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  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Sholom Wacholder was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the domain of epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their work primarily focused on the intersection of infectious agents and cancer, with a strong emphasis on cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) research.

The scientist's research spanned several disciplines within medicine, including epidemiology, microbiology, physiology, surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology. The main areas of investigation included:

  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Their published works appeared in various reputable venues, with notable contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet Oncology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • npj Vaccines

Among the recent papers coauthored by Wacholder were studies that investigated the immune landscape of bacterial vaginosis and its relationship with HPV infection, analyses of precancerous cervical lesions post-vaccination, and exploration of HPV vaccine efficacy. Select notable publications include:

  • "molBV reveals immune landscape of bacterial vaginosis and predicts human papillomavirus infection natural history" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Precancerous cervical lesions caused by non-vaccine-preventable HPV types after vaccination with the bivalent AS04-adjuvanted HPV vaccine: an analysis of the long-term follow-up study from the randomised Costa Rica HPV Vaccine Trial" (2022, The Lancet Oncology)
  • "Risk Factors for Non-Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Type 16/18 Cervical Infections and Associated Lesions Among HPV DNA-Negative Women Vaccinated Against HPV-16/18 in the Costa Rica Vaccine Trial" (2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • "HPV16 infection decreases vaccine-induced HPV16 antibody avidity: the CVT trial" (2022, npj Vaccines)
  • "Estimating human papillomavirus vaccine efficacy from a single-arm trial: proof-of-principle in the Costa Rica Vaccine Trial" (2023, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

Wacholder collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Carolina Porras, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, Aimée R. Kreimer, and Douglas R. Lowy. These collaborations reflected a significant body of work centered around infectious diseases and cancer epidemiology.

In recognition of their professional contributions, Sholom Wacholder was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer

    Mark Schiffman;Philip E Castle;Jose Jeronimo;Ana C Rodriguez

  • The Risk of Cancer Associated with Specific Mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 among Ashkenazi Jews

    Jeffery P. Struewing;Patricia Hartge;Sholom Wacholder;Sonya M. Baker

  • Associations of elevated interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein levels with mortality in the elderly

    Tamara B Harris;Luigi Ferrucci;Russell P Tracy;M.Chiara Corti

  • Assessing the Probability That a Positive Report is False: An Approach for Molecular Epidemiology Studies

    Sholom Wacholder;Stephen Chanock;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Laure El ghormli

  • Epidemiologic Evidence Showing That Human Papillomavirus Infection Causes Most Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Mark H. Schiffman;Heidi M. Bauer;Robert N. Hoover;Andrew G. Glass

  • A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer

    David J Hunter;David J Hunter;Peter Kraft;Kevin B Jacobs;David G Cox

  • Replicating genotype–phenotype associations

    Stephen J. Chanock;Teri Manolio;Michael Boehnke;Eric Boerwinkle

  • The Elevated 10-Year Risk of Cervical Precancer and Cancer in Women With Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Type 16 or 18 and the Possible Utility of Type-Specific HPV Testing in Clinical Practice

    Michelle J. Khan;Philip E. Castle;Attila T. Lorincz;Sholom Wacholder

  • Selection of Controls in Case-Control Studies I. Principles

    Sholom Wacholder;Joseph K. McLaughlin;Debra T. Silverman;Jack S. Mandel

  • Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24

    Meredith Yeager;Nick Orr;Richard B Hayes;Kevin B Jacobs

  • Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer

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

  • Human Papillomavirus Testing in the Prevention of Cervical Cancer

    Mark Schiffman;Nicolas Wentzensen;Sholom Wacholder;Walter Kinney

  • Population-Based Study of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Neoplasia in Rural Costa Rica

    Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim;Concepcion Bratti;Mark E. Sherman

  • The relation of risk factors to the development of atherosclerosis in saphenous-vein bypass grafts and the progression of disease in the native circulation. A study 10 years after aortocoronary bypass surgery.

    Lucien Campeau;Marc Enjalbert;Jacques Lespérance;Martial G. Bourassa

  • Selection of Controls in Case-Control Studies: II. Types of Controls

    Sholom Wacholder;Debra T. Silverman;Joseph K. McLaughlin;Jack S. Mandel

  • Effect of human papillomavirus 16/18 L1 viruslike particle vaccine among young women with preexisting infection: a randomized trial.

    Allan Hildesheim;Rolando Herrero;Sholom Wacholder;Ana C. Rodriguez

  • HPV DNA testing in cervical cancer screening. Results from women in a high-risk province of Costa Rica.

    Mark Schiffman;Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim;Mark E. Sherman

  • Estimation of effect size distribution from genome-wide association studies and implications for future discoveries

    Ju Hyun Park;Sholom Wacholder;Mitchell H. Gail;Ulrike Peters

  • NAT2 slow acetylation, GSTM1 null genotype, and risk of bladder cancer: results from the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study and meta-analyses.

    Montserrat García-Closas;Núria Malats;Debra Silverman;Mustafa Dosemeci

  • Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24

    Adam S. Kibel

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Schiffman
Mark Schiffman National Institutes of Health
Rolando Herrero
Rolando Herrero Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research, INCIENSA Foundation
Allan Hildesheim
Allan Hildesheim National Institutes of Health
Robert D. Burk
Robert D. Burk Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Mark E. Sherman
Mark E. Sherman Mayo Clinic
Margaret A. Tucker
Margaret A. Tucker National Institutes of Health
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
Neil E. Caporaso
Neil E. Caporaso National Institutes of Health

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