Tammy Tong
BSc, MPhil, PhD
Nutritional Epidemiologist
Tammy Tong joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in January 2017. Her main research interest is the role of diet in health, with a particular focus on cardiovascular diseases. Tammy’s current research examines the health effects of a vegetarian diet, using data from EPIC-Oxford and the UK Biobank. Tammy received her PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge, for which she examined the applicability of the Mediterranean diet in a UK context and its association with cardio-metabolic diseases. She also holds a BSc in Human Sciences (University College London) and an MPhil in Epidemiology (University of Cambridge).
Recent publications
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Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study.
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Tong TYN. et al, (2020), BMC Med, 18
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Urinary melatonin in relation to breast cancer risk: nested case-control analysis in the DOM study and meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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Wong ATY. et al, (2020), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Replacement of Red and Processed Meat With Other Food Sources of Protein and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in European Populations: The EPIC-InterAct Study.
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Ibsen DB. et al, (2020), Diabetes Care, 43, 2660 - 2667
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Blood polyphenol concentrations and differentiated thyroid carcinoma in women from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.
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Zamora-Ros R. et al, (2020), Am J Clin Nutr
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Meat intake and cancer risk: prospective analyses in UK Biobank.
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Knuppel A. et al, (2020), Int J Epidemiol, 49, 1540 - 1552