res [ 2008 ] Apr 15;68(8):3049-56 . PubMed

Pierce BL, Neuhouser ML, Wener MH, Bernstein L, Baumgartner RN, Ballard-Barbash R, Gilliland FD, Baumgartner KB, Sorensen B, McTiernan A, Ulrich CM. - Correlates of circulating C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A concentrations in breast cancer survivors. - Breast Cancer Res Treat [ 2008 ] Apr 10; . PubMed

Li YF, Gauderman WJ, Conti DV, Lin PC, Avol E, Gilliland FD. - Glutathione S-transferase P1, maternal smoking, and asthma in children: a haplotype-based analysis. - Environ Health Perspect [ 2008 ] Mar;116(3):409-15 . PubMed

Lee YL, Gilliland FD, Wang JY, Lee YC, Guo YL. - Associations of FcepsilonRIbeta E237G polymorphism with wheezing in Taiwanese schoolchildren. - Clin Exp Allergy [ 2008 ] Mar;38(3):413-20 . PubMed

Islam T, McConnell R, Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Peters JM, Gilliland FD. - Ozone, oxidant defense genes, and risk of asthma during adolescence. - Am J Respir Crit Care Med [ 2008 ] Feb 15;177(4):388-95 . PubMed

Salam MT, Islam T, Gilliland FD. - Recent evidence for adverse effects of residential proximity to traffic sources on asthma. - Curr Opin Pulm Med [ 2008 ] Jan;14(1):3-8 . PubMed

Lyon CM, Klinge DM, Liechty KC, Gentry FD, March TH, Kang T, Gilliland FD, Adamova G, Rusinova G, Telnov V, Belinsky SA. - Radiation-induced lung adenocarcinoma is associated with increased frequency of genes inactivated by promoter hypermethylation. - Radiat Res [ 2007 ] Oct;168(4):409-14 . PubMed

Salam MT, Lin PC, Avol EL, Gauderman WJ, Gilliland FD. - Microsomal epoxide hydrolase, glutathione S-transferase P1, traffic and childhood asthma. - Thorax [ 2007 ] Dec;62(12):1050-7 . PubMed

Salam MT, Gauderman WJ, McConnell R, Lin PC, Gilliland FD. - Transforming growth factor- 1 C-509T polymorphism, oxidant stress, and early-onset childhood asthma. - Am J Respir Crit Care Med [ 2007 ] Dec 15;176(12):1192-9 . PubMed