David J. Waters
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Contact Information Email: waters |at| purdue.edu Office: LYNN 1296 Map Phone: (765) 494-9271 Fax: (765) 775-1006 Homepage: Homepage |
Associate Director, Center on Aging and the Life Course Co-Director of Purdue Comparative Oncology Program Executive Director, Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation Professor of Oncology |
Education
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1992
DVM Cornell University 1984
B.S. Cornell University 1980
Research Interests
Comparative biogerontology; Mammalian models of aging; Cellular response to DNA damage; Genetic and lifestyle factors that contribute to healthspan and exceptional longevity; Cancer resistance in the oldest-old; Sex differences in oxidative stress, non-reproductive cancers and longevity; Comparative oncology; Prostate cancer prevention; Bone cancer
Teaching Interests
Biology of Aging; Cancer Chemoprevention; Communicating Health-Related News to the Public; Cancer and Aging; Performance Education for the Next Generation
Grants
American Cancer Society
Brookdale Foundation
Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program
National Academies - Keck Foundation Initiative
National Institutes of Health
Publications
Rayman MP, Combs GF Jr, Waters DJ. Selenium and vitamin E supplementation for cancer prevention. JAMA 2009; 301(18):1876.
Waters DJ, Chiang EC, Bostwick DG. The art of casting nets: fishing for the prize of personalized cancer prevention. Nutr Cancer 2008; 60: 1-6.
Waters DJ, Shen S, Xu H, Kengeri SS, Cooley DM, Chiang EC, Chen Y, Schlittler D, Oteham C, Combs GF Jr, Glickman LT, Morris JS, Bostwick DG. Noninvasive prediction of prostatic DNA damage by oxidative stress challenge of peripheral blood lymphocytes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:1906-10.