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Carol Sweeney, PhD, is an investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute and an associate professor in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Sweeney received an MS degree in environmental health followed by a PhD in epidemiology, both from the University of Washington. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Division of Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Research Interests
She conducts research on cancer epidemiology, with specific interests in the role of common genetic variants in cancer susceptibility and survival, and in the epidemiology of cancer survivors. She is also a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences steering committee at Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Select Publications
Sweeney C, Wolff RK, Byers T, Baumgartner KB, Giuliano AR, Herrick JS, Murtaugh MA, Samowitz WS, Slattery ML. Genetic admixture among Hispanics and candidate gene polymorphisms: potential for confounding in a breast cancer study? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Jan;16(1):142-50.
Slattery ML, Sweeney C, Herrick J, Wolff R, Baumgartner K, Giuliano A, Byers T. ESR1, AR, body size, and breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women living in the Southwestern United States. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Dec 23; [Epub ahead of print]
Samowitz WS, Albertsen H, Sweeney C, Herrick J, Caan BJ, Anderson KE, Wolff RK, Slattery ML. Association of smoking, CpG island methylator phenotype, and V600E BRAF mutations in colon cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Dec 6;98(23):1731-8.
Slattery ML, Curtin K, Sweeney C, Levin TR, Potter J, Wolff RK, Albertsen H, Samowitz WS. Diet and lifestyle factor associations with CpG island methylator phenotype and BRAF mutations in colon cancer. Int J Cancer. 2007 Feb 1;120(3):656-63.
Slattery ML, Sweeney C, Edwards S, Herrick J, Baumgartner K, Wolff R, Murtaugh M, Baumgartner R, Giuliano A, Byers T. Body size, weight change, fat distribution and breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Nov 2; [Epub ahead of print]
Slattery ML, Sweeney C, Wolff R, Herrick J, Baumgartner K, Giuliano A, Byers T. Genetic variation in IGF1, IGFBP3, IRS1, IRS2 and risk of breast cancer in women living in Southwestern United States.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Oct 19.
Murtaugh MA, Sweeney C, Ma KN, Potter JD, Caan BJ, Wolff RK, Slattery ML. Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms, dietary promotion of insulin resistance, and colon and rectal cancer. Nutr Cancer. 2006;55(1):35-43.
Samowitz WS, Wolff RK, Curtin K, Sweeney C, Ma KN, Andersen K, Levin TR, Slattery ML. Interactions between CYP2C9 and UGT1A6 polymorphisms and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in colorectal cancer prevention. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Jul;4(7):894-901. Epub 2006 Jun 22.
Sweeney C, Schmitz KH, Lazovich D, Virnig BA, Wallace RB, Folsom AR. Functional limitations in elderly female cancer survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Apr 19;98(8):521-9.
Sweeney C, Curtin K, Murtaugh MA, Caan BJ, Potter JD, Slattery ML. Haplotype analysis of common vitamin D receptor variants and colon and rectal cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Apr;15(4):744-9.
Slattery ML, Curtin K, Wolff R, Ma KN, Sweeney C, Murtaugh M, Potter JD, Levin TR, Samowitz W. PPARgamma and colon and rectal cancer: associations with specific tumor mutations, aspirin, ibuprofen and insulin-related genes (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2006 Apr;17(3):239-49.
Slattery ML, Sweeney C, Murtaugh M, Ma KN, Caan BJ, Potter JD, Wolff R. Associations between vitamin D, vitamin D receptor gene and the androgen receptor gene with colon and rectal cancer. Int J Cancer. 2006 Jun 15;118(12):3140-6.
Slattery ML, Sweeney C, Edwards S, Herrick J, Murtaugh M, Baumgartner K, Guiliano A, Byers T. Physical activity patterns and obesity in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006 Jan;38(1):33-41. |
