Publications
Publications from the current and previous year are listed below; articles are listed chronologically within each year from the most to the least recent.
Most research articles have a brief description below and a link to the published abstract (a detailed summary) through the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
For prior years, click on the following links:
2023 – 2022 – 2021 – 2020
2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 –2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010
2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – 2000
1999 – 1998 – 1995-1997
BWHS printer-friendly publication list, March 2025
(articles listed from most to least recent)
Last Updated: March 18, 2025
2025
Jia G, Chen Z, Ping J, Cai Q, Tao R, Li C, Bauer JA, Xie Y, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Choi JY, Gao YT, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, Iwasaki M, John EM, Kweon SS, Li CI, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Olopade OI, Pal T, Park SK, Park B, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Shen CY, Troester MA, Yao S, Zheng Y, Ahearn T, Brewster AM, Falusi A, Hennis AJM, Ito H, Kubo M, Lee ES, Makumbi T, Ndom P, Noh DY, O'Brien KM, Ojengbede O, Olshan AF, Park MH, Reid S, Yamaji T, Zirpoli G, Butler EN, Huang M, Low SK, Obafunwa J, Weinberg CR, Zhang H, Zhao H, Cote ML, Ambrosone CB, Huo D, Li B, Kang D, Palmer JR, Shu XO, Haiman CA, Guo X, Long J, Zheng W. Refining breast cancer genetic risk and biology through multi-ancestry fine-mapping analyses of 192 risk regions. Nat Genet 2025;57(1):80-87. doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-02031-y.
Sheehy S, Friedman D, Liu C, Lunetta KL, Zirpoli G, Palmer JR. Association between Apolipoprotein L1 genetic variants and risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth among U.S. Black women. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Bio: X 2025;25:100365. doi: 10.1016/j.eurox.2025.100365. PMCID: PMC11783058.
Peeri NC, Bertrand KA, Na R, De Vivo I, Setiawan VW, Seshan VE, Alemany L, Chen Y, Clarke MA, Clendenen T, Cook LS, Costas L, Dal Maso L, Freudenheim JL, Friedenreich CM, Gierach GL, Goodman MT, La Vecchia C, Levi F, Lopez-Querol M, Lu L, Moysich KB, Mutter G, Naduparambil J, Negri E, O'Connell K, O'Mara T, Palmer JR, Parazzini F, Penney KL, Petruzella S, Reynolds P, Ricceri F, Risch H, Rohan TE, Sacerdote C, Sandin S, Shu XO, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Webb PM, Wentzensen N, Wilkens LR, Xu W, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Guo X, Lipworth L, Du M. Understanding risk factors for endometrial cancer in young women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Jan 1;117(1):76-88. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djae210.
2024
Bigham Z, Holder EX, Rodday AM, Breeze JL, Nelson KP, Palmer JR, Freund KM, Bertrand KA. Lifecourse growth and development determinants of mammographic density in Black women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2024;33(12):1640-1650. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0494.
Ping J, et al Using genome and transcriptome data from African-ancestry female participants to identify putative breast cancer susceptibility genes. Nat Commun 2024;15(1):3718. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47650-5. PMCID: PMC11065893.
Jia G, Ping J, Guo X, Yang Y, Tao R, Li B, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, Huo D, John EM, Li CI, Li JL, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Olopade OI, Pal T, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Shu XO, Troester MA, Yao S, Adejumo PO, Ahearn T, Brewster AM, Hennis AJM, Makumbi T, Ndom P, O'Brien KM, Olshan AF, Oluwasanu MM, Reid S, Butler EN, Huang M, Ntekim A, Qian H, Zhang H, Ambrosone CB, Cai Q, Long J, Palmer JR, Haiman CA, Zheng W. Genome-wide association analyses of breast cancer in women of African ancestry identify new susceptibility loci and improve risk prediction. Nat Genet 2024;56(5):819-826. doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01736-4.
Potter AL, Xu NN, Senthil P, Srinivasan D, Lee H, Gazelle GS, Chelala L, Zheng W, Fintelmann FJ, Sequist LV, Donington J, Palmer JR*, Yang CJ*. Pack-year smoking history: an inadequate and biased measure to determine lung cancer screening eligibility. J Clin Oncol 2024;42(17):2026-2037. Doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.01780. PMCID: PMC11191064.
Habeshian TS, Peeri NC, De Vivo I, Schouten LJ, Shu XO, Cote ML, Bertrand KA, Chen Y, Clarke MA, Clendenen TV, Cook LS, Costas L, Dal Maso L, Freudenheim JL, Friedenreich CM, Gallagher G, Gierach GL, Goodman MT, Jordan SJ, La Vecchia C, Lacey JV, Levi F, Liao LM, Lipworth L, Lu L, Matias-Guiu X, Moysich KB, Mutter GL, Na R, Naduparambil J, Negri E, O'Connell K, O'Mara TA, Onieva Hernández I, Palmer JR, Parazzini F, Patel AV, Penney KL, Prizment AE, Ricceri F, Risch HA, Sacerdote C, Sandin S, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, van den Brandt PA, Webb PM, Wentzensen N, Wijayabahu AT, Wilkens LR, Xu W, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Du M, Setiawan VW. Hypertension and risk of endometrial cancer: a pooled analysis in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2024;33(6):788-795. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-1444. PMCID: PMC11145161.
Sheehy S, Brock M, Palmer JR, Albert MA, Cozier Y, Rosenberg L. Perceived interpersonal racism in relation to incident coronary heart disease among Black women. Circulation 2024;149(7):521-528. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066471. PMCID: PMC10926238.
Kataria Y, Niharika Pillalamarri B, Zirpoli G, Szalat R, Palmer JR, Bertrand KA. Body size and risk of multiple myeloma in the Black Women's Health Study. Br J Cancer 2024;130(5):830-835. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02571-w. PMCID: PMC10912597.
Zirpoli GR, Pfeiffer RM, Bertrand KA, Huo D, Lunetta KL, Palmer JR. Addition of polygenic risk score to a risk calculator for prediction of breast cancer in US Black women. Breast Cancer Res 2024;26(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s13058-023-01748-8. PMCID: PMC10763003.
Barnard ME, Wang X, Petrick JL, Zirpoli GR, Jones D, Johnson WE, Palmer JR. Psychosocial stressors and breast cancer gene expression in the Black Women’s Health Study. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2024;204(2):327-340. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-07182-w.
Timmins IR, Jones ME, O'Brien KM, Adami HO, Aune D, Baglietto L, Bertrand KA, Brantley KD, Chen Y, Clague DeHart J, Clendenen TV, Dossus L, Eliassen AH, Fletcher O, Fournier A, Håkansson N, Hankinson SE, Houlston RS, Joshu CE, Kirsh VA, Kitahara CM, Koh WP, Linet MS, Park HL, Lynch BM, May AM, Mellemkjær L, Milne RL, Palmer JR, Ricceri F, Rohan TE, Ruddy KJ, Sánchez MJ, Shu XO, Smith-Byrne K, Steindorf K, Sund M, Vachon CM, Vatten LJ, Visvanathan K, Weiderpass E, Willett WC, Wolk A, Yuan JM, Zheng W, Nichols HB, Sandler DP, Swerdlow AJ, Schoemaker MJ. International pooled analysis of leisure-time physical activity and premenopausal breast cancer in women from 19 cohorts. J Clin Oncol 2024;42(8):927-939. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.01101.
Ruiz Lopez JN, McNeil GE, Zirpoli G, Palmer JR, Kataria Y, Bertrand KA. Vitamin D and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) among U.S. Black women. Cancer Causes Control 2024;35(2):277-279. doi: 10.1007/s10552-023-01798-5. PMCID: PMC10872902.
Wolfson EA, Schonberg MA, Eliassen AH, Bertrand KA, Shvetsov YB, Rosner BA, Palmer JR, LaCroix AZ, Chlebowski RT, Nelson RA, Ngo LH. Validating a model for predicting breast cancer and non-breast cancer death in women aged 55 and older. J Natl Cancer Inst 2024;116(1):81-96. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djad188. PMCID: PMC10777669.
Zhou ES, Revette A, Ritterband LM, Bethea TN, Delp L, Simmons PD, Rosenberg L. Developing a culturally tailored digital health intervention for insomnia in Black women. Transl Behav Med 2024;14(2):117-126. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibad056.
Cozier YC, Arkema EV. Epidemiology of sarcoidosis. Clin Chest Med 2024;45(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2023.06.004.