Shumin Zhang, MD, ScD
Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Contact information:
Office address:
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Phone: 617-278-0856
FAX: 617-731-3843
E-mail: szhang@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Primary research interests:
Etiology of cancer, with emphasis on nutritional, inflammatory, hormonal, and genetic causes and cancers of the breast, colon, and lymphatic system
Cancer epidemiology and nutritional epidemiology
Health effects of folate, alcohol, and antioxidants
Biomarkers of nutrients
Selected publications:
Zhang SM, Lee IM, Manson JE, Cook NR, Willett WC, Buring JE. Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in the Women's Health Study. Am J Epidemiol 2007;165:667-76.
Zhang SM, Lin J, Cook NR, Lee IM, Manson JE, Buring JE, Ridker PM. C-reactive protein and risk of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007;99:890-94.
Zhang SM, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Cook NR, Buring JE, Lee IM. Use of oral conjugated estrogen alone and risk of breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol 2007;165:524-9.
Zhang SM, Moore SC, Lin J, Cook NR, Manson JE, Lee I-M, Buring JE. Folate, vitamin B6, multivitamin supplements, and colorectal cancer risk in women. Am J Epidemiol 2006;163:108-115.
Lin J, Ridker PM, Rifai N, Lee I-M, Manson JE, Buring JE, Zhang SM. A prospective study of hemoglobin A1C concentrations and risk of breast cancer in women. Cancer Res 2006;66:2869-2875.
Zhang SM, Buring JE, Lee I-M, Cook NR, Ridker PM. C-reactive protein levels are not associated with increased risk for colorectal cancer in women. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:425-432.
Lin J, Ridker PM, Pradhan A, Lee IM, Manson JE, Cook NR, Buring JE, Zhang SM. Hemoglobin A1C levels and colorectal cancer risk in women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005;14:3010-3012.
Zhang SM, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ, Giovannucci EL, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Folate intake and risk of breast cancer characterized by hormone receptor status. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005;14:1-5.
Zhang SM, Willett WC, Selhub J, Hunter DJ, Giovannucci EL, Holmes MD, Colditz GA, Hankinson SE. Plasma folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, homocysteine, and risk of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003;95:373-380.
Zhang S, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Giovannucci EL, Rosner BA, Colditz GA, Speizer FE, Willett WC. A prospective study of folate intake and the risk of breast cancer. JAMA 1999;281:1632-1637.
Zhang S, Hunter DJ, Rosner BA, Colditz GA, Fuchs CS, Speizer FE, Willett WC. Dietary fat and protein in relation to risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among women. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999;91:1751-1758.
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