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Overview

Julie R. Palmer is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily situated in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses a diverse range of subfields including Genetics, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics cover significant areas such as BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Cancer Risks and Factors, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Frequent co-authors of Julie R. Palmer include Christine B. Ambrosone, Lynn Rosenberg, Kimberly A. Bertrand, Elisa V. Bandera, and Christopher A. Haiman, indicating collaboration with researchers across multiple related domains.

Julie R. Palmer has contributed to multiple publication venues, with the highest number of works appearing in UNC Libraries, followed by Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Breast Cancer Research.

Notable recent papers by Julie R. Palmer include:

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19, 2020, Science
  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

    Long H. Nguyen;David A. Drew;Mark S. Graham;Amit D. Joshi

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States

    Valentina A Zavala;Paige M Bracci;John M Carethers;Luis Carvajal-Carmona

  • A Hypothesis: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Reduce the Incidence of Large-Bowel Cancer

    Lynn Rosenberg;Julie R. Palmer;Ann G. Zauber;M. Ellen Warshauer

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Lung cancer occurrence in never-smokers: an analysis of 13 cohorts and 22 cancer registry studies.

    Michael J Thun;Lindsay M Hannan;Lucile L Adams-Campbell;Paolo Boffetta

  • Adverse Health Outcomes in Women Exposed In Utero to Diethylstilbestrol

    Robert H. Hoover;Marianne Hyer;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Ervin Adam

  • Decline in the risk of myocardial infarction among women who stop smoking.

    Lynn Rosenberg;Julie R. Palmer;Samuel Shapiro

  • Sugar-sweetened beverages and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in African American women.

    Julie R. Palmer;Deborah A. Boggs;Supriya Krishnan;Frank B. Hu

  • Air pollution and incidence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in black women living in Los Angeles.

    Patricia F. Coogan;Laura F. White;Michael Jerrett;Robert D. Brook

  • Prenatal Diethylstilbestrol Exposure and Risk of Breast Cancer

    Julie R. Palmer;Lauren A. Wise;Elizabeth E. Hatch;Rebecca Troisi

  • Reproductive factors, hormonal contraception, and risk of uterine leiomyomata in African-American women: a prospective study.

    Lauren A. Wise;Julie R. Palmer;Bernard L. Harlow;Donna Spiegelman

  • A common variant at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus is associated with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer

    Christopher A. Haiman;Gary K. Chen;Celine M. Vachon;Federico Canzian

  • Dietary calcium and magnesium, major food sources, and risk of type 2 diabetes in U.S. black women.

    Rob M van Dam;Frank B Hu;Lynn Rosenberg;Supriya Krishnan

  • A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry.

    Keri L. Monda;Keri L. Monda;Gary K. Chen;Kira C. Taylor;Kira C. Taylor;Cameron Palmer;Cameron Palmer

  • The Black Women's Health Study: a follow-up study for causes and preventions of illness

    L Rosenberg;L Adams-Campbell;J R Palmer

  • Ovarian cancer and smoking: individual participant meta-analysis including 28 114 women with ovarian cancer from 51 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;S. M. Gapstur;A. V. Patel;L. Dal Maso

  • Advances in the epidemiology of gestational trophoblastic disease

    J R Palmer

  • Active smoking and secondhand smoke increase breast cancer risk: the report of the Canadian Expert Panel on Tobacco Smoke and Breast Cancer Risk (2009)

    Johnson Kc;Miller Ab;Collishaw Ne;Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn Rosenberg
Lynn Rosenberg Boston University
Christine B. Ambrosone
Christine B. Ambrosone Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elisa V. Bandera
Elisa V. Bandera Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Andrew F. Olshan
Andrew F. Olshan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert N. Hoover
Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health
Samuel Shapiro
Samuel Shapiro Boston University
Kathryn L. Lunetta
Kathryn L. Lunetta Boston University
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Brian L. Strom
Brian L. Strom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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