Research Summary

Dr. DeRouen is a cancer epidemiologist with dual training in cancer biology and epidemiology. Her ongoing research efforts are focused on cancer prevention and control and address cancer disparities due to multi-level determinants, especially social determinants of health. Dr. DeRouen has experience with pooling and harmonizing complex multi-level data, including contextual-level data and data from electronic health records, from disparate sources and designing studies of multi-level data to study cancer disparities.

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Research Funding

  • February 1, 2020 - November 30, 2024 - Elucidating Lung Cancer Etiology Among Asian American Female Never Smokers , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01MD014859
  • August 16, 2019 - July 31, 2024 - Understanding the Multilevel Drivers of Liver Cancer Disparities , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA225478
  • July 5, 2018 - June 30, 2024 - Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Immunity and Stress (RESPOND) , Co-Investigator (UCSF Site) . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U19CA214253
  • March 1, 2019 - February 28, 2024 - The Role of 27-hydroxycholesterol in Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Multiethnic Study , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA229815
  • August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2023 - Active surveillance and patient reported outcomes in a diverse population of prostate cancer patients , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA211141
  • June 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 - Mobile data collection for resource allocation in response to the pandemic induced recession , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: COVID Emergency Rapid Response Pilot / California Breast Cancer Research Program, Sponsor Award ID:
  • October 1, 2016 - August 31, 2020 - A prospective study of phthalates, BPA, and breast cancer , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: California Breast Cancer Research Program/University of Southern California, Sponsor Award ID: 22UB-2309
  • May 11, 2016 - April 30, 2020 - Lung cancer in never smokers: incidence, risk factors, and molecular characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanderfemales , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA204070
  • February 10, 2017 - January 31, 2019 - A cohort study of air pollution, brain cancer, and benign brain tumors in Los Angeles County , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: BLTRAP/University of Southern California, Sponsor Award ID: BTAP010

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh , PA, BS, 05/2002, Biological Sciences, minor in Chemistry
University of Oxford, Oxford , BA, 06/2004, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, PhD, 01/2010, Cancer Biology
University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, MPH, 05/2014, Epidemiology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Postdoctoral Fellow, 10/2010, Cancer Biology

Honors & Awards

  • 2002
    Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes Trust
  • 2002
    Judith A. Resnik Award, Outstanding woman in science or engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2002
    Andrew Carnegie Society Scholarship for service and leadership, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2004
    National Defense Science and Engineering Grant, American Society for Engineering Education
  • 2007-2009
    NIH Interdisciplinary Training Grant in Regenerative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
  • 2017
    Trainee, Integrative Molecular Epidemiology Workshop, American Association of Cancer Research
  • 2019
    Invited Participant, Workshop to Facilitate Cancer Systems Epidemiology Research, National Cancer Institute

Selected Publications

  1. DeRouen MC, Yang J, Li Y, Franke AA, Tome AN, White KK, Hernandez BY, Shvetsov Y, Setiawan V, Wu AH, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Loo LWM, Cheng I. Circulating 27-hydroxycholesterol, lipids, and steroid hormones in breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study of the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Breast Cancer Res. 2023 08 14; 25(1):95.  View on PubMed
  2. DeRouen MC, Canchola AJ, Thompson CA, Jin A, Nie S, Wong C, Lichtensztajn D, Allen L, Patel MI, Daida YG, Luft HS, Shariff-Marco S, Reynolds P, Wakelee HA, Liang SY, Waitzfelder BE, Cheng I, Gomez SL. Incidence of Lung Cancer Among Never-Smoking Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Females. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 01 11; 114(1):78-86.  View on PubMed
  3. DeRouen MC, Yang J, Jain J, Weden MM, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. Disparities in Prostate Cancer Survival According to Neighborhood Archetypes, A Population-Based Study. Urology. 2022 05; 163:138-147.  View on PubMed
  4. Wu AH, Franke AA, Wilkens LR, Tseng C, Conroy SM, Li Y, Sangaramoorthy M, Polfus LM, DeRouen MC, Caberto C, Haiman C, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Cheng I. Risk of breast cancer and prediagnostic urinary excretion of bisphenol A, triclosan and parabens: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 10 01; 149(7):1426-1434.  View on PubMed
  5. DeRouen MC, Thompson CA, Canchola AJ, Jin A, Nie S, Wong C, Jain J, Lichtensztajn DY, Li Y, Allen L, Patel MI, Daida YG, Luft HS, Shariff-Marco S, Reynolds P, Wakelee HA, Liang SY, Waitzfelder BE, Cheng I, Gomez SL. Integrating Electronic Health Record, Cancer Registry, and Geospatial Data to Study Lung Cancer in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Ethnic Groups. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 08; 30(8):1506-1516.  View on PubMed
  6. Wu AH, Franke AA, Wilkens LR, Tseng C, Conroy SM, Li Y, Polfus LM, De Rouen M, Caberto C, Haiman C, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Cheng I. Urinary phthalate exposures and risk of breast cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort study. Breast Cancer Res. 2021 04 06; 23(1):44.  View on PubMed
  7. Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen MC, Yang J, Jain J, Nelson DO, Weden MM, Gomez SL. Neighborhood archetypes and breast cancer survival in California. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 05; 57:22-29.  View on PubMed
  8. DeRouen MC, Schupp CW, Yang J, Koo J, Hertz A, Shariff-Marco S, Cockburn M, Nelson DO, Ingles SA, Cheng I, John EM, Gomez SL. Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on socioeconomic disparities in localized and advanced prostate cancer risk. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Oct; 29(10):951-966.  View on PubMed
  9. DeRouen MC, Hu L, McKinley M, Gali K, Patel M, Clarke C, Wakelee H, Haile R, Gomez SL, Cheng I. Incidence of lung cancer histologic cell-types according to neighborhood factors: A population based study in California. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0197146.  View on PubMed
  10. DeRouen MC, Schupp CW, Koo J, Yang J, Hertz A, Shariff-Marco S, Cockburn M, Nelson DO, Ingles SA, John EM, Gomez SL. Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on disparities in prostate cancer survival. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 04; 53:1-11.  View on PubMed
  11. DeRouen MC, Parsons HM, Kent EE, Pollock BH, Keegan THM. Sociodemographic disparities in survival for adolescents and young adults with cancer differ by health insurance status. Cancer Causes Control. 2017 Aug; 28(8):841-851.  View on PubMed
  12. Gomez SL, Canchola AJ, Nelson DO, Keegan TH, Clarke CA, Cheng I, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen M, Catalano R, Satariano WA, Davidson-Allen K, Glaser SL. Recent declines in cancer incidence: related to the Great Recession? Cancer Causes Control. 2017 02; 28(2):145-154.  View on PubMed
  13. Ramirez J, Elmofty M, Castillo E, DeRouen M, Shariff-Marco S, Allen L, Gomez SL, Nápoles AM, Márquez-Magaña L. Evaluation of cortisol and telomere length measurements in ethnically diverse women with breast cancer using culturally sensitive methods. J Community Genet. 2017 Apr; 8(2):75-86.  View on PubMed
  14. Keegan TH, DeRouen MC, Parsons HM, Clarke CA, Goldberg D, Flowers CR, Glaser SL. Impact of Treatment and Insurance on Socioeconomic Disparities in Survival after Adolescent and Young Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Based Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Feb; 25(2):264-73.  View on PubMed
  15. DeRouen MC, Mujahid M, Srinivas S, Keegan TH. Disparities in Adolescent and Young Adult Survival After Testicular Cancer Vary by Histologic Subtype: A Population-Based Study in California 1988-2010. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2016 Mar; 5(1):31-40.  View on PubMed
  16. Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen M, Keegan TH, Yen IH, Mujahid M, Satariano WA, Glaser SL. The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions. Cancer. 2015 Jul 15; 121(14):2314-30.  View on PubMed
  17. DeRouen MC, Smith AW, Tao L, Bellizzi KM, Lynch CF, Parsons HM, Kent EE, Keegan TH, AYA HOPE Study Collaborative Group. Cancer-related information needs and cancer's impact on control over life influence health-related quality of life among adolescents and young adults with cancer. Psychooncology. 2015 Sep; 24(9):1104-15.  View on PubMed
  18. Froment MA, Gomez SL, Roux A, DeRouen MC, Kidd EA. Impact of socioeconomic status and ethnic enclave on cervical cancer incidence among Hispanics and Asians in California. Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Jun; 133(3):409-15.  View on PubMed
  19. Keegan TH, Tao L, DeRouen MC, Wu XC, Prasad P, Lynch CF, Shnorhavorian M, Zebrack BJ, Chu R, Harlan LC, Smith AW, Parsons HM, AYA HOPE Study Collaborative Group. Medical care in adolescents and young adult cancer survivors: what are the biggest access-related barriers? J Cancer Surviv. 2014 Jun; 8(2):282-92.  View on PubMed
  20. Derouen MC, Gomez SL, Press DJ, Tao L, Kurian AW, Keegan TH. A Population-Based Observational Study of First-Course Treatment and Survival for Adolescent and Young Adult Females with Breast Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2013 Sep; 2(3):95-103.  View on PubMed

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