Jill Koshiol | |
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| Alma mater | UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health |
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| Fields | Cancer epidemiology |
| Institutions | National Cancer Institute |
| Website | jillkoshiol |
Jill E. Koshiol is an American cancer epidemiologist who researches the risk factors of hepatobiliary cancers. She is a senior investigator in the infections and immunoepidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Koshiol received a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in 2005.[1] Her dissertation was titled, Effect of smoking and human papillomavirus (HPV) type on time to clearance of HPV infection among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative women.[2] Jane C. Schroeder was her doctoral advisor.[2] In 2005, Koshiol joined the National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s genetic epidemiology branch of the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics as a cancer prevention fellow.[1]
Koshiol joined the NCI infections and immunoepidemiology branch as a research fellow in 2008, became an Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator in 2010, and was awarded National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientific tenure and promoted to senior investigator in 2020.[1] Koshiol received the Hubert H. Humphrey Award for Service to America in 2022.[1] She researches hepatobiliary cancers and identifies risk factors, such as aflatoxin.[1]
