Omer Gersten, Ph.D.
Email: omer.gersten@gmail.com
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Omer Gersten, Ph.D. |
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Welcome to my homepage!
I'm a health researcher specializing in population health and epidemiology, currently living in San Diego, California. My latest academic work examined empirical support for the "cancer transition" theory across the US, select European nations, and Japan. The cancer transition theory posits that cancers with infectious roots (e.g., stomach and cervical) are declining, whereas those with non-infectious roots (e.g., lung and breast) are increasing. My collaborator and I indeed found evidence for cancer transitions -- thus offering a new framework for understanding divergent cancer trends, which had previously lacked a cohesive theoretical explanation. I completed both my undergraduate and doctoral studies at UC Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Sociology while also completing the full pre-medical curriculum. Rather than go to medical school as I had planned, I chose instead to earn a Ph.D. in Demography (Population Studies), and as part of that program, I also obtained a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) with a concentration in Epidemiology. My dissertation analyzed data from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS), conducted in Taiwan. To continue work in this area, I moved overseas for a postdoctoral position at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, followed by a research position at the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), in that same country. Feel free to contact me or connect via ResearchGate or LinkedIn. Best, Omer |
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