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Center for Global Health Faculty

Paul Strickland

Professor

Director, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health

Paul Strickland

Academic Degrees

  • PhD

Departmental Affiliation

Departmental Address

615 North Wolfe Street Room E7535

Contact Information

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Research and Professional Experience

The research conducted in my laboratory focuses on molecular biomonitoring of toxic agents and genetic polymorphisms associated with their metabolism. The general theme is the assessment of toxicant metabolites and early effects in human populations with known or suspected exposure to various occupational or environmental toxicants. This approach has widespread application in assessing previous exposure to carcinogens and other toxicants and is used as a predictor of ultimate disease risk. The ability to measure toxicant metabolites and early effects in human tissues allows one to address a variety of public health issues related to the human exposome and individual susceptibility to environmental diseases. Furthermore, elucidating the spectrum of common polymorphisms in toxicant metabolizing and other genes associated with disease outcome provides an approach to assessing individual susceptibility to disease.

Keywords

Environmental and occupational health sciences, molecular biomonitoring, genotoxic agents, carcinogens, genetic polymorphisms, carcinogen metabolites, genetic damage in human populations, molecular epidemiology, exposome

Honors and Awards

International Agency for Research on Cancer Fellow (UK); Dale Research Fellow (Paterson Laboratories, UK); Howard Fox Lecture, NYU Medical Center, New York; Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on Biological Monitoring, Seoul, Korea; Member, European Academy of Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Section; Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on Occupational Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Selected Publications

Deziel NC, Wei WQ, Abnet CC, Qiao YL, Sunderland D, Ren JS, Schantz MM, Zhang Y, Strickland PT, Abubaker S, Dawsey SM, Friesen M, Roth MJ. A multi-day environmental study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in a high-risk region for esophageal cancer in China. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 Jul 18. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.73. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22805987.

Jorgensen TJ, Ruczinski I, Yao Shugart Y, Wheless L, Berthier Schaad Y, Kessing B, Hoffman-Bolton J, Helzlsouer KJ, Kao WH, Francis L, Alani RM, Strickland PT, Smith MW, Alberg AJ. A population-based study of hedgehog pathway
gene variants in relation to the dual risk of basal cell carcinoma plus another cancer. Cancer Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:22677152.

Islami F, Boffetta P, van Schooten FJ, Strickland P, Phillips DH, Pourshams A, Fazel-Tabar Malekshah A, Godschalk R, Jafari E, Etemadi A, Abubaker S, Kamangar F, Straif K, Møller H, Schüz J, Malekzadeh R. Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Among Never Smokers in Golestan Province, Iran, an Area of High Incidence of Esophageal Cancer - a Cross-Sectional Study with Repeated Measurement of Urinary 1-OHPG in Two Seasons. Front Oncol. 2012;2:14. Epub 2012 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 22655262; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3356003.

Ruczinski I, Jorgensen T, Yao Shugart Y, Berthier Schaad Y, Kessing B, Hoffman-Bolton J, Helzlsouer K, Kao WH, Wheless L, Francis L, Alani R, Strickland P, Smith M, Alberg A. A population-based study of DNA repair gene variants in
relation to nonmelanoma skin cancer as a marker of a cancer-prone phenotype. Carcinogenesis. 2012 May 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22581838.

Deziel NC, Buckley TJ, Sinha R, Abubaker S, Platz EA, Strickland PT. Comparability and repeatability of methods for estimating the dietary intake of the heterocyclic amine contaminant 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5b]-pyridine (PhIP). Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2012 Aug;29(8):1202-11. Epub 2012 May 9. PubMed PMID: 22571725.

Wheless L, Kistner-Griffin E, Jorgensen TJ, Ruczinski I, Berthier-Schaad Y, Kessing B, Hoffman-Bolton J, Francis L, Shugart YY, Strickland PT, Kao WH, Alani RM, Smith MW, Alberg AJ. A community-based study of nucleotide excision repair polymorphisms in relation to the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer. J Invest Dermatol. 2012 May;132(5):1354-62. doi: 10.1038/jid.2012.4. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
PubMed PMID: 22336945; PubMed Central ID: MC3326207

Deziel NC, Strickland PT, Platz EA, Abubaker S, Buckley TJ. Comparison of standard methods for assessing dietary intake of benzo[a]pyrene. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):962-70. Epub 2011 Mar 23. PubMed PMID: 21430297.

Lin MH, Liou SH, Chang CW, Huang IH, Strickland PT, Lai CH. An engineering intervention resulting in improvement in lung function and change in urinary 8-hydroxy-deoxy-guanosine among foundry workers in Taiwan. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Feb;84(2):175-83. Epub 2010 Sep 24. PubMed PMID: 20865274.

Gallicchio L, Chang HH, Christo DK, Thuita L, Huang HY, Strickland P, Ruczinski I, Clipp S, Helzlsouer KJ. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in obesity-related genes and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study. BMC Med Genet. 2009 Oct 9;10:103. PubMed PMID: 19818126; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2763854.

Wheless L, Ruczinski I, Alani RM, Clipp S, Hoffman-Bolton J, Jorgensen TJ, Liégeois NJ, Strickland PT, Alberg AJ. The association between skin characteristics and skin cancer prevention behaviors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Oct;18(10):2613-9. Epub 2009 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 19755654; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2759861.

Chae YK, Huang HY, Strickland P, Hoffman SC, Helzlsouer K. Genetic polymorphisms of estrogen receptors alpha and beta and the risk of developing prostate cancer. PLoS One. 2009 Aug 5;4(8):e6523. PubMed PMID: 19654868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2715882.

Lam TK, Ruczinski I, Helzlsouer K, Shugart YY, Li KE, Clipp S, Strickland PT, Alberg AJ. Copy number variants of GSTM1 and GSTT1 in relation to lung cancer risk in a prospective cohort study. Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;19(8):546-52. PMID: 19394866; PMCID: PMC2720160.

Suwan-ampai P, Navas-Acien A, Strickland PT, Agnew J. Involuntary tobacco smoke exposure and urinary levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the United States, 1999 to 2002. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Mar;18(3):884-93. Epub 2009 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 19258471.

Lee KH, Vermeulen R, Lenters V, Cho SH, Strickland PT, Kang D. Determinants of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide in South Korean children. Int Arch Occup
Environ Health. 2009 Aug;82(8):961-8. Epub 2008 Nov 20. PubMed PMID: 19020893.

Chen J, Ruczinski I, Jorgensen TJ, Yenokyan G, Yao Y, Alani R, Liégeois NJ, Hoffman SC, Hoffman-Bolton J, Strickland PT, Helzlsouer KJ, Alberg AJ. Nonmelanoma skin cancer and risk for subsequent malignancy. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Sep 3;100(17):1215-22. Epub 2008 Aug 26.  PMID: 18728282; PMCID: PMC2720713.

Gallicchio L, Kalesan B, Huang HY, Strickland P, Hoffman SC, Helzlsouer KJ. Genetic polymorphisms of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a community-based cohort in Washington county, Maryland. PPAR Res. 2008:276581. PMID: 18288282; PMCID: PMC2233806

Gallicchio L, Chang H, Christo DK, Thuita L, Huang HY, Strickland P, Ruczinski I, Hoffman SC, Helzlsouer KJ. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in inflammation-related genes and mortality in a community-based cohort in
Washington County, Maryland. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Apr 1;167(7):807-13. Epub 2008 Feb 7. PMID: 18263601.

Engel LS, Laden F, Andersen A, Strickland PT, Blair A, Needham LL, Barr DB, Wolff MS, Helzlsouer K, Hunter DJ, Lan Q, Cantor KP, Comstock GW, Brock JW, Bush D, Hoover RN, Rothman N. Polychlorinated biphenyl levels in peripheral blood and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a report from three cohorts. Cancer Res. 2007 Jun 1;67(11):5545-52. PubMed PMID: 17545638.

Huang HY, Thuita L, Strickland P, Hoffman SC, Comstock GW, Helzlsouer KJ. Frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes regulating inflammatory responses in a community-based population. BMC Genet. 2007 Mar 14;8:7. PMID: 17355643; PMCID: PMC1838428.

Visvanathan K, Crum RM, Strickland PT, You X, Ruczinski I, Berndt SI, Alberg AJ, Hoffman SC, Comstock GW, Bell DA, Helzlsouer KJ. Alcohol dehydrogenase genetic polymorphisms, low-to-moderate alcohol consumption, and risk of breast cancer. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Mar;31(3):467-76. PMID: 17295732; PMCID: PMC2787101

Gunter MJ, Divi RL, Kulldorff M, Vermeulen R, Haverkos KJ, Kuo MM, Strickland P, Poirier MC, Rothman N, Sinha R. Leukocyte polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adduct formation and colorectal adenoma. Carcinogenesis. 2007 Jul;28(7):1426-9. Epub 2007 Feb 2. PMID: 17277232.

Abnet CC, Fagundes RB, Strickland PT, Kamangar F, Roth MJ, Taylor PR, Dawsey SM. The influence of genetic polymorphisms in Ahr, CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP1B1, GST
M1, GST T1 and UGT1A1 on urine 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide concentrations in healthy subjects from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Carcinogenesis. 2007 Jan;28(1):112-7. Epub 2006 Jul 24. PMID: 16864595.

Gunier RB, Reynolds P, Hurley SE, Yerabati S, Hertz A, Strickland P, Horn-Ross PL. Estimating exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a comparison of survey, biological monitoring, and geographic information system-based methods. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Jul;15(7):1376-81. PMID: 16835339.

Fagundes RB, Abnet CC, Strickland PT, Kamangar F, Roth MJ, Taylor PR, Dawsey SM. Higher urine 1-hydroxy pyrene glucuronide (1-OHPG) is associated with tobacco smoke exposure and drinking maté in healthy subjects from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. BMC Cancer. 2006 May 26;6:139. PubMed PMID: 16729889; PMCID: PMC1539013.

Genkinger JM, Platz EA, Hoffman SC, Strickland P, Huang HY, Comstock GW, Helzlsouer KJ. C47T polymorphism in manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), antioxidant intake and survival. Mech Ageing Dev. 2006 Apr;12(4): 371-7. Epub 2006 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 16458347.

Sastry CM, Whitmore SE, Breysse PN, Morison WL, Strickland PT. The effect of clinical UVA/B exposures on urinary urocanic acid isomer levels in individuals with caucasian type (II/III) skin types. Dermatol Online J. 2005 Dec 1;11(3):1. PubMed PMID: 16409897.

Pourshams A, Saadatian-Elahi M, Nouraie M, Malekshah AF, Rakhshani N, Salahi R, Yoonessi A, Semnani S, Islami F, Sotoudeh M, Fahimi S, Sadjadi AR, Nasrollahzadeh D, Aghcheli K, Kamanger F, Abnet CC, Saidi F, Sewram V, Strickland PT, Dawsey SM, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Malekzadeh R. Golestan cohort study of oesophageal cancer: feasibility and first results. Brit J Cancer 92:176-181, 2005.

Gaffney SH, Curriero FC, Strickland PT, Glass G, Helzlsouer KJ, Breysse PN. Influence of geographic location in modeling blood pesticide levels in a community surrounding a U.S. Environmental protection agency superfund site. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Dec;113(12):1712-6. PMID: 16330352; PMCID: PMC1314910.

Lai CH, Liou SH, Shih TS, Tsai PJ, Chen HL, Chang YC, Buckley TJ, Strickland P, Jaakkola JJ. Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among highway toll station workers in taipei: direct and indirect exposure assessment. Arch Environ Health. 2004 Mar;59(3):138-48. PubMed PMID: 16121903.

Sinha R, Kulldorff M, Gunter MJ, Strickland P, Rothman N. Dietary benzo[a]pyrene intake and risk of colorectal adenoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Aug;14(8):2030-4. PubMed PMID: 16103456.

Kang D, Lee KH, Lee KM, Kwon HJ, Hong YC, Cho SH, Strickland PT. Design issues in cross-sectional biomarkers studies: urinary biomarkers of PAH exposure and oxidative stress. Mutat Res. 2005 Dec 30;592(1-2):138-46. Epub 2005 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 16102785.

Lai CH, Liou SH, Shih TS, Tsai PJ, Chen HL, Buckley TJ, Strickland PT, Jaakkola JJ. Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene-glucuronide as a biomarker of exposure to various vehicle exhausts among highway toll-station workers in Taipei, Taiwan. Arch Environ Health. 2004 Feb;59(2):61-9. PubMed PMID: 16075899.

Kamangar F, Strickland PT, Pourshams A, Malekzadeh R, Boffetta P, Roth MJ, Abnet CC, Saadatian-Elahi M, Rakhshani N, Brennan P, Etemadi A, Dawsey SM. High
exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons may contribute to high risk of esophageal cancer in north-eastern Iran. Anticancer Res. 2005 Jan-Feb;25(1B):425-8. PubMed PMID: 15816606.

Lai CH, Liou SH, Lin HC, Shih TS, Tsai PJ, Chen JS, Yang T, Jaakkola JJ, Strickland PT. Exposure to traffic exhausts and oxidative DNA damage. Occup Environ Med. 2005 Apr;62(4):216-22. PubMed PMID: 15778253; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1740998.

Kim JH, Sherman ME, Curriero FC, Guengerich FP, Strickland PT, Sutter TR. Expression of cytochromes P450 1A1 and 1B1 in human lung from smokers, non-smokers, and ex-smokers. Toxicol Appld Pharmacol 199:210-219, 2004.

Alberg AJ, Daudt A, Huang HY, Hoffman SC, Comstock GW, Helzlsouer KJ, Strickland PT, Bell DA. N-Acetyl transferase 2 (NAT2) genotypes, cigarette smoking and the risk of breast cancer. Cancer Detect Preven 28:187-193, 2004.

Cantor KP, Strickland PT, Brock JW, Bush D, Helzlsouer K, Needham LL, Zahm SH, Comstock GW, Rothman N. Risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and pre-diagnostic serum organchlorines: ß-hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane/ heptachlor-related compounds, dieldrin, and hexachloro-benzene. Env Health Perspec 111:179-183, 2003

Park SK, Kang DH, Noh DY, Kang HJ, Ahn SH, Choe KJ, Strickland PT, Hirvonen A, Yoo KY. Reproductive factors, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 genetic polymorphisms and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research Treatment 78:89-96, 2003.

Lee KH, Ichiba M, Zhang JS, Tomokuni K, Hong YC, Ha M, Lee JM, Ha M, Kwon HJ, Koh SB, Choi HR, Lee KH, Park CG, Cho SH, Hirvonen A, Strickland PT, Vermeulen R, Hayes RB, Kang DH. Multiple biomarker study in painters in a shipyard in Korea. Mutation Research 540:89-98, 2003.

Mammen JS, Pittman GS, Li Y, Abou-Zahr F, Bejjani BA, Bell DA, Strickland PT, Sutter TR. Single amino acid mutations, but not common polymorphisms, decrease the activity of CYP1B1 against (-)benzo[a]pyrene-7R-trans- 7,8-dihydrodiol. Carcinogenesis 24:1247-1255, 2003.

Jackson PE, Kuang SY, Wang JB, Strickland PT, Munoz A, Kensler TW, Qian GS, Groopman JD. Prospective detection of codon 249 mutations in plasma of hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Carcinogenesis 24:1657-1663, 2003.

Strickland PT, Qian Z, Friesen M, Rothman N, Sinha R. Metabolites of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo(4,5-b)pyridine (PhIP) in human urine after consumption of charbroiled or fried meat. Mutation Research 506:163-173, 2002.

Lee KH, Lee JM, Ha M, Choi JW, Cho SH, Hwang ES, Park CG, Strickland PT, Hirvonen A, Kang DH. Influence of polymorphism of GSTM1 gene on association between glycophorin A mutant frequency and urinary PAH metabolites in incineration workers. J Toxicol Environ Health 65:355-363, 2002.

Kim SU, Park SK, Yoo KY, Yoon KS, Choi JY, Seo JS, Park WY, Kim JH, Noh DY, Ahn SH, Choe KJ, Strickland PT, Hirvonen A, Kang DH. XRCC1 genetic polymorphism and breast cancer risk. Pharmacogenetics 12:335-338, 2002.

Ishibe N, Sinha R, Hein DW, Kulldorff M, Strickland P, Fretland AJ, Chow WH, Kadlubar FF, Lang NP, Rothman N. Genetic polymorphisms in heterocyclic amine metabolism and risk of colorectal adenomas. Pharmacogenetic 12:145-150, 2002.

Sutter CH, Qian Z, Mammen JS, Strickland PT, Sutter TR. Genotyping human cytochrome P450 1B1 variants. Methods Enzymol 375:53-58, 2002.

Roth MJ, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Tangrea JA, Dawsey SM, Wang GQ, Cho SH, Kang DH, Taylor PR, Strickland PT. High urine 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide concentrations in Linxian, China, an area of high risk for squamous esophageal cancer. Biomarkers 6:381-386, 2001.

Strickland PT, Qian Z, Friesen M, Rothman N, Sinha R. Measurement of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo (4,5-b)pyridine (PhIP) in acid-hydrolyzed urine by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Biomarkers 6:313-325, 2001

Friesen M, Rothman N, Strickland PT. Concentration of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo-(4,5-b)- pyridine (PhIP) in urine and alkali-hydrolyzed urine after consumption of charbroiled beef. Cancer Letters 173:43-51, 2001.

Wang JS, Abubaker S, He X, Strickland PT, Groopman JD. Development of an aflatoxin B1-lysine adduct specific monoclonal antibody for human exposure studies. Appld Environ Microbiol 67:2712-2717,2001

Yim DS, Park SK, Yoo KY, Yoon KS, Chung HH, Ahn SH, Noh DY, Choe KJ, Jang IJ, Shin SG, Strickland PT, Hirvonen A, Kang DH. Relationship between the val158met polymorphism of catechol O-methyl transferase and breast cancer risk. Pharmacogenetics 11:279-286, 2001.

Goodman JE, Lavigne JA, Wu K, Helzlsouer KJ, Strickland PT, Selhub J, Yager JD. COMT genotype, micronutrients in the folate metabolic pathway and risk for breast cancer. Carcinogenesis 22:1661-1665, 2001.

Cho SH, Kang JW, Ju YS, Sung JH, Lee CK, Lee YS, Strickland PT, Kang DH. Use of urinary PAH metabolites to assess PAH exposure intervention among coke oven workers. J Occup Health 42:138-143, 2000.

Laken SJ, Jackson PE, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Strickland PT, Groopman JD, Friesen MD. Genotyping by mass spectrometric analysis of short DNA fragments. Nature Biotechnol 16:1352-1356, 1998.

      
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