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Room 1007b WARF Office Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53726
Dr. Warren Andersen is an Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a cancer epidemiologist, she is interested in how social determinants, modifiable risk factors, and molecular factors work in concert to influence cancer risk and survivorship. Dr. Warren Andersen’s research interests build upon her previous training. She received her B.S. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later earned a M.S. and Ph.D. in Population Health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center R25 Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer (MAGEC) training program.
Affiliations/Associations
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- American Society of Preventive Oncology
- American Association for Cancer Research
- Self-efficacy for cancer self-management in the context of COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey study
- Daily Walking and Mortality in Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse U.S. Adults
- Associations of Type 2 Diabetes with Risk of Overall and Site-Specific Cancers in a Cohort of Predominantly Low-Income Racially Diverse Populations
- Area-level socioeconomic status is associated with colorectal cancer screening, incidence and mortality in the US: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Lower Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Lower Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake in the Southern Community Cohort Study
- Physical activity and supportive care intervention preferences: a cross-sectional study of barriers in advanced cancer
- Changes in physical activity since cancer diagnosis and associations with health-related quality of life: a study of adults living with advanced cancer
- Vitamin D-related genetic variants and prostate cancer risk in Black men
- Associations of diabetes and mortality among colorectal cancer patients from the Southern Community Cohort Study
- Variants in Vitamin D-related Genes and Prostate Cancer Risk in Black Men
The overarching goal of our research program is to advance the understanding of the relations between social determinants, molecular characteristics, and modifiable risk factors with cancer risk and survivorship. Specific attention is given to the influence of sociocultural factors and tumor characteristics on health disparities in colorectal cancer risk. The research conducted within the Warren Andersen laboratory consists of clinical and population-based studies, primarily utilizing data from large cohort studies with stored biologic samples, cancer consortia datasets, and several epidemiological case-control studies.
Courses Taught
- PHS 750: Cancer Epidemiology