Erin Van Blarigan, ScD

Education

University of California, Davis, BS 2007 Biological Science
Harvard School of Public Health, ScM 2009 Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health, ScD 2011 Epidemiology, Nutrition (double major)
University of California, San Francisco, 2011-2013, Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Division of Cancer Epidemiology, post-doctoral scholar)

Honors & Awards

• 2003
  Regent's Scholar, University of California, Davis (2003-2007)
• 2009
  Nutritional Epidemiology of Cancer Career Development Program, NCI - pre-doctoral (2009-2011)
• 2010
  Campbell Scholar, American Institute for Cancer Research
• 2011
  Honorable Mention, 3rd N. American Congress of Epidemiology Lilienfeld Student Prize
• 2011
  Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer, NCI Training Grant post-doctoral fellow (2011-2013)
• 2012
  Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology
• 2017
  Oral abstract presentation, ASCO press program, and Best of ASCO, ASCO 2017 Annual Meeting
• 2019
  Best of the AACR Journals for one of the most cited articles published in 2018 in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
• 2022    
  Citation Award Winner, "Optimization of a nutrition and physical activity intervention for colorectal cancer survivors: Tools To Be Fit study protocol," Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Society of Behavioral Medicine

Selected Publications

1. Shee K, Cedars BE, Wang L, Kenfield SA, Cowan JE, Tolstykh I, Langlais CS, Pace WA, Broering JM, Carroll PR, Chan JM, Van Blarigan EL. Multivitamin Use After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Is Associated with Lower Risk of Recurrence: A Prospective Cohort Study from the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor (CaPSURE). Eur Urol Oncol. 2025 Aug; 8(4):1003-1009. View on PubMed
2. Kyaw TS, Upadhyay V, Tolstykh I, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Stanfield D, Gempis D, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Piawah S, Atreya CE, Ng K, Venook A, Kidder W, Turnbaugh PJ, Van Blarigan EL. Variety of Fruit and Vegetables and Alcohol Intake are Associated with Gut Microbial Species and Gene Abundance in Colorectal Cancer Survivors. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 09; 118(3):518-529. View on PubMed
3. Wang L, Langlais C, Kenfield SA, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Atreya CE, Chan JM, Zhang L, Allen IE, Miaskowski C, Fukuoka Y, Meyerhardt JA, Venook AP, Van Blarigan EL. Quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors participating in a pilot randomized controlled trial of a web-based dietary intervention with text messages. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Feb 10; 31(3):155. View on PubMed
4. Kenfield SA, Philip EJ, Phillips SM, Meyerhardt JA, Chan JM, Atreya CE, Kim MO, Harris Q, Steiding P, Macaire G, McCullough ML, Piawah S, Johnson WY, Kurttila FA, Lewis WL, Pesmen C, Watson Y, Van Blarigan EL. Optimizing intervention tools to improve nutrition and physical activity for colorectal cancer survivors (Tools To Be Fit): Study protocol of a randomized factorial experiment. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 12; 123:107009. View on PubMed
5. Chan H, Van Loon K, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Mitchell E, Zhang L, Paciorek A, Joseph G, Laffan A, Atreya C, Fukuoka Y, Miaskowski C, Meyerhardt JA, Venook AP, Van Blarigan EL. Quality of life of colorectal cancer survivors participating in a pilot randomized controlled trial of physical activity trackers and daily text messages. Support Care Cancer. 2022 May; 30(5):4557-4564. View on PubMed
6. Van Blarigan EL, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Van Loon K, Paciorek A, Zhang L, Chan H, Savoie MB, Bocobo AG, Liu VN, Wong LX, Laffan A, Atreya CE, Miaskowski C, Fukuoka Y, Meyerhardt JA, Venook AP. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Web-Based Dietary Intervention with Text Messages for Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Pilot Trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 04; 29(4):752-760. View on PubMed
7. Van Blarigan EL, Chan H, Van Loon K, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Mitchell E, Zhang L, Paciorek A, Joseph G, Laffan A, Atreya CE, Fukuoka Y, Miaskowski C, Meyerhardt JA, Venook AP. Self-monitoring and reminder text messages to increase physical activity in colorectal cancer survivors (Smart Pace): a pilot randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer. 2019 Mar 11; 19(1):218. View on PubMed
8. Van Blarigan EL, Ou FS, Niedzwiecki D, Zhang S, Fuchs CS, Saltz L, Mayer RJ, Venook A, Ogino S, Song M, Benson A, Hantel A, Atkins JN, Giovannucci EL, Meyerhardt JA. Dietary Fat Intake after Colon Cancer Diagnosis in Relation to Cancer Recurrence and Survival: CALGB 89803 (Alliance). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 10; 27(10):1227-1230. View on PubMed
9. Van Blarigan EL, Fuchs CS, Niedzwiecki D, Ye X, Zhang S, Song M, Saltz LB, Mayer RJ, Mowat RB, Whittom R, Hantel A, Benson A, Atienza D, Messino M, Kindler H, Venook A, Ogino S, Giovannucci EL, Meyerhardt JA. Marine ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid and Fish Intake after Colon Cancer Diagnosis and Survival: CALGB 89803 (Alliance). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 04; 27(4):438-445. View on PubMed
10. Bauer SR, Van Blarigan EL, Stampfer MJ, Chan JM, Kenfield SA. Mediterranean diet after prostate cancer diagnosis and urinary and sexual functioning: The health professionals follow-up study. Prostate. 2018 02; 78(3):202-212. View on PubMed
11. Tat D, Kenfield SA, Cowan JE, Broering JM, Carroll PR, Van Blarigan EL, Chan JM. Milk and other dairy foods in relation to prostate cancer recurrence: Data from the cancer of the prostate strategic urologic research endeavor (CaPSURE™). Prostate. 2018 Jan; 78(1):32-39. View on PubMed
12. Van Blarigan EL, Kenfield SA, Tantum L, Cadmus-Bertram LA, Carroll PR, Chan JM. The Fitbit One Physical Activity Tracker in Men With Prostate Cancer: Validation Study. JMIR Cancer. 2017 Apr 18; 3(1):e5. View on PubMed
13. Emami NC, Leong L, Wan E, Van Blarigan EL, Cooperberg MR, Tenggara I, Carroll PR, Chan JM, Witte JS, Simko JP. Tissue Sources for Accurate Measurement of Germline DNA Genotypes in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Prostatectomy. Prostate. 2017 03; 77(4):425-434. View on PubMed
14. Peisch SF, Van Blarigan EL, Chan JM, Stampfer MJ, Kenfield SA. Prostate cancer progression and mortality: a review of diet and lifestyle factors. World J Urol. 2017 Jun; 35(6):867-874. View on PubMed
15. Downer MK, Van Blarigan EL, Peisch SF, Stampfer MJ. Should We Fear Folate? Eur Urol. 2016 12; 70(6):952-953. View on PubMed
16. Nordström T, Van Blarigan EL, Ngo V, Roy R, Weinberg V, Song X, Simko J, Carroll PR, Chan JM, Paris PL. Associations between circulating carotenoids, genomic instability and the risk of high-grade prostate cancer. Prostate. 2016 Mar; 76(4):339-48. View on PubMed
17. Kenfield SA, Batista JL, Jahn JL, Downer MK, Van Blarigan EL, Sesso HD, Giovannucci EL, Stampfer MJ, Chan JM. Development and Application of a Lifestyle Score for Prevention of Lethal Prostate Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 Mar; 108(3). View on PubMed
18. Van Blarigan EL, Gerstenberger JP, Kenfield SA, Giovannucci EL, Stampfer MJ, Jones LW, Clinton SK, Chan JM, Mucci LA. Physical Activity and Prostate Tumor Vessel Morphology: Data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Oct; 8(10):962-967. View on PubMed
19. Van Blarigan EL, Kenfield SA, Yang M, Sesso HD, Ma J, Stampfer MJ, Chan JM, Chavarro JE. Fat intake after prostate cancer diagnosis and mortality in the Physicians' Health Study. Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Aug; 26(8):1117-26. View on PubMed
20. Yang M, Kenfield SA, Van Blarigan EL, Wilson KM, Batista JL, Sesso HD, Ma J, Stampfer MJ, Chavarro JE. Dairy intake after prostate cancer diagnosis in relation to disease-specific and total mortality. Int J Cancer. 2015 Nov 15; 137(10):2462-9. View on PubMed

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