Edward J. Trapido ScD, FACE

President-Elect 9/11-9/12

LSUHSC School of Public Health

 Edward Trapido is Associate Dean for Research at the Louisiana State University School of Public Health; and Professor and Wendell H. Gauthier Chair for Cancer Epidemiology. He is also Deputy Director for Population Science in the Scott Cancer Center, and the Coordinator for LSU Health Sciences Center’s research on the Gulf Oil Spill. He directs the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC) Population Sciences research program, a joint initiative involving multiple institutions in SE Louisiana. Dr. Trapido is also the Executive Committee of the American College of Epidemiology, where he serves as Secretary of the College. He is an Associate Editor of the Annals of Epidemiology, the ACE affiliated journal.

Dr. Trapido also leads the International Atomic Energy Agency “Program of Action in Cancer Therapy’s” evaluation.  He was Deputy Director for International Cancer Control in the Office of International Affairs at the NCI (US) and Associate Director of their Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program.  He co-chaired of the Trans-NIH Tobacco/Nicotine Research Group and was NCI liaison to the 9/11 World Trade Center Studies. He has also been Senior Advisor to the Director of IARC.

Previously, he was Vice Chair of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University Of Miami, Associate Director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Director of the Southeast Cancer Information Service, the Florida Cancer Data System, the Tobacco Research Evaluation and Coordinating Center, and Redes En Accion.