Research Interests
Dr. Austin has been the PI on several NIH-funded grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Cancer Institute, and has been a co-investigator on numerous other research grants. Her research continues to focus on the genetic epidemiology of lipoproteins, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and pancreatic cancer. She has published 118 peer-reviewed articles. She was a member of the NIH EDC-1 study section, served on the NHLBI Institute Advisory Board, and was an Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association. With funding from the International Atherosclerosis Society, she was a Visiting Professor at University College London and an Honorary Visiting Fellow attached to the Public Health Genetics Unit at the University of Cambridge, England in 2000. She continues as a co-investigator on the Pharmacogenomics Research Network.
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of California (Berkeley), 1985
MS Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, 1975
In the News
Family History of Diabetes Associated with Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 08/21/2013