Contact Information

Office 
(631) 216-8347

Email 
Michael.Passarelli@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Stony Brook Cancer Center
MART Level 7, Room 0818
Lauterbur Drive
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7263

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Passarelli Research Lab

Michael Passarelli, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Family Population and Preventive Medicine (FPPM)
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Research Program

Oncogenic Drivers and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

Department

Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine

Research Interest

Dr. Passarelli’s research focuses on carcinogenic mechanisms involving steroids and other lipids. He conducts molecular and nutritional epidemiologic studies of colorectal, breast, prostate, and urinary bladder cancer. Specific interests include biomarker studies of cholesterol metabolites, known as oxysterols, and the statistical modelling of lipid measurements as complex mixtures.

Education

BS, Mathematics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
MS, Medical Statistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
MPH, Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Postdoctoral fellowship, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA

Publications

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