University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Epidemiologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics and Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Awards & Honors
1997 Public Health Award, Summer Student Employment Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2001 Society for Epidemiologic Research Student Workshop Fellowship
2003 Masonic Dietz Family Award for Travel
2007 Children's Cancer Research Fund Award for Excellence in Childhood Cancer Research (first recipient)

Selected Recent Publications
Schuz J, Spector LG, Ross JA: Bias in studies of parental self-reported occupational exposures and childhood cancer. Am J Epidemiology 2003; 158:710-6.

Spector LG, Ross JA: Hepatoblastoma and smoking: confounding by birth weight? (Letter) Br J Cancer 2003; 89:602.

Spector LG, Groves F, DeStefano F, Liff J, Klein M, Mullooly J, Black S, Shinefeld H, Ward J, Marcy M for the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project:  Medically recorded allergies and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Eur J Cancer 2004; 40:579-84.

Spector LG, Feusner J, Ross JA: Rising incidence of hepatoblastoma and low birth weight.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 43:706.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Olshan AF, Bunin GR: Birth certificates: A best control scenario? (Editorial) Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:922-4.

Canfield K, Spector LG, Robison LL, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Smith FO, Heerema N, Barnard D, Blair CK, Lazovich D, Ross JA:  Childhood and maternal infections and risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Br J Cancer 2004; 91:1866-72.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Robison LL, Olshan AF:  Epidemiology of leukemia in children with Down syndrome.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005; 44:8-12.

Spector LG, Xie Y, Robison LL, Heerema NA, Hilden JM, Lange B, Felix CA, Davies SM, Slavin J, Potter JD, Blair CK, Reaman GH, Ross JA:  Maternal diet and infant leukemia: the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor hypothesis (a report from the Children's Oncology Group).  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:651-5.

Spector LG, Nagarajan R, Ross JA:  Epidemiology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas, for Pappo A (ed.) Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas.  Springer Verlag: Berlin, 2005.

Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Feusner JH, Georgieff MK, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer following neonatal oxygen supplementation.  J Pediatr 2005; 147:29-33.

Peters AM, Blair CK, Verneris MR, Neglia JP, Robison LL, Spector LG, Reaman GH, Felix CA, Ross JA:  Maternal hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy and risk of infant leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group Study.  Br J Cancer 2006; 95:1274-6.

Alderton LE, Spector LG, Blair CK, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Ross JA: Child and maternal household chemical exposure and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Am J Epidemiol 2006; 164:212-21.

Mascarenhas L, Malogolowkin M, Arndt C, Spector LG, Femino D:  Malignant bone tumors, for Bleyer A, O'Leary M, Barr R, Ries LAG (eds.) Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Monograph: Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Young Adults and Older Adolescents, 1975-2000.  National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 06-5767: Bethesda, MD, 2006.

Malogolowkin M, Spector LG, Fong Y:  Liver cancer, for Bleyer A, O'Leary M, Barr R, Ries LAG (eds.) Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Monograph: Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Young Adults and Older Adolescents, 1975-2000.  National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 06-5767: Bethesda, MD, 2006.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Robison L, Bhatia S: Epidemiology and etiology (invited chapter), for Pui C-H (ed.) Childhood Leukemia, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press: New York, 2006.

Ross JA, Spector LG:  Cancers in children, for Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni J (eds.) Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd edition.  Oxford University Press: New York, 2006.

Spector LG, Davies SM, Robison LL, Hilden JM, Roesler M, Ross JA:  Birth characteristics, maternal reproductive history, and the risk of infant leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:128-34.

Spector LG, Ross JA:  Infant leukemia: finding the needle in the haystack.  (Editorial) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 15:2331.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Puumala SE, Olshan AF, Bunin GR:  Feasibility of nationwide birth registry control selection in the United States.  Am J Epidemiol; in press.

Bunin GR, Spector LG, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Roesler M, Grufferman S, Shu XO, Ross JA:  Secular trends in response rates for controls selected by random-digit dialing in childhood cancer studies: a report from the Children's Oncology group.  Am J Epidemiol; in press.

Johnson KJ, Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer and birthmarks in the Collaborative Perinatal Project.  Pediatrics; in press.

Tower RL, Spector LG:  The epidemiology of childhood leukemia with a focus on birth weight and diet.  Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci; in press.