Research Program: Carcinogenesis & Chemoprevention
Associate Professor, Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology

gross@epi.umn.edu
612-624-5417 — office

Research Interests

Role of dietary and genetic factors in cancer with primary interests in: smoking-related cancers, biomarker development, antioxidants, molecular etiology of cancer.

Selected Publications

Gross MD. Vitamin D and calcium in the prevention of prostate and colon cancer: new approaches for the identification of needs. J Nutr. 2005;135(2):326-31.

Fornage M, Jacobs DR, Steffes MW, Gross MD, Bray MS, Schreiner PJ. Inverse effects of the PPARgamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism on measures of adiposity over 15 years in African Americans and whites: The CARDIA Study. Metabolism. 2005;54(7):910-7.

Yu X, Jacobs DR Jr, Schreiner PJ, Gross MD, Steffes MW, Fornage M. The Uncoupling Protein 2 Ala55Val Polymorphism Is Associated with Diabetes Mellitus: The CARDIA Study. Clin Chem. 2005;51(8):1451-6.

Carlson CS, Aldred SF, Lee PK, Tracy RP, Schwartz SM, Rieder M, Liu K, Williams OD, Iribarren C, Lewis EC, Fornage M, Boerwinkle E, Gross M, Jaquish C, Nickerson DA, Myers RM, Siscovick DS, Reiner AP. Polymorphisms within the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Promoter Region Are Associated with Plasma CRP Levels. Am J Hum Genet. 2005;77(1):64-77.

Lee DH, Jacobs DR Jr, Gross M, Steffes M. Serum {gamma}-Glutamyltransferase Was Differently Associated with Microalbuminuria by Status of Hypertension or Diabetes: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Clin Chem. 2005; 51(7):1185-91.