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 YIN. et al, (2020), BMC Medicine
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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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The association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D metabolites and type 2 diabetes in European populations: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomisation analysis.
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Zheng J-S. et al, (2020), PLoS Med, 17
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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
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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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TONG YIN. and PAPIER K., (2020), Diabetes Care