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NINA OESTREICHER, PHD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF

CONTACT

nina.oestreicher@kp.org
(510) 891-3899 (voice)
(510) 891-3899 (fax)

Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2000-2004
Master of Science, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1997-2000
Bachelor of Science, cum laude, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1986-1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004-current

Staff Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, October

2005

Consultant, Genentech, Inc.,

September 2000-August 2004

Doctoral Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,

March 2001-September 2002

Research Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle WA

September 1997-June 2002

Research Fellow/Assistant, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA

January 1996-May 1997

Research Intern, Department of Functional Restoration, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

January 1994-August 1997

Financial Manager, J.T. Wakimoto Management, Inc., San Jose, CA

November 1992-December 1993

Asset Manager, Office of the Trustee of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Los Altos, CA

August 1990-September 1992

Research Associate, Coopers & Lybrand, San Jose, CA,

HONORS & AWARDS

2003-2004

PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Health Outcomes

2002-2003

American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Pre-doctoral Fellowship,

2002-2003

Plein Endowed Research Fund Pre-doctoral Fellowship

1999-2002

Cancer Prevention Research Training Grant, National Cancer Institute

1999

Winner of Committee on Affiliates Student Poster Contest, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

1997

John Stenner Collegiate Cycling Scholarship

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Oestreicher N, Ramsey SD, McCune JS, Linden HM, Veenstra DL. The cost of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early-stage breast carcinoma. Cancer. 2005;104: 2054-62.

Oestreicher N, Ramsey SD, Linden HM, McCune JS, van't Veer LJ, Burke W, Veenstra DL. Gene expression profiling and breast cancer care: What are the potential benefits and policy implications? Genetics in Medicine. 2005;7: 380-9.

Oestreicher N, Lehman CD, Seger DJ, Buist DS, White E. The incremental contribution of clinical breast examination to invasive cancer detection in a mammography screening program. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2005;84: 428-32.

White E, Miglioretti DL, Yankaskas BC, Geller BM, Rosenberg RD, Kerlikowske K, Cutter G, Vacek PM, Carney PA, Buist DSM, Oestreicher N, Barlow W, Ballard-Barbash R, Taplin SH. The interval between screening mammograms and risk of late stage breast cancer, by age and breast density. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2004;96:1832-9.

Oestreicher N, White E, Porter PL, Malone KE. Hormonal factors and breast tumor proliferation: Do factors that affect cancer risk also affect tumor growth? Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2004;85: 133-42.

Oestreicher N, White E, Lehman CD, Mandelson MT, Porter PL, Taplin SH. Predictors of sensitivity of clinical breast examination. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2002;76: 73-81.

Mandelson MT, Oestreicher N, Porter PL, White E, Finder CA. Breast density as a predictor of mammographic detection: comparison of interval- and screen-detected cancers. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2000;92: 1081-7.

Fredericson M, Cookingham CL, Chaudbari AM, Dowdell BC, Oestreicher N, Sahrmann SA. Hip abductor weakness in distance runners with iliotibial band syndrome. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. 2000;10: 169-75.

McTiernan A, Ulrich C, Yancey D, Slate S, Nakamura H, Oestreicher N, Bowen D, Yasui Y, Potter J, Schwartz R. The Physical Activity for Total Health (PATH) Study: rationale and design. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 1999;31: 1307-12.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Oestreicher N, Habel L, Bromerger J, Butler L, Crandall C, Gold E, Modugno F, Schocken M, Sternfeld B. Association of physical activity and mammographic density in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

12/08/05

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