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Veronique Chajes Programme Officer
Office of the Director

Speciality: Lipid Biochemistry/Epidemiology
Year Degree Major Institution Country/Town
2000 Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) Lipid Biochemistry/Epidemiology University François Rabelais France / Tours
1993 PhD Lipid Biochemistry/Epidemiology University François Rabelais France / Tours
1987 Masters Toxicology University of Nancy France / Nancy
1986 Masters Cell Biology and Physiology University François Rabelais France / Tours
Current Research Projects

Biomarkers of industrial trans fatty acids and breast cancer risk within the EPIC Study (Coordinator)
V Chajès, N Slimani

Biomarkers of dietary fatty acids and breast cancer risk in the Mexican CAMA study
V Chajès, A Scalbert, I Romieu

Biomarkers discovery : dietary fatty acids
V Chajès, N Slimani, I Romieu, A Scalbert

Biomarkers of B vitamins, alcohol intake, polymorphisms of MTHFR, and breast cancer risk within the EPIC cohort, IARC
V Chajès, A Scalbert, N Slimani, I Romieu

Mining the Food Metabolome to Identify New Biomarkers of Dietary Intake for Cancer Risk Studies
V Chajès, S Rinaldi, N Slimani, A Scalbert

Selected Publications

Chajès V, Torres-Mejia G, Biessy C, Ortega-Olvera C, Angeles-Llerenas A, Ferrari P, Lazcano-Ponce E, Romieu I. (2012) w-3 and w-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intakes and the risk of breast cancer in Mexican women: impact of obesity status. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21 : 319-326

Chajès V, Joulin V, and Clavel-Chapelon F. (2011) The fatty acid desaturation index of blood lipids, as a biomarker of hepatic stearoyl-CoA desaturase expression, is a predictive factor of breast cancer risk. Curr Opin Lipidol 22 : 6-10

Young Park J, Nicolas G, Freisling H, Biessy C, Scalbert A, Romieu I, Chajès V, Chuang SC, Ericson U, Wallström P, Ros MM, Peeters PH, Mattiello A, Palli D, María Huerta J, Amiano P, Halkjær J, Dahm CC, Trichopoulou A, Orfanos P, Teucher B, Feller S, Skeie G, Engeset D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Crowe F, Khaw KT, Vineis P, Slimani N. (2011) Comparison of standardised dietary folate across ten countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Br J Nutr 1 : 1-18

Chajès V, Jenab M, Romieu I, Ferrari P, Dahm CC, Overvad K, Egeberg R, Tjønneland A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Engel P, Teucher B, Kaaks R, Floegel A, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Dilis V, Karapetyan T, Mattiello A, Tumino R, Grioni S, Palli D, Vineis P, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Numans ME, Peeters PH, Lund E, Navarro C, Quirós JR, Sánchez-Cantalejo E, Gurrea AB, Dorronsoro M, Regnér S, Sonestedt E, Wirfält E, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Crowe FL, Rinaldi S, Slimani N, Carneiro F, Riboli E, González CA. (2011) Plasma phospholipid fatty acid concentrations and risk of gastric adenocarcinomas in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). Am J Clin Nutr 94 : 1304-1313

Chajès V, Biessy C, Byrnes G, Deharveng G, Saadatian-Elahi M, Jenab M, Peeters PH, Ocké M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Johansson I, Hallmans G, Manjer J, Wirfält E, Jakszyn P, González CA, Huerta JM, Martinez C, Amiano P, Suárez LR, Ardanaz E, Tjønneland A, Halkjaer J, Overvad K, Jakobsen MU, Berrino F, Pala V, Palli D, Tumino R, Vineis P, de Magistris MS, Spencer EA, Crowe FL, Bingham S, Khaw KT, Linseisen J, Rohrmann S, Boeing H, Nöethlings U, Olsen KS, Skeie G, Lund E, Trichopoulou A, Zilis D, Oustoglou E, Clavel-Chapelon F, Riboli E, Slimani N. (2011) Ecological-level associations between highly processed food intakes and plasma phospholipid elaidic acid concentrations: results from a cross-sectional study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Nutr Cancer 63 : 1235-1250

Scientific Societies Membership

Société Française de Nutrition

Prizes, Honours

Prize of Nutrition, Jacquemaire-sant? (1998)
Prize of Nutrition, Nestl? (1999)
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