DEPT. OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
& BIOSTATISTICS

Nora L. Nock, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Genetic, molecular and environmental determinants of cancer; multivariate modeling; structural equation modeling. Office: Wolstein Research Building, Rm. 1301 Phone: (216) 368-5653 E-mail: nln@case.edu

Education

Ph.D., Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
[Thesis: Development and Application of DNA Damage and DNA Repair
Capacity Indices to Prostate Cancer]
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S., Civil Engineering

Professional Memberships

International Genetic Epidemiology Society
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
American Association for Cancer Research
American Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Chi Epsilon: Civil Engineering Honor Society
Cleveland Engineering Society: Environmental Division

Courses Taught

2005-2007: Epidemiology of Environmental Health (MPHP 429). Developed and instructed new course in Spring 2005 that presents key local and global issues in environmental health and epidemiology. This course provides students with an understanding of how genetic factors modify disease risk from environmental agents and how emerging exposure assessment (biomarkers, GPS-GIS) and statistical (PBTK/TD) methods will help improve protection of human health.

2008-present: Obesity and Cancer: Transdisciplinary Views from Molecules to Health Policy (EPBI/MPHP 464). This course provides an overview of energy balance components (diet, physical activity, resting metabolic rate, dietary induced thermogenesis) and obesity, a consequence of long term positive energy balance, and relations with certain cancers. After presenting an overview of epidemiological evidence for the obesity epidemic, the cellular and molecular biology of energy metabolism is discussed. Emerging research on biologically plausible connections and epidemiological associations between obesity and various types of cancer (e.g., colon, breast) are presented; and, interventions targeted at decreasing obesity and improving quality of life in cancer patients are also discussed.

2008-present: Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Seminar (EPBI 502). Students are exposed to a broad range of advanced topics related to the field of genetic and molecular epidemiology. The seminar includes student presentations of dissertation/thesis work and recent journal articles as well as presentations by invited speakers.

Recent Publications