World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Best Female Scientists
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Best Female Scientists

D-Index
155
Citations
89894
World Ranking
126
National Ranking
75

Medicine

D-Index
159
Citations
93131
World Ranking
815
National Ranking
461

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Louise A. Brinton is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Oncology, Genetics, Reproductive Medicine, Cancer Research, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The scientist's main topics of work cover various aspects of cancer research and treatment including:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Recent scholarly contributions include publications such as:

  • "Prognostic gene expression signature for high-grade serous ovarian cancer," 2020, Annals of Oncology
  • "Development and Validation of the Gene Expression Predictor of High-grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Molecular SubTYPE (PrOTYPE)," 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Associations of fecal microbial profiles with breast cancer and nonmalignant breast disease in the Ghana Breast Health Study," 2021, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a role for cholesterol in the development of endometrial cancer," 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • "The Risk of Ovarian Cancer Increases with an Increase in the Lifetime Number of Ovulatory Cycles: An Analysis from the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium (OC3)," 2020, Cancer Research

Frequent collaboration is seen with several coauthors, including:

  • Montserrat García-Closas
  • Britton Trabert
  • Jonine D. Figueroa
  • Thomas U. Ahearn
  • Joel Yarney

Publication venues with multiple contributions include:

  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancer Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Best Publications

  • Projecting Individualized Probabilities of Developing Breast Cancer for White Females Who Are Being Examined Annually

    Mitchell H. Gail;Louise A. Brinton;David P. Byar;Donald K. Corle

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • 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

  • Mammographic Features and Breast Cancer Risk: Effects With Time, Age, and Menopause Status

    Celia Byrne;Catherine Schairer;John Wolfe;Navin Parekh

  • 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

  • Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk

    Ganna Chornokur;Hui-Yi Lin;Jonathan P. Tyrer;Kate Lawrenson

  • Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

    Veronica Wendy Setiawan;Hannah P. Yang;Malcolm C. Pike;Malcolm C. Pike;Susan E. McCann;Susan E. McCann

  • Etiology of Hormone Receptor–Defined Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Michelle D. Althuis;Jennifer H. Fergenbaum;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Louise A. Brinton

  • Global trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality 1973–1997

    Michelle D Althuis;Jaclyn M Dozier;William F Anderson;Susan S Devesa

  • Breast cancer risk associated with proliferative breast disease and atypical hyperplasia

    William D. Dupont;Fritz F. Parl M.D.;William H. Hartmann;Louise A. Brinton

  • Cancer risk after a hospital discharge diagnosis of endometriosis

    Louise A. Brinton;Gloria Gridley;Ingemar Persson;John Baron

  • A common coding variant in CASP8 is associated with breast cancer risk

    Angela Cox;Alison M. Dunning;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Sabapathy Balasubramanian

  • 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

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1).

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Kevin B Jacobs;Peter Kraft;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jolanta Lissowska
Jolanta Lissowska Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Montserrat Garcia-Closas
Montserrat Garcia-Closas National Institutes of Health
Mark E. Sherman
Mark E. Sherman Mayo Clinic
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Robert N. Hoover
Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health
Nicolas Wentzensen
Nicolas Wentzensen National Institutes of Health
Ruth M. Pfeiffer
Ruth M. Pfeiffer National Institutes of Health
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

If you are considering studying Medicine in the USA, you may also be interested in other health-related degrees and career paths. There are several flexible options if you’re looking to start your career quickly or would like to study online. For example, some students seek the easiest nursing schools to get into, which provide more accessible entry requirements and open doors to rewarding nursing roles.

For those who prefer behind-the-scenes healthcare work, there are online medical billing and coding schools that accept fafsa, making it easier to get financial aid for your studies. Some aspiring nurses may want to avoid extra standardized testing by exploring nursing schools that don't require teas, simplifying the admissions process.

If your interests lean toward managing healthcare organizations, a healthcare administration degree can lead to a variety of leadership positions. Exploring these alternative degrees and pathways can help you find the best fit for your career goals in the ever-growing healthcare industry.

Best Scientists Citing Louise A. Brinton

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles