About this Program: Directors and Core Leaders

Catherine Schaefer, PhD
Executive Director of Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Neil J. Risch , PhD  
Co-Director, Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health,
Adjunct Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Director, Institute for Human Genetics
University of California, San Francisco
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Lisa Croen, PhD
Epidemiologist and Research Scientist
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Mary Henderson, MPH, MBA
Managing Director
Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health
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Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD
Associate Director for Etiology and Prevention Research
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Charles P. Quesenberry, PhD
Biostatistician and Research Scientist
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Sarah Rowell, MPH
Associate Director
Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health
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Carol P. Somkin PhD
Sociologist and Research Scientist
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Stephen Van Den Eeden, PhD
Epidemiologist and Research Scientist
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Larry Walter, MA
Associate Director for Informatics
Research Program on  Genes, Environment, and Health
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Rachel Whitmer, PhD
Epidemiologist and Research Scientist
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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