Associate Professor Lin Fritschi

Associate Professor Lin Fritschi joined WAIMR in July 2006. Lin is a cancer epidemiologist, with a particular interest in occupational causes of cancer.

Over the past 12 years she has worked in Montreal, Melbourne and Brisbane and has a total career grant funding of over $10 million. Lin has been an investigator on a number of large case-control studies including colorectal cancer, childhood acute lymphocytic leukaemia, prostate cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In addition, she is has been involved in cohort studies of aluminium industry workers, veterinarians, meatworkers and textile workers.

Lin is also interested in improving the way we assess historical exposure to chemicals. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals and has been or is a member of a number of NHMRC and other committees.

Presently Lin holds an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship, which provides her with 5-years of personal funding to further develop her program of research at WAIMR.

Qualifications

1985	MBBS - The University of Queensland, Australia
1994	PhD - The Australian National University, Australia Thesis Title: "Assessment of sun exposure"
1994	FAFPHM - Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Research Interests

• Cancer epidemiology.
• Occupational causes of cancer.
• Exposure assessment in epidemiological studies.

Top 10 Publications

1. Fritschi L, Driscoll TR. 2006. Cancer due to occupation in Australia. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 30(3):213-219. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
2. Fritschi L, Dye SA, Katris P. 2006. Validity of melanoma diagnosis in a community based screening program. American Journal of Epidemiology 164(4):385-90. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
3. Leavy J, Fritschi L, Ambrosini G. 2006. Vietnam military service history and prostate cancer. BMC Public Health 6:75. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
4. Baade P, Fritschi L, Eakin E. 2006. Non-cancer causes of death in people with cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 17(3):287-297. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
5. Fritschi L, Benke G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Turner J, Vajdic CM, Grulich A, Milliken S, Kaldor J, Armstrong BK. 2005. Occupational exposure to pesticides and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. American Journal of Epidemiology 162(9):849-857. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
6. Threlfall T, Wittorff J, Boutdara P, Heyworth J, Katris P, Sheiner H, Fritschi L. 2005. Collection of population-based cancer staging information in Western Australia - a feasibility study. Population Health Metrics 3:9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
7. Fritschi L, Benke G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Vajdic CM, Turner J, Grulich A, Milliken S, Kaldor J, Armstrong BK. 2005. Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with occupational exposure to solvents, metals, organic dusts and PCBs. Cancer Causes and Control 16(5):599-607. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
8. McEvoy SP, Ingram DM, Byrne MJ, Josph DJ, Dewar J, Trotter J, Harper C, Haworth C, Harvey JM, Sterrett GF, Jamrozik K, Fritschi L. 2004. Breast cancer in Western Australia: Clinical practice and clinical guidelines. Medical Journal of Australia 181(6):305-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
9. Fritschi L, Nadon L, Benke G, Lakhani R, Latreille B, Parent M-E, Siemiatycki J. 2003. Validation of expert assessment of occupational exposures. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 43(5):519-522. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
10. Fritschi L, Johnson KC, Kliewer E, Fry R. 2002. Animal-related occupations and the risk of leukaemia, myeloma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cancer Causes and Control 13(6):563-571. [NCBI PubMed Entry]