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Felix Onyije Postdoctoral Scientist
Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology

Year Degree Major Institution Country/Town
2018 PhD Histopathology Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nigeria / Awka
2012 MSc Histopathology Igbinedion University Nigeria / Okada
2008 AMLSCN Histopathology Nigerian Medical Lab Science Council Nigeria / Port Harcourt
Current Research Projects

Origins and causes of pediatric cancers in a French consortium (PEDIAC).
Onyije, F.M.; Olsson, A.; Dolatkhah R., Bouaoun, L.; Schüz J.

Parental occupational exposures and risk of childhood leukaemia in their offspring in an international consortium (Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC))
Onyije, F.M.; Olsson, A.; Dolatkhah R. ; Schüz J.

Selected Publications

Onyije, F.M.; Olsson, A.; Dolatkhah R., Bouaoun, L.; Deltour I.; Erdmann F.; Bonaventure A.; Scheurer M.E.; Clavel J.; Schüz J. 2024. Risk factors for childhood brain tumours: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies from 1976 to 2022. Cancer Epidemiology Vol 88

Onyije, F.M.; Olsson, A.; Bouaoun, L.; Schüz, J. 2023. Synthesized evidence for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Frontiers in Pediatrics. DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1209330

Onyije, F.M.; Olsson, A.; Erdmann, F.; Magnani, C., Petridou, E.; Clavel, J., Miligi, L.; Bonaventure, A.; Ferrante, D.; Piro, S.; Peters, S.; Vermeulen, R.; Kromhout, H.; Schüz, J. 2022. Parental occupational exposure to combustion products, metals, silica and asbestos and risk of childhood leukaemia: Findings from the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia International Consortium (CLIC). Environment International 167. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107409

Onyije, F.M.; Olsson, A.; Baaken, D.; Erdmann, F.; Stanulla, M.; Wollschläger, D.; Schüz, J. 2022. Environmental Risk Factors for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: An Umbrella Review. Cancers 14. doi.org/10.3390/cancers14020382

Onyije, F.M., Hosseini, B., Togawa, K., Schüz, J., Olsson, A. 2021. Cancer Incidence and Mortality among Petroleum Industry Workers and Residents Living in Oil Producing Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 20. 4343 : doi: 10.3390/cancers13143581.

Scientific Societies Membership

European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Association of Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (AMLSCN)

Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH)

Prizes, Honours

Winner Best oral paper SEGH Live (Springer Nature sponsored Award) - 2020
IARC/WHO competitive fellowship Award- 2019
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Publication status

Published in section: WHO'S WHO

Publication date: 5 September, 2019, 8:30

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