Overview
Qingyi Wei, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Medicine, is Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Co-leader of CCPS and Co-leader of Epidemiology and Population Genomics (Focus Area 1). He is a professor of Medicine and an internationally recognized epidemiologist focused on the molecular and genetic epidemiology of head and neck cancers, lung cancer, and melanoma. His research focuses on biomarkers and genetic determinants for the DNA repair deficient phenotype and variations in cell death. He is Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal "Cancer Medicine" and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics.
Area of Expertise: Epidemiology
Area of Expertise: Epidemiology
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emeritus in Population Health Sciences
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2024 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Rural-urban disparities in cardiovascular and other competing risk of death among cancer patients.
Journal Article J Adv Res · October 10, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Rural-urban disparity of cancer is a major public health problem, with an unclear gap in noncancer death. It is important to evaluate rural-urban disparities in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and other competing death among cancer patients. O ... Full text Link to item CiteGenetic variants of FER and SULF1 in the fibroblast-related genes are associated with non-small-cell lung cancer survival.
Journal Article Int J Cancer · June 1, 2025 Fibroblasts are important components in the tumor microenvironment and can affect tumor progression and metastasis. However, the roles of genetic variants of the fibroblast-related genes (FRGs) in the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient ... Full text Open Access Link to item CitePotentially functional variants of PARK7 and DDR2 in ferroptosis-related genes predict survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients.
Journal Article Int J Cancer · February 15, 2025 Ferroptosis, a form of regulated cell death, is characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. It is recognized increasingly for its pivotal role in both cancer development and the response to cancer treatments. We assessed associations between 370,02 ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Elucidating racial and ethnic differences in functional effects of the vaginal microbiome in ovarian cancer
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2024 - 2027A multidisciplinary study of biological disparities in NASH progression and response to statins to inform personalized liver cancer chemoprevention in NAFLD
ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2025Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins Unversity, Bloomberg School of Public Health ·
1993
Ph.D.
Nanjing Medical University (China) ·
1983
B.M.