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Julia A. Knight is affiliated with the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Canada. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, contributing extensively to oncology, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, as well as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Julia A. Knight are:

  • "Coronary Artery Disease in Young Women After Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer," 2021, published in JACC CardioOncology
  • "Evaluating depression and anxiety throughout pregnancy and after birth: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic," 2022, published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • "Radiation Treatment, ATM, BRCA1/2, and CHEK2*1100delC Pathogenic Variants and Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer," 2020, published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Prepubertal Internalizing Symptoms and Timing of Puberty Onset in Girls," 2020, published in American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Association between maternal cannabis use and birth outcomes: an observational study," 2020, published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Julia A. Knight include:

  • Esther M. John
  • Jonine L. Bernstein
  • Meghan Woods
  • Charles F. Lynch
  • Anne S. Reiner

Their research is often published in prominent venues such as:

  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • JAMA Network Open
  • UNC Libraries
  • Pediatric Research

Julia A. Knight's scholarly contributions span multiple interconnected disciplines within medicine, with a substantial focus on cancer research, including genetic risk factors and treatment outcomes, as well as maternal and child health. The breadth of their co-authorships and publication venues reflects a multidisciplinary approach to addressing complex health issues through epidemiological and clinical research methods.

Best Publications

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • Association of Vitamin D With Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction in Subjects at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

    Sheena Kayaniyil;Reinhold Vieth;Ravi Retnakaran;Julia A. Knight;Julia A. Knight

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • The Breast Cancer Family Registry: an infrastructure for cooperative multinational, interdisciplinary and translational studies of the genetic epidemiology of breast cancer

    Esther M John;John L Hopper;Jeanne C Beck;Julia A Knight

  • Association between biallelic and monoallelic germline MYH gene mutations and colorectal cancer risk.

    Marina E. Croitoru;Sean P. Cleary;Nando Di Nicola;Michael Manno

  • Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers

    Juliet D. French;Maya Ghoussaini;Stacey L. Edwards;Kerstin B. Meyer

  • Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk: Mendelian Randomization Analyses of Data from 145,000 Women of European Descent.

    Yan Guo;Shaneda Warren Andersen;Xiao-Ou Shu;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • Vitamin D and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

    Julia A. Knight;Maia Lesosky;Heidi Barnett;Janet M. Raboud

  • Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair EDITORIAL COMMENT

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J. Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive ageing to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J. Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Vessela N. Kristensen
Vessela N. Kristensen Oslo University Hospital

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