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Ulrike Peters, PhD, MPH |
Research Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Contact Information
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Box 358080
1100 Fairview Ave N,M4-B402
PO Box 1024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
Tel: 206-667-2450
Fax: 206-667-5977
upeters@fhcrc.org
Research Interests
My research interest is in the genetic and molecular epidemiology of cancer prevention with focus on nutrition. I am particularly interested in studying the impact on cancer risk of common genetic variations in nutritional pathways and interrelation with diet (gene-diet interactions) as well as genetic variants across the entire genome (genome-wide associations studies). In addition to questionnaire data, I am increasingly applying molecular tools to assess dietary exposures and intermediate biomarkers. Studies that I am currently working on include (but are not restricted to) genome-wide association studies for colon and breast cancer; selenium, genetic variations in selenoenzymes and risk of prostate and colorectal cancer; anti-oxidative vitamins and prostate cancer; use of vitamin and mineral supplement and risk of prostate and colorectal cancer, molecular markers of insulin resistance, variations in insulin resistance related genes and risk of colorectal adenoma; vitamin D, calcium and variations in related genes and prostate and colorectal cancer. On these projects, I am working together with investigators of different disciplines, and I am seeking to expand these multidisciplinary collaborations to enhance research on molecular and genetic profiling in population-based studies.
Education
PhD, Nutrition, University of Kiel (Germany) 1998
MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina 1999
Selected Publications
Peters U, Chatterjee N, Hayes RB, Schoen RE, Chanock SJ,
Foster CB. Genetic variation in the selenoenzymes and risk of advanced colorectal
adenoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers and
Prev 2008;17:1144-54
Dong LM**, Potter JD, White E, Ulrich CM,
Cardon LR, Peters U. Genetic susceptibility to cancer: the role of
polymorphisms in candidate genes. JAMA 2008;28:
299: 2423-36
Peters U, Leitzmann MF,
Chatterjee N, Albanes D, Gelmann EP, Riboli E, Hayes RB. Serum lycopene, other carotenoids and
prostate cancer risk: a nested case-control study in the PLCO cancer screening
trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers and Prev
2007;16:962-8
Kirsh VA**, Hayes RB, Mayne ST, Chatterjee N,Subar AF, Dixon LB, Albanes D, Andriole GL, Urban DA, Peters
U. Supplemental and dietary vitamin E, b-carotene and vitamin C, and prostate
cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006;98:245-54
Peters U, Sinha R, Chatterjee N, Subar A, Ziegler RG, Kulldorff M, Bresalier R,
Weissfeld JL, Flood A, Schatzkin A, Hayes RB, and the PLCO Project Team.
Dietary fibre and colorectal adenoma in a colorectal cancer early detection
programme. The Lancet
2003;361:1491-1495
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