DrKouassivi ElomAglago

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Research Associate in Epidemiology

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Location

Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

Elom is a Research Associate in the Cancer Epidemiology Group at the School of Public Health. He is working as part of a multidisciplinary team on the link between nutrition and lifestyle and their interaction with genetics and cancer risk.

Experience

Before joining Imperial College, Elom was a postdoctoral fellow at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO) in France, where he worked on dietary and nutritional risk factors for colorectal, liver, ovarian and breast cancers.

Education

Elom hold a PhD in Nutrition and Food Science (2014) and a MSc in Food Science Engineering from Ibn Tofail University in Morocco and the National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA-Agadir), respectively. He also obtained a MPH from Imperial College London and a Certificate in Epidemiology and Data analysis from Harvard University.

Teaching and mentoring experience

Elom is a nutrition and public health researcher with research interests in cancer epidemiology and impact of the diet and its interaction with genetics. He is a passionate speaker, interested in raising awareness on dietary and lifestyle risk factors for cancers and how to promote behavior changes. He has previously delivered courses on nutrition and cancer for under- and postgraduate students at diverse universities in France, Morocco, Togo and Niger. Over the past ten years, Elom has been involved in the Francophone African Leadership Programme in Nutrition (PLAN). With the support from the International Collaboration on Nutrition in relation to Cancer (ICONIC) and the African Nutrition Society (ANS), he is co-founder of the Cancer and Nutrition in Africa (CANA) group which ambitions to develop cancer research expertise in Africa.

Hobbies

Elom enjoys playing and watching basketball and volleyball games, running, reading books, going to the cinema, and cooking healthy foods. He is occasionally a landscape photographer.

Publications

Journals

Mao Z, Baker JR, Takeuchi M, et al.Mao Z, Baker JR, Takeuchi M, Hyogo H, Tjonneland A, Eriksen AK, Severi G, Rothwell J, Laouali N, Katzke V, Kaaks R, Schulze MB, Palli D, Sieri S, de Magistris MS, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Derksen JWG, Gram IT, Skeie G, Sandanger TM, Quiros JR, Crous-Bou M, Sanchez M-J, Amiano P, Colorado-Yohar SM, Guevara M, Harlid S, Johansson I, Perez-Cornago A, Freisling H, Gunter M, Weiderpass E, Heath AK, Aglago E, Jenab M, Fedirko V close, 2023, Prediagnostic serum glyceraldehyde-derived advanced glycation end products and mortality among colorectal cancer patients, International Journal of Cancer, Vol:152, ISSN:0020-7136, Pages:2257-2268

Carreras-Torres R, Kim AE, Lin Y, et al.Carreras-Torres R, Kim AE, Lin Y, Díez-Obrero V, Bien SA, Qu C, Wang J, Dimou N, Aglago EK, Albanes D, Arndt V, Baurley JW, Berndt SI, Bézieau S, Bishop DT, Bouras E, Brenner H, Budiarto A, Campbell PT, Casey G, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Chen X, Conti DV, Dampier CH, Devall MAM, Drew DA, Figueiredo JC, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Gruber SB, Gsur A, Gunter MJ, Harrison TA, Hidaka A, Hoffmeister M, Huyghe JR, Jenkins MA, Jordahl KM, Kawaguchi E, Keku TO, Kundaje A, Le Marchand L, Lewinger JP, Li L, Mahesworo B, Morrison JL, Murphy N, Nan H, Nassir R, Newcomb PA, Obón-Santacana M, Ogino S, Ose J, Pai RK, Palmer JR, Papadimitriou N, Pardamean B, Peoples AR, Pharoah PDP, Platz EA, Rennert G, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Sakoda LC, Scacheri PC, Schmit SL, Schoen RE, Shcherbina A, Slattery ML, Stern MC, Su Y-R, Tangen CM, Thomas DC, Tian Y, Tsilidis KK, Ulrich CM, van Duijnhoven FJB, Van Guelpen B, Visvanathan K, Vodicka P, Cenggoro TW, Weinstein SJ, White E, Wolk A, Woods MO, Hsu L, Peters U, Moreno V, Gauderman WJ close, 2023, Genome-wide Interaction Study with Smoking for Colorectal Cancer Risk Identifies Novel Genetic Loci Related to Tumor Suppression, Inflammation, and Immune Response., Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, Vol:32, Pages:315-328

Aglago EK, Cross AJ, Riboli E, et al.Aglago EK, Cross AJ, Riboli E, Fedirko V, Hughes DJ, Fournier A, Jakszyn P, Freisling H, Gunter MJ, Dahm CC, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Kyrø C, Boutron-Ruault M-C, Rothwell JA, Severi G, Katzke V, Srour B, Schulze MB, Wittenbecher C, Palli D, Sieri S, Pasanisi F, Tumino R, Ricceri F, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Derksen JWG, Skeie G, Jensen TE, Lukic M, Sánchez M-J, Amiano P, Colorado-Yohar S, Barricarte A, Ericson U, van Guelpen B, Papier K, Knuppel A, Casagrande C, Huybrechts I, Heath AK, Tsilidis KK, Jenab M close, 2023, Dietary intake of total, heme and non-heme iron and the risk of colorectal cancer in a European prospective cohort study, British Journal of Cancer, ISSN:0007-0920

Thu-Thi P, Nimptsch K, Aleksandrova K, et al.Thu-Thi P, Nimptsch K, Aleksandrova K, Jenab M, Reichmann R, Wu K, Tjonneland A, Kyro C, Schulze MB, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Palli D, Pasanisi F, Ricceri F, Tumino R, Krogh V, Roodhart J, Castilla J, Sanchez M-J, Colorado-Yohar SM, Harbs J, Rutegard M, Papier K, Aglago EK, Dimou N, Mayen-Chacon A-L, Weiderpass E, Pischon T close, 2022, Pre-diagnostic circulating resistin concentrations are not associated with colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, Cancers, Vol:14, ISSN:2072-6694, Pages:1-15

Grenville ZS, Noor U, His M, et al.Grenville ZS, Noor U, His M, Viallon V, Rinaldi S, Aglago EK, Amiano P, Brunkwall L, Chirlaque MD, Drake I, Eichelmann F, Freisling H, Grioni S, Heath AK, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Mayén-Chacon A-L, Milani L, Moreno-Iribas C, Pala V, Olsen A, Sánchez M-J, Schulze MB, Tjønneland A, Tsilidis KK, Weiderpass E, Winkvist A, Zamora-Ros R, Key TJ, Smith-Byrne K, Travis RC, Schmidt JA close, 2022, Diet and BMI correlate with metabolite patterns associated with aggressive prostate cancer, Nutrients, Vol:14, ISSN:2072-6643, Pages:3306-3306

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