Associate Epidemiologist
Brigham and Women's Hospital

eunyoung.cho@channing.harvard.edu

Dr. Cho’s primary research interest is evaluating the role of diet and nutrition in relation to development of chronic diseases using epidemiologic approach. She has a background in food science and nutrition during her bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in Korea and has pursued both nutrition and epidemiology during her doctoral degree program at Harvard School of Public Health. She has led several projects on diet and chronic diseases including age-related macular degeneration, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and lung cancer in several Harvard-based cohort studies. Her current research focus is evaluating the biological role of choline and betaine (nutrients involved in methyl-group metabolism) in relation to risks of several cancer sites including breast and colon.

Cho E, Hung S, Willett WC, Spiegelman D, Rimm EB, Seddon JM, Colditz GA, Hankinson SE. Prospective study of dietary fat and the risk of age-related macular degeneration. Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Feb;73(2):209-18. [abstract]

Cho E, Spiegelman D, Hunter DJ, Chen WY, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Premenopausal fat intake and risk of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003 Jul 16;95(14):1079-85. [abstract]

Cho E, Spiegelman D, Hunter DJ, Chen WY, Zhang SM, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Premenopausal intakes of vitamins A, C, and E, folate, and carotenoids and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003 Aug;12(8):713-20. [abstract]

Cho E, Spiegelman D, Hunter DJ, Chen W, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Premenopausal dietary carbohydrate, glycemic index, glycemic load, and fiber in relation to risk of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003 Nov;12(11 Pt 1):1153-8. [abstract]

Cho E, Smith-Warner SA, Ritz J, van den Brandt PA, Colditz GA, Folsom AR, Freudenheim JL, Giovannucci E, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Holmberg L, Kim D, Malila N, Miller AB, Pietinen P, Rohan TE, Sellers TA, Speizer FE, Willett WC, Wolk A, Hunter DJ. Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 8 cohort studies. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Apr 20;140(8):603-13. [abstract]

Cho E, Seddon JM, Rosner B, Willett WC, Hankinson SE. Prospective study of intake of fruits, vegetables, vitamins, and carotenoids and risk of age-related maculopathy. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004 Jun;122(6):883-92. [abstract]

Cho E, Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Beeson WL, van den Brandt PA, Colditz GA, Folsom AR, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Giovannucci E, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Miller AB, Pietinen P, Potter JD, Rohan TE, Terry P, Toniolo P, Virtanen MJ, Willett WC, Wolk A, Wu K, Yaun SS, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hunter DJ. Dairy foods, calcium, and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 10 cohort studies. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004 Jul 7;96(13):1015-22. Erratum in: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004 Nov 17;96(22):1724. [abstract]

Cho E, Rosner BA, Feskanich D, Colditz GA. Risk factors and individual probabilities of melanoma for whites. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Apr 20;23(12):2669-75. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23(12):2669-75. [abstract]

Cho E, Rosner BA, Colditz GA. Risk factors for melanoma by body site. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 May;14(5):1241-4. [abstract]

Cho E, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Albanes D, Beeson L, van den Brandt P, Colditz GA, Feskanich D, Folsom AR, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Miller AB, Rohan TE, Sellers TA, Virtammo J, Willett WC, Smith-Warner SA. Intakes of vitamins A, C, and E and folate and multivitamins and lung cancer : a pooled analysis of 8 prospective studies. Int J Cancer. 2006 Feb 15;118(4):970-8. [abstract]

Cho E, Zeisel SH, Jacques P, Selhub J, Dougherty L, Colditz GA, and Walter C. Willett. Dietary choline and betaine assessed by food-frequency questionnaire in relation to plasma total homocysteine concentration in the Framingham Offspring Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Apr;83(4):905-11. [abstract]