Bandera Research Projects

 

Women's Circle of Health Study

The Women's Circle of Health Study
Aiming to evaluate factors explaining the earlier age at diagnosis and the more aggressive nature of breast cancer in African-American women, compared to Caucasian women.
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Funded by the National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator

Kaiser Permanente Research on Ovarian Cancer Survival

KP-ROCS
(Kaiser Permanente-Research on Ovarian Cancer Survival)

A cohort study aiming to evaluate the role of obesity in ovarian cancer treatment and survival.
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Funded by the National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator

AACES study

The AACES Study
Aiming to study risk factors for ovarian cancer in African American women in nine geographical areas in the United States.
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Funded by the National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator, New Jersey Site

AMBER Consortium

The AMBER Consortium
Collaboration of four epidemiologic studies aiming to evaluate risk factors for breast cancer subtypes in African American women.
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Funded by the National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator, in the Women’s Circle of Health Study, Director of the Data Collection Core

Jersey Girl Study

The Jersey Girl Study:
A study of Environmental Factors, Growth, and Development in New Jersey girls.

Funded by the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Role: Principal Investigator

NJ Ovarian Cancer Study

The NJ Ovarian Cancer Study
This study is a member of the Ovarian Cancer Association International Consortium.

Funded by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Role: Principal Investigator

EDGE Study

The EDGE (Estrogen, Diet, Genetics, and Endometrial Cancer) Study
This study is a member of the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2), an NCI-supported international consortium.

Funded by the National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator in nested grant to evaluate phytoestrogens and endometrial cancer