publication

New Publication in the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics

I co-authored an article in the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics entitled “A Shared Latent Process Model to Correct for Preferential Sampling in Disease Surveillance Systems” led by Brian Conroy.

New Publication in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

I co-authored an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute entitled “Ethylene oxide emissions and incident breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a U.S. cohort” led by Rena Jones.

New Publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

I co-authored an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences entitled “Burkitt lymphoma risk shows geographic and temporal associations with Plasmodium falciparum infections in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya” led by Kelly Broen and Sam Mbulaiteye.

New Publication in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

I co-authored an article in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention entitled “Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking” led by Alaina Shreves and Dr. Rena Jones. We applied geospatial statistical methods to describe patterns in lung cancer mortality rates (2005-2018) in relation to patterns in cigarette smoking prevalences (1997-2003) by sex at the US county level.

New Publication in Environmental Research

I co-authored an article in Environmental Research entitled “Urinary nitrate and sodium in a high-risk area for upper gastrointestinal cancers: Golestan Cohort Study” with Arash Etemadi, MD, PhD. We found urinary nitrate was associated with living at a higher elevation and using groundwater for drinkingand a positive correlation between median urinary nitrate and sodium and esophageal cancer incidence rates in a rural population in northeastern Iran.

First Cover Article

My first manuscript that was featured as the cover article of a scientific journal was published today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Volume 31, Issue 5. I co-firsted authored the article entitled “A National Map of NCI-Designated Cancer Center Catchment Areas on the 50th Anniversary of the Cancer Centers Program” with Peter DelNero, PhD, MPH.

New Publication in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

I co-first authored an article in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention entitled “A National Map of NCI-Designated Cancer Center Catchment Areas on the 50th Anniversary of the Cancer Centers Program” with Peter DelNero, PhD, MPH.

New Invited Commentary in the American Journal of Epidemiology

I first authored an invited commentary in the American Journal of Epidemiology entitled “Invited Commentary: Predicting incidence rates of rare cancers: adding epidemiologic and spatial contexts”. My co-author, Dr. Rena Jones, and I commented on Salmerón et al.

New Publication in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

I first authored an article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health entitled “Ingestion of Nitrate and Nitrite and Risk of Stomach and Other Digestive System Cancers in the Iowa Women’s Health Study”.

New Publication in the International Journal of Health Geographics

I co-first authored an article in the International Journal of Health Geographics entitled “sparrpowR: a flexible R package to estimate statistical power to identify spatial clustering of two groups and its application”.