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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Leslie L. Robison, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Chair, Epidemiology and Cancer Control
Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, Cancer Center
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Departments
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
Contact Information
Leslie Robison, PhD
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
MS 735, Room S6010
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: les.robison@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3384
FAX: (901) 595-3058
Education
BS - University of California, Los Angeles, California (1976)
MPH - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1979)
PhD - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1982)
Research Interests
- Epidemiology and etiology of childhood cancer
- Cancer survivorship
- Outcomes research
- Clinical trials in cancer prevention and control
Current Research
- Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), Principal Investigator
- St. Jude Lifetime Cohort (SJLIFE Protocol), Study Committee
- Adverse events after childhood hematologic malignancies, (COG-ALTE03N1). Study Committee, Co-Investigator
- Ethnic Differences in Survival after Childhood ALL, City of Hope National Medical Center, Co-Investigator
- Epidemiology of Down Syndrome and Leukemia (COG-AE23), Study Committee
- Efficacy of a Tobacco Quit Line in Childhood Cancer Survivors (XPD-7-140 QUITLINE), Co-Investigator
- ASCO: Evaluation of Long-term Effects of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity, Co-Investigator
- St. Jude Consortium for Interventional Research, Steering Committee
- NCI - Senior Leadership, Co-Investigator
- NCI - Major Program Leaders, Co-Investigator
- NCI - Motor Proficiency and Physical Activity in Adult Survivors of Childhood ALL, Co-Investigator
- NCCF-CCRN: Childhood Cancer Research Network, Co-Investigator
- CCHMC: Adult neurobehavioral late effects, Children’s Hospital Cincinnati, Co-Investigator
Selected Publications
Cox CL, Oeffinger K, Montgomery M, Hudson MM, Leisenring W, Whitton J, Robison LL. Determinants of mammography screening participation in adult childhood cancer survivors: Results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Oncol Nur Forum 2009 (in press).
Armstrong GT, Whitton JA, Gajjar A, Kun LE, Chow EJ, Stovall M, Leisenring W, Robison LL, Sklar CA. Abnormal timing of menarche in survivors of central nervous system tumors: a Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer 115:2562–70, 2009.
Chow EJ, Friedman DL, Stovall M, Yasui Y, Whitton JA, Robison LL, Sklar CA. Risk of thyroid dysfunction and subsequent thyroid cancer among survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer May 20, 2009. [Epub ahead of print]
Diller L, Chow EJ, Gurney JG, Hudson MM, Kadin-Lottick NS, Kawashima TI, Leisenring WM, Meacham LR, Mertens AC, Mulrooney DA, Oeffinger KC, Packer RJ, Robison LL, Sklar CA. Chronic disease in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort: a review of published findings. J Clin Oncol 27:2339–55, 2009.
Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Boice JD, Chow EJ, Davies SM, Donaldson SS, Green DM, Hammond S, Meadows AT, Mertens AC, Mulvihill JJ, Nathan PC, Neglia JP, Packer RJ, Rajaraman P, Sklar CA, Stovall M, Strong LC, Yasui Y, Zeltzer LK. The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: a National Cancer Institute–supported resource for outcome and intervention research. J Clin Oncol 27:2308–18, 2009.
Armstrong GT, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Neglia JP, Leisenring W, Robison LL, Mertens AC. Late mortality among 5-year survivors of childhood cancer: a summary from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol 27:2328–38, 2009.
Ness KK, Hudson MM, Ginsberg JP, Nagarajan R, Kaste SC, Marina N, Whitton J, Robison LL, Gurney JG. Physical performance limitations in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort. J Clin Oncol 27:2382–9, 2009.
Hudson MM, Mulrooney DA, Bowers DC, Sklar CA, Green DM, Donaldson SS, Oeffinger KC, Neglia JP, Meadows AT, Robison LL. High-risk populations identified in Childhood Cancer Survivor Study investigations: implications for risk-based surveillance. J Clin Oncol 27:2405–14, 2009.
Ness KK, Leisenring WM, Huang S, Hudson MM, Gurney JG, Whelan K, Hobbie WL, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Oeffinger KC. Predictors of inactive lifestyle among adult survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer 115:1984–94, 2009.
Ognjanovic S, Puumala S, Spector LG, Smith FO, Robison LL, Olshan AF, Ross JA. Maternal health conditions during pregnancy and acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a Children’s Oncology Group study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 52:602–8, 2009.
Green DM, Kawashima T, Stovall M, Leisenring W, Sklar CA, Mertens AC, Donaldson SS, Byrne J, Robison LL. Fertility of Female Survivors of Childhood Cancer: a Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol 27:2677–85, 2009.
Cox CL, Hudson MM, Mertens A, Oeffinger K, Whitton J, Montgomery M, Robison LL. Medical screening participation in the childhood cancer survivor study. Arch Intern Med 169:454–62, 2009.
Nagarajan R, Mogil R, Neglia JP, Robison LL, Ness KK. Self-reported global function among adult survivors of childhood lower-extremity bone tumors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). J Cancer Surviv 3:59–65, 2009.
Ness KK, Leisenring W, Goodman P, Kawashima T, Mertens AC, Oeffinger KC, Armstrong GT, Robison LL. Assessment of selection bias in clinic-based populations of childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 52:379–86, 2009.
Cox CL, Montgomery M, Oeffinger KC, Leisenring W, Zeltzer L, Whitton JA, Mertens AC, Hudson MM, Robison LL. Promoting physical activity in childhood cancer survivors: results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer 115:642–54, 2009.
Robison LL. Treatment-associated subsequent neoplasms among long-term survivors of childhood cancer: the experience of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Pediatr Radiol 39(Suppl 1):S32–7, 2009.
Oeffinger KC, Ford JS, Moskowitz CS, Diller LR, Hudson MM, Chou JF, Smith SM, Mertens AC, Henderson TO, Friedman DL, Leisenring WM, Robison LL. Breast cancer surveillance practices among women previously treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer. JAMA 301:404–14, 2009.
Last update: June 2009
