Kristin E. Anderson, Ph.D., M.P.H

MPH in Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Ph.D. in Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Courses

PubH 6320, Fundamentals of Epidemiology (on-line), PubH 6387, Cancer Epidemiology

Spring 2010
6387: Cancer Epidemiology

Research Interests:

Cancer etiology, laboratory-based cancer epidemiology, early detection of cancer pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, adult solid tumors.

Member: University of Minnesota Cancer Center
(http://www.cancer.umn.edu/)

Recent Publications:

Prizment AE, Folsom AR, Cerhan JR, Flood A, Ross JA, Anderson KE. History of allergy and reduced incidence of colorectal cancer, Iowa Women¹s Health Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16:2357-2362.

Bardia A, Ebbert JO, Vierkant RA, Limburg PJ, Anderson K, Wang AH, Olson JE, Vachon CM, Cerhan JR. Association of aspirin and nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with cancer incidence and mortality, J Natl Cancer Inst 2007; 99:881-89.

Prizment AE, Anderson KE, Harlow BL, Folsom AR. Reproductive risk factors for incident bladder cancer: The Iowa Women's Health Study. Int J Cancer 2007; 120(5):1093-8.

Prizment AE, Anderson KE, Hong C-P, Folsom AR. Pancreatic cancer incidence in relation to female reproductive factors: The Iowa Women’s Health Study. JOP 2007; 8(1):16-27. http://www.joplink.net.

Thyagarajan B, Anderson KE, Lessard CJ, Veltri G, Jacobs DR, Folsom AR, Gross MD: Alkaline unwinding flow cytometry assay to measure nucleotide excision repair. Mutagenesis 2007; 22:147-153.

Blair CK, Sweeney C, Anderson KE, Folsom AR., NSAID use and survival after breast cancer diagnosis in post-menopausal women. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2007; 101:191-197.

Samovitz, W, Albertsen H, Sweeney C, Herrick J, Caan B, Anderson KE, Wolff R, Slattery M. Association of smoking, CpG island methylator phenotype, and V600E BRAF mutations in colon cancer, J Natl Cancer Inst 2006; 98(23):1731-1738.

Hayes JH, Anderson, KE, Folsom AR. Association between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and the incidence of lung cancer in The Iowa Women’s Health Study, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15(11): 2226-2231.

Thyagarajan B, Anderson KE, Folsom AR, Jacobs d, Lynch CF, Bargaje A, Khaliq W, Gross MD. No association between XRCC1 an XRCC3 gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk: The Iowa Women’s Health Study. Cancer Detect Prev 2006; 30:313-321.

Mahipal A, Anderson KE, Limburg PJ, Folsom AR. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence in the Iowa Women's Health Study, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15(10):1785-1790.

Samowitz WS, Wolff RK, Curtin K, Sweeney C, Ma KN, Andersen [sic]K, Levin TR, Slattery ML, 2006. Interactions between CYP2C9 and UGT1A6 polymorphisms and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in colorectal cancer prevention. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 4:894-901.

Ahmed RL, Schmitz KH, Anderson KE, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR: The metabolic syndrome and risk of incident colorectal cancer. Cancer 2006; 107:28-36.

McCarl M, Harnack L, Lindberg PJ, Anderson KE, Folsom AR: Incidence of colorectal cancer in relation to glycemic index and load in cohort of women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:892-896.

Genkinger JM, Hunter DJ, Speigelman D, Anderson K, et al. Dairy products and ovarian cancer: A pooled analysis of 12 cohorts. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15(2):364-372.

Genkinger JM, Hunter DR, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Buring JE, et al. Alcohol intake and ovarian cancer risk: A pooled analysis of 10 cohort studies. Br J Cancer. 2006; 94(5):757-762.

Genkinger JM, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Anderson K, et al. A pooled analysis of 12 cohort studies of dietary fat, cholesterol and egg intake and ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17(3):273-285.

Genkinger JM, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Bergkvist L, Bernstein L, van den Brandt PA, Freudenheim JL, Fuchs CS, Giles GG, Giovannucci E, Hankinson SE, Horn-Ross PL, Leitzman M, Marshall JR, Mannisto S, McCullough ML, Miller AB, Robien K, Rohan TE, Schatzkin A, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Verhage BAJ, Wolk A, Smith-Warner SA. Alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: a pooled analysis of fourteen cohort studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009; 18(3):765-776.

Professional Experience:

2002 - Present, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

1994 - Present, Member, Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

1993 - 2002, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

1989 - 1992 Post-doctoral fellow, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

1986 - 1989 Research Fellow, Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, U.K.

Favorite quote:
Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them "impressions," and if you got a different "impression," so what, can't we all be brothers? - Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

Honors:

2004 Outstanding Contributions to Post-baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, U Minnesota

2004 Member, Academy of Distinguished Teachers, U Minnesota

2002 Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award, School of Public Health, U Minnesota

1992 Elected to Delta Omega - Honorary Public Health Society

Contact

Mailing Address:
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
1300 2nd Street South, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 626-8568
Or: Millie Woodbury, 624-4386, woodbury@umn.edu

Email: ander116 @umn.edu