Ann Hamilton, PhD, MA
Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences
Biography
Dr. Hamilton is a cancer epidemiologist whose research has focused on breast, prostate, and testicular cancer, as well as Kaposi's Sarcoma. She has studied cancers in twins and is currently involved with an investigation of the relationship of exercise to endogenous estrogen levels in healthy identical twins.
Research Interests
- Health Services
- Population Characteristics
- Disparities
- Racial Disparities
- Ethnic Disparities
- Neighborhood
- Health Care Quality, Access, & Evaluation
- Health Care Quality
- Social Determinants of Health
- Socioeconomic Characteristics
- Health Care Outcomes
- Vulnerable Populations
- Health Care Disparities
- Morbidity and mortality
- Risk Factors
- Adolescents
- Young Adults
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Cancer
- Health Behavior
- Primary Prevention
- Secondary Prevention
- Population Surveillance
- Cohort Studies
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Epidemiological Factors
- Exposures
- Lifestyle
- Research Design and Methods
Publications
Chemotherapy Regimens Received by Women With BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variants for Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatment.
JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2022 Jul 1;6(4). doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkac045. PubMed PMID: 35723570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9305849.
Association between adherence to radiation therapy quality metrics and patient reported outcomes in prostate cancer.
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2022 Feb 25;. doi: 10.1038/s41391-022-00518-5. Epub 2022 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 35217831;
Contributions of Social Factors to Disparities in Prostate Cancer Risk Profiles among Black Men and Non-Hispanic White Men with Prostate Cancer in California.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Feb;31(2):404-412. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-0697. Epub 2021 Nov 30. PubMed PMID: 34853020; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8825684.
Perceived financial decline related to breast reconstruction following mastectomy in a diverse population-based cohort.
Cancer. 2022 Mar 15;128(6):1284-1293. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34048. Epub 2021 Nov 30. PubMed PMID: 34847259; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8882150.
Physician Specialties Involved in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Implications for Improving Health Care Disparities.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Feb 17;107(3):e1096-e1105. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab781. PubMed PMID: 34718629; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8852205.