Faculty

Trang VoPham

Affiliate Associate Professor, Epidemiology

206-667-2642

Education

Post-doctoral fellowship Cancer Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 2018
PhD Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
MS Geographic Information Science and Technology, University of Southern California, 2014
MPH Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 2010
BA Sociology, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 2009

Contact

206-667-2642

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Public Health Sciences Division, Epidemiology Program
1100 Fairview Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
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Bio

Dr. Trang VoPham (she/her/hers) is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on understanding the role of place or location — particularly environmental risk factors — in health using geospatial science. She has examined the associations between environmental exposures, such as particulate matter (PM) air pollution, dioxins, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, in relation to risk for cancer and other chronic disease outcomes using data from the Nurses’ Health Studies; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER); SEER-Medicare; Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS); and electronic health records (EHRs). Dr. VoPham is also an expert in developing environmental exposure models using geospatial methods for exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies, including a nationwide spatiotemporal environmental circadian misalignment (ECM) light exposure model.

Research Interests

  • Geospatial science
  • Geographic information systems (GIS)
  • Remote sensing
  • Environmental epidemiology
  • Climate change
  • Social determinants of health
  • Wearable sensors
  • Cancer epidemiology
  • Health disparities
  • Liver disease and cancer

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Harnessing Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) for Environmental Epidemiology: A Narrative Review.
(2025 Sep 26)
Curr Environ Health Rep 12(1): 34
Iyer HS, Karasaki S, Yi L, Hswen Y, James P, VoPham T

Exposure to outdoor air pollution, wildfires, and cancer survival in the United States.
(2025 Oct)
Cancer Epidemiol 98(): 102899
VoPham T, Liu T, Cortez M, Karasaki S, Falkenberg NF, Zewdie HY, Lin J, Nondin C, Chao SLS, Knowlton T, Quennehen B, Mendoza JA, Ioannou GN, Berry K, Adamkiewicz G, Li CI, Hart JE

Ambient dioxin exposure and incidence of lymphoid malignancies in large prospective US cohorts of female nurses.
(2025 Sep 5)
J Hazard Mater 495(): 139115
Chen J, Hart JE, VoPham T, Elliott EG, Jones RR, Ward MH, Laden F, Birmann BM

Modeling 5-Year Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk in Alaska Native Peoples With Hepatitis B Virus Infection.
(2025)
Gastro Hep Adv 4(7): 100661
Li X, Johnston JM, Homan C, Marsh TL, Kim NJ, Liu Y, VoPham T, Grady WM, Mera J, McMahon BJ, Ioannou GN, Feng Z, He Q

HCC surveillance in hepatitis C: A longitudinal algorithm improves alpha-fetoprotein screening.
(2025 Jun 1)
Hepatol Commun 9(6):
Marsh TL, Johnston JM, Homan C, Townshend-Bulson LJ, Kim NJ, VoPham T, Li X, He Q, McMahon BJ, Ioannou GN, Feng Z

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