Ritonja, Jennifer

Ritonja, Jennifer

PhD

Population Health Sciences

BC Cancer Research Institute

Biography:

Dr. Jennifer Ritonja is a Scientist at the BC Cancer Research Centre. She holds an MSc and a PhD in epidemiology from Queen’s University, and completed her postdoctoral training at McGill University and CRCHUM. Her research program specializes in identifying modifiable risk factors for cancer prevention in women using a variety of epidemiologic techniques, including molecular and life course epidemiology.

Research areas of interest:

Cancer prevention, women's health, epidemiology

Research Themes:

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