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 provides compelling support for the "cancer transition" theory. It posits that as nations develop, cancers with infectious roots (e.g., stomach and cervical) decline, whereas those with non-infectious roots (e.g., lung and breast) increase. This consistent pattern for infectious-related v. non-infectious-related cancers had never been as comprehensively demonstrated. Feel free to contact me or connect via ResearchGate or LinkedIn. Best, Omer |
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