Adam Olshen, PhD

Education

Professional Experience

• 1990-1992
  Teaching Assistant, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• 1992-1997
  Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• 1995
  Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• 1995
  Statistical Consultant, The Research Group, Seattle, WA
• 1997-1999
  Biostatistician, Stanford Human Genome Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• 2000-2001
  Informatics Research Scientist, UCSF Cancer Center, Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2001-2007
  Assistant Attending Biostatistician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• 2007-2009
  Associate Attending Biostatistician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• 2009-2013
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2009-2011
  Director, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Core, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
• 2011-present
  Director, Computational Biology Core, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
• 2013-present
  Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA

Selected Publications

1. Afshar AR, Damato BE, Stewart JM, Zablotska LB, Roy R, Olshen AB, Joseph NM, Bastian BC. Next-Generation Sequencing of Uveal Melanoma for Detection of Genetic Alterations Predicting Metastasis. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2019 Mar; 8(2):18.
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2. Harel E, Shoji J, Abraham V, Miller L, Laszik Z, Thurison T, King A, Olshen A, Leung J, Szabo G, Hann B, Høyer-Hansen G, Craik CS, Vincenti F. Identifying a potential biomarker for primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and its association with recurrence after transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2019 Mar; 33(3):e13487.
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3. Flowers E, Flentje A, Levine J, Olshen A, Hammer M, Paul S, Conley Y, Miaskowski C, Kober KM. A Pilot Study Using a Multistaged Integrated Analysis of Gene Expression and Methylation to Evaluate Mechanisms for Evening Fatigue in Women Who Received Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer. Biol Res Nurs. 2019 03; 21(2):142-156.
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4. Yeh I, Jorgenson E, Shen L, Xu M, North JP, Shain AH, Reuss D, Wu H, Robinson WA, Olshen A, von Deimling A, Kwok PY, Bastian BC, Asgari MM. Targeted genomic profiling of acral melanoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 Jan 18.
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5. Gornet MG, Peacock J, Claude J, Schranck FW, Copay AG, Eastlack RK, Benz R, Olshen A, Lotz JC. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can identify painful lumbar discs and may facilitate improved clinical outcomes of lumbar surgeries for discogenic pain. Eur Spine J. 2019 Apr; 28(4):674-687.
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6. Kober KM, Olshen A, Conley YP, Schumacher M, Topp K, Smoot B, Mazor M, Chesney M, Hammer M, Paul SM, Levine JD, Miaskowski C. Expression of mitochondrial dysfunction-related genes and pathways in paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer survivors. Mol Pain. 2018 Jan-Dec; 14:1744806918816462.
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7. Kober KM, Mazor M, Abrams G, Olshen A, Conley YP, Hammer M, Schumacher M, Chesney M, Smoot B, Mastick J, Paul SM, Levine JD, Miaskowski C. Phenotypic Characterization of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Cancer Survivors. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Dec; 56(6):908-919.e3.
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8. Stieglitz E, Dinh T, Phelps AS, Pampaloni MH, Olshen AB, Robbins E. ABVD Without Radiation for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis of 28 Consecutive Patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 05; 40(4):290-294.
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9. Dvorak CC, Satwani P, Stieglitz E, Cairo MS, Dang H, Pei Q, Gao Y, Wall D, Mazor T, Olshen AB, Parker JS, Kahwash S, Hirsch B, Raimondi S, Patel N, Skeens M, Cooper T, Mehta PA, Grupp SA, Loh ML. Disease burden and conditioning regimens in ASCT1221, a randomized phase II trial in children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jul; 65(7):e27034.
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10. Olshen A, Wolf D, Jones EF, Newitt D, van ‘t Veer LJ, Yau C, Esserman L, Wulfkuhle JD, Gallagher RI, Singer L, Petricoin EF, Hylton N, Park CC. Features of MRI stromal enhancement with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a subgroup analysis of the ACRIN 6657/I-SPY TRIAL. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2018 01; 5(1):011014.
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11. Stieglitz E, Mazor T, Olshen AB, Geng H, Gelston LC, Akutagawa J, Lipka DB, Plass C, Flotho C, Chehab FF, Braun BS, Costello JF, Loh ML. Genome-wide DNA methylation is predictive of outcome in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Nat Commun. 2017 12 19; 8(1):2127.
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12. Mazor T, Chesnelong C, Pankov A, Jalbert LE, Hong C, Hayes J, Smirnov IV, Marshall R, Souza CF, Shen Y, Viswanath P, Noushmehr H, Ronen SM, Jones SJM, Marra MA, Cairncross JG, Perry A, Nelson SJ, Chang SM, Bollen AW, Molinaro AM, Bengtsson H, Olshen AB, Weiss S, Phillips JJ, Luchman HA, Costello JF. Clonal expansion and epigenetic reprogramming following deletion or amplification of mutant IDH1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 10 03; 114(40):10743-10748.
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13. Smith CC, Paguirigan A, Jeschke GR, Lin KC, Massi E, Tarver T, Chin CS, Asthana S, Olshen A, Travers KJ, Wang S, Levis MJ, Perl AE, Radich JP, Shah NP. Heterogeneous resistance to quizartinib in acute myeloid leukemia revealed by single-cell analysis. Blood. 2017 07 06; 130(1):48-58.
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14. Wang SJ, Asthana S, van Zante A, Heaton CM, Phuchareon J, Stein L, Higuchi S, Kishimoto T, Chiu CY, Olshen AB, McCormick F, Tetsu O. Establishment and characterization of an oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell line from a never-smoking patient. Oral Oncol. 2017 06; 69:1-10.
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15. Williams KE, Lemieux GA, Hassis ME, Olshen AB, Fisher SJ, Werb Z. Quantitative proteomic analyses of mammary organoids reveals distinct signatures after exposure to environmental chemicals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 08; 113(10):E1343-51.
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16. Stieglitz E, Taylor-Weiner AN, Chang TY, Gelston LC, Wang YD, Mazor T, Esquivel E, Yu A, Seepo S, Olsen SR, Rosenberg M, Archambeault SL, Abusin G, Beckman K, Brown PA, Briones M, Carcamo B, Cooper T, Dahl GV, Emanuel PD, Fluchel MN, Goyal RK, Hayashi RJ, Hitzler J, Hugge C, Liu YL, Messinger YH, Mahoney DH, Monteleone P, Nemecek ER, Roehrs PA, Schore RJ, Stine KC, Takemoto CM, Toretsky JA, Costello JF, Olshen AB, Stewart C, Li Y, Ma J, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Getz G, Gruber TA, Golub TR, Stegmaier K, Loh ML. Corrigendum: The genomic landscape of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Nat Genet. 2016 Jan; 48(1):101.
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17. Korkola JE, Heck S, Olshen AB, Feldman DR, Reuter VE, Houldsworth J, Bosl GJ, Chaganti RS. Development and Validation of a Gene-Based Model for Outcome Prediction in Germ Cell Tumors Using a Combined Genomic and Expression Profiling Approach. PLoS One. 2015; 10(12):e0142846.
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18. Chang MT, Asthana S, Gao SP, Lee BH, Chapman JS, Kandoth C, Gao J, Socci ND, Solit DB, Olshen AB, Schultz N, Taylor BS. Identifying recurrent mutations in cancer reveals widespread lineage diversity and mutational specificity. Nat Biotechnol. 2016 Feb; 34(2):155-63.
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19. Stieglitz E, Taylor-Weiner AN, Chang TY, Gelston LC, Wang YD, Mazor T, Esquivel E, Yu A, Seepo S, Olsen S, Rosenberg M, Archambeault SL, Abusin G, Beckman K, Brown PA, Briones M, Carcamo B, Cooper T, Dahl GV, Emanuel PD, Fluchel MN, Goyal RK, Hayashi RJ, Hitzler J, Hugge C, Liu YL, Messinger YH, Mahoney DH, Monteleone P, Nemecek ER, Roehrs PA, Schore RJ, Stine KC, Takemoto CM, Toretsky JA, Costello JF, Olshen AB, Stewart C, Li Y, Ma J, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Getz G, Gruber T, Golub T, Stegmaier K, Loh ML. The genomic landscape of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Nat Genet. 2015 Nov; 47(11):1326-1333.
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20. Mazor T, Pankov A, Johnson BE, Hong C, Hamilton EG, Bell RJA, Smirnov IV, Reis GF, Phillips JJ, Barnes MJ, Idbaih A, Alentorn A, Kloezeman JJ, Lamfers MLM, Bollen AW, Taylor BS, Molinaro AM, Olshen AB, Chang SM, Song JS, Costello JF. DNA Methylation and Somatic Mutations Converge on the Cell Cycle and Define Similar Evolutionary Histories in Brain Tumors. Cancer Cell. 2015 Sep 14; 28(3):307-317.
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