Faculty Profile

Alison M. Mondul

Alison M. Mondul, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

    • Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
  • 4646 SPH Tower
  • 1415 Washington Heights
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029
Professional Summary
Alison Mondul received her MSPH in Epidemiology from Emory University in 2002 and her PhD in Cancer Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in 2009. She then spent five years as a post-doctoral fellow in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute before joining the University of Michigan as an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology.
Courses Taught
Education
  • Ph.D., Cancer Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, 2009
  • M.S.P.H., Epidemiology, Emory University, 2002
  • B.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
Research Interests & Projects

  • Alison Mondul has devoted her scientific career to studying the role of modifiable risk factors in the etiology of cancer. In particular, her main focus has been how factors related to diet and nutrition, such as micronutrients and lipids, may influence prostate and other genitourinary cancers and conditions, and how genetic factors may contribute to or modify these associations. She has focused on vitamins A, D, and E, and β-carotene, as well as the role of common medications in relation to risk of cancer, including prostate cancer.

Selected Publications
  • Moy, K.A.*, Mondul, A.M.*, Zhang, H., Weinstein, S.J., Wheelwer, W., Chung, C.C., Männistö, S., Yu, K., Chanock, S.J., Albanes, D. (2014). Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D-binding protein. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 99(6), 1424-31. [*co-first authors].
  • Mondul, A.M., Weinstein, S.J., Moy, K.A., Männistö, S., Albanes, D. (2014). Vitamin D binding protein, circulating vitamin D, and risk of renal cell carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 134(11), 2699-706.
  • Mondul, A.M., Giovannucci, E., Willett, W.C., Platz, E.A. (2013). A prospective study of statin drug use and lower urinary tract symptoms in older men. American Journal of Epidemiology, 178(5), 797-803.
  • Mondul, A.M., Sampson, J.N., Moore, S.C., Weinstein, S.J., Evans, A.M., Karoly, E.D., Virtamo, J., Albanes, D. (2013). Metabolomic profile of response to supplementation with ?-carotene in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 98(2), 488-93.
  • Mondul, A.M., Shui, I.M., Yu, K., Travis, R.C., Stevens, V.L., Campa, D., Schumacher, F.R., Ziegler, R.G., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B., et al. (2013). Vitamin D-associated genes in relation to prostate cancer risk in the BPC3. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 22(4), 688-96.
Professional Affiliations
  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • American Society for Nutrition (ASN)