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Loraine Marrett

Scientist Emeritus, Indigenous Cancer Care Unit, Prevention and Cancer Control, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs, Ontario Health

Scientist Emeritus  
loraine.marrett@ontariohealth

Research Interests

  • Cancer and cancer risk factors in First Nations, Inuit and Métis
  • Skin cancer and ultraviolet radiation, with a focus on prevention

Current Appointments

  • Scientist Emeritus, Indigenous Cancer Care Unit, Prevention and Cancer Control, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs, Ontario Health
  • Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

 

Selected Past Appointments

  • Director, Prevention and Surveillance, Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario
  • Director, Surveillance Unit, Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario
  • Associate Director, Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario

 

Education and Credentials

  • PhD, Mathematical Statistics, University of Edinburgh
  • Honours BMath with Statistics major, University of Waterloo

 

Achievements

  • Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Distinguished Service Award, 2013
  • Canadian Dermatology Association Award of Honour for a non-physician who has made an outstanding contribution to dermatology, 2007

 

Selected Publications

 

Jamal S, Jones C, Walker J, Mazereeuw M, Sheppard AJ, Henry D, Marrett LD. Cancer in First Nations people in Ontario, Canada: Incidence and mortality, 1991 to 2010. Health Rep. 2021 Jun 16;32(6):14-28. doi: 10.25318/82-003-x202100600002-eng. PMID: 34142787.

Sheppard AJ, Chiarelli AM, Hanley AJG, Marrett LD. Influence of Preexisting Diabetes on Survival After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis in First Nations Women in Ontario, Canada. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Feb;6:99-107. doi: 10.1200/JGO.19.00061. PMID: 32031452.

Yardman-Frank JM, Glassheim E, Kricker A, Armstrong BK, Marrett LD, Luo L, Cust AE, Busam KJ, Orlow I, Gallagher RP, Gruber SB, Anton-Culver H, Rosso S, Zanetti R, Sacchetto L, Kanetsky PA, Dwyer T, Venn A, Lee-Taylor J, Begg CB, Thomas NE, Berwick M. Differences in Melanoma Between Canada and New South Wales, Australia: A Population-Based Genes, Environment, and Melanoma (GEM) Study. JID Innov. 2021 Mar;1(1):100002. doi: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2021.100002. Epub 2021 Jan 25. PMID: 33768212; PMCID: PMC7990302.

For a full list of Loraine Marrett's journal articles, visit PubMed.