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. I earned both my undergraduate and graduate degrees at UC Berkeley: a B.A. in Sociology and all pre-medicine classes, an M.P.H. (Master of Public Health) in Epidemiology, and a Ph.D. in Demography (Population Studies). After completing my Ph.D., I moved to Taiwan for a postdoctoral position at Academia Sinica, and after that became a researcher at the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI). My latest academic work has 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. Feel free to contact me or connect via ResearchGate or LinkedIn. Best, Omer |
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