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Martin C. Tammemägi is a retired Professor Emeritus at Brock University, specializing in health sciences with a strong focus on cancer epidemiology. His particular research interests include lung cancer screening and cancer risk prediction modeling. He has served as a co-investigator and analyst in significant trials such as the U.S. Prostate, Lung, Colorectal Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) and the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Tammemägi is also an active associate member of the U.S. NIH NCI Cancer Intervention Surveillance Modeling Network's lung group. As part of his contributions to public health, he currently serves as the Scientific Lead for Cancer Care Ontario’s Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for high-risk individuals. His teaching engagements include courses on Research Methods in Health and Epidemiology/Modern Epidemiology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, adapting his classes based on research commitments. Tammemägi’s leadership roles in funded research have included the Co-Principal Investigator for the Terry Fox Research Institute funded Pan-Canadian Early Detection Lung Cancer Study Extension and the Incorporating Biomarkers to Improve Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Study.
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