Thomas M. Mack

Expert on the distribution and causation of cancers, other chronic diseases, and epidemic infections, as well as conditions among twins
  • Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pathology
  • Director, International Twin Study and California Twin Program
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC
Office: (323) 865-0445

Expertise

  • epidemiology of cancer, Hodgkin's disease, multiple sclerosis and other chronic diseases
  • diseases in twins
  • smallpox

Additional Information

  • Chairman, CAL-EPA Scientific Advisory Committee on Carcinogen Identification
  • Founder: International Twin Registry, a continent-wide series of comparisons between patients with chronic diseases and their unaffected twins; California Twin Program, an analogous program of studies among twins who differ in lifestyle or personal exposures and experiences
  • Member, Advisory Panel, National Death Index, National Center for Health Statistics