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Population Health Sciences (formerly known as Cancer Control Research) conducts internationally recognized research across the cancer control continuum, including cancer etiology, prevention and surveillance; screening and early detection; diagnosis, treatment and supportive care; and rehabilitation and survivorship.

This includes research into the epidemiological, biological, behavioral, and social determinants of cancer risk; cancer surveillance; evidence-based medicine, clinical trials, and real world effectiveness; and the application of biostatistics, data science, and artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes and inform cancer control. It also includes research in health economics, health services, and policy to assess the value, delivery, and impact of cancer care and survivorship.

The Department is a critical part of the Learning Health System in BC. It directly supports BC Cancer by integrating population-based research within BC’s comprehensive cancer control program.

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Recent Publications

Network-Based Integration of GWAS and Gene Expression Identifies a HOX-Centric Network Associated with Serous Ovarian Cancer Risk.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2015
Kar, Siddhartha P, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Li, Qiyuan, Lawrenson, Kate, Aben, Katja K H, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, , , , , Baker, Helen, Bandera, Elisa V, Bean, Yukie T, Beckmann, Matthias W, Berchuck, Andrew, Bisogna, Maria, Bjørge, Line, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brinton, Louise, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian, Carty, Karen, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chen, Yian Ann, Chen, Zhihua, Cook, Linda S, Cramer, Daniel, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Dennis, Joe, Dicks, Ed, Doherty, Jennifer A, Dörk, Thilo, du Bois, Andreas, Dürst, Matthias, Eccles, Diana, Easton, Douglas F, Edwards, Robert P, Ekici, Arif B, Fasching, Peter A, Fridley, Brooke L, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Giles, Graham G, Glasspool, Rosalind, Goode, Ellen L, Goodman, Marc T, Grownwald, Jacek, Harrington, Patricia, Harter, Philipp, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle A T, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogdall, Estrid, Hogdall, Claus K, Hosono, Satoyo, Iversen, Edwin S, Jakubowska, Anna, Paul, James, Jensen, Allan, Ji, Bu-Tian, Karlan, Beth Y, Kjaer, Susanne K, Kelemen, Linda E, Kellar, Melissa, Kelley, Joseph, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Krakstad, Camilla, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lambrechts, Diether, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D, Lee, Alice W, Lele, Shashi, Leminen, Arto, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A, Liang, Dong, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen, Lubinski, Jan, Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon, Matsuo, Keitaro, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R, McNeish, Iain A, Menon, Usha, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Narod, Steven A, Nedergaard, Lotte, Ness, Roberta B, Nevanlinna, Heli, Odunsi, Kunle, Olson, Sara H, Orlow, Irene, Orsulic, Sandra, Weber, Rachel Palmieri, Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Pejovic, Tanja, Pelttari, Liisa M, Permuth-Wey, Jennifer, Phelan, Catherine M, Pike, Malcolm C, Poole, Elizabeth M, Ramus, Susan J, Risch, Harvey A, Rosen, Barry, Rossing, Mary Anne, Rothstein, Joseph H, Rudolph, Anja, Runnebaum, Ingo B, Rzepecka, Iwona K, Salvesen, Helga B, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Schwaab, Ira, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Shvetsov, Yurii B, Siddiqui, Nadeem, Sieh, Weiva, Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C, Sucheston-Campbell, Lara E, Tangen, Ingvild L, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L, Thompson, Pamela J, Timorek, Agnieszka, Tsai, Ya-Yu, Tworoger, Shelley S, van Altena, Anne M, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vergote, Ignace, Vierkant, Robert A, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Walsh, Christine, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Wicklund, Kristine G, Wilkens, Lynne R, Woo, Yin-Ling, Wu, Xifeng, Wu, Anna, Yang, Hannah, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Sellers, Thomas A, Monteiro, Alvaro N A, Freedman, Matthew L, Gayther, Simon A, Pharoah, Paul D P

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer.

Human molecular genetics, 2015
Lu, Yi, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Painter, Jodie N, Nyholt, Dale R, , , , , Morris, Andrew P, Fasching, Peter A, Hein, Alexander, Burghaus, Stefanie, Beckmann, Matthias W, Lambrechts, Diether, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vergote, Ignace, Vanderstichele, Adriaan, Doherty, Jennifer Anne, Rossing, Mary Anne, Wicklund, Kristine G, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Eilber, Ursula, Rudolph, Anja, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Goodman, Marc T, Bogdanova, Natalia, Dörk, Thilo, Dürst, Matthias, Hillemanns, Peter, Runnebaum, Ingo B, Antonenkova, Natalia, Butzow, Ralf, Leminen, Arto, Nevanlinna, Heli, Pelttari, Liisa M, Edwards, Robert P, Kelley, Joseph L, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Ness, Roberta B, Cannioto, Rikki, Høgdall, Estrid, Jensen, Allan, Giles, Graham G, Bruinsma, Fiona, Kjaer, Susanne K, Hildebrandt, Michelle A T, Liang, Dong, Lu, Karen H, Wu, Xifeng, Bisogna, Maria, Dao, Fanny, Levine, Douglas A, Cramer, Daniel W, Terry, Kathryn L, Tworoger, Shelley S, Missmer, Stacey, Bjorge, Line, Salvesen, Helga B, Kopperud, Reidun K, Bischof, Katharina, Aben, Katja K H, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Massuger, Leon F A G, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Olson, Sara H, McGuire, Valerie, Rothstein, Joseph H, Sieh, Weiva, Whittemore, Alice S, Cook, Linda S, Le, Nhu D, Gilks, C Blake, Gronwald, Jacek, Jakubowska, Anna, Lubiński, Jan, Gawełko, Jan, Song, Honglin, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Brinton, Louise, Trabert, Britton, Lissowska, Jolanta, Mclaughlin, John R, Narod, Steven A, Phelan, Catherine, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Ziogas, Argyrios, Eccles, Diana, Gayther, Simon A, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Menon, Usha, Ramus, Susan J, Wu, Anna H, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Timorek, Agnieszka, Szafron, Lukasz, Cunningham, Julie M, Fridley, Brooke L, Winham, Stacey J, Bandera, Elisa V, Poole, Elizabeth M, Morgan, Terry K, Risch, Harvey A, Goode, Ellen L, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Webb, Penelope M, Pearce, Celeste L, Berchuck, Andrew, Pharoah, Paul D P, Montgomery, Grant W, Zondervan, Krina T, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, MacGregor, Stuart

Cis-eQTL analysis and functional validation of candidate susceptibility genes for high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Nature communications, 2015
Lawrenson, Kate, Li, Qiyuan, Kar, Siddhartha, Seo, Ji-Heui, Tyrer, Jonathan, Spindler, Tassja J, Lee, Janet, Chen, Yibu, Karst, Alison, Drapkin, Ronny, Aben, Katja K H, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, , , Baker, Helen, Bandera, Elisa V, Bean, Yukie, Beckmann, Matthias W, Berchuck, Andrew, Bisogna, Maria, Bjorge, Line, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brinton, Louise A, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bruinsma, Fiona, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian G, Carty, Karen, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Chen, Anne, Chen, Zhihua, Cook, Linda S, Cramer, Daniel W, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Dennis, Joe, Dicks, Ed, Doherty, Jennifer A, Dörk, Thilo, du Bois, Andreas, Dürst, Matthias, Eccles, Diana, Easton, Douglas T, Edwards, Robert P, Eilber, Ursula, Ekici, Arif B, Fasching, Peter A, Fridley, Brooke L, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Giles, Graham G, Glasspool, Rosalind, Goode, Ellen L, Goodman, Marc T, Grownwald, Jacek, Harrington, Patricia, Harter, Philipp, Hasmad, Hanis Nazihah, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle A T, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogdall, Estrid, Hogdall, Claus, Hosono, Satoyo, Iversen, Edwin S, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Jensen, Allan, Ji, Bu-Tian, Karlan, Beth Y, Kruger Kjaer, Susanne, Kelemen, Linda E, Kellar, Melissa, Kelley, Joseph L, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Krakstad, Camilla, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lambrechts, Diether, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D, Lee, Alice W, Lele, Shashi, Leminen, Arto, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A, Liang, Dong, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen, Lubinski, Jan, Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon F A G, Matsuo, Keitaro, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R, Nevanlinna, Heli, McNeish, Ian, Menon, Usha, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Narod, Steven A, Nedergaard, Lotte, Ness, Roberta B, Azmi, Mat Adenan Noor, Odunsi, Kunle, Olson, Sara H, Orlow, Irene, Orsulic, Sandra, Weber, Rachel Palmieri, Pearce, Celeste L, Pejovic, Tanja, Pelttari, Liisa M, Permuth-Wey, Jennifer, Phelan, Catherine M, Pike, Malcolm C, Poole, Elizabeth M, Ramus, Susan J, Risch, Harvey A, Rosen, Barry, Rossing, Mary Anne, Rothstein, Joseph H, Rudolph, Anja, Runnebaum, Ingo B, Rzepecka, Iwona K, Salvesen, Helga B, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Schwaab, Ira, Sellers, Thomas A, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Shvetsov, Yurii B, Siddiqui, Nadeem, Sieh, Weiva, Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C, Sucheston, Lara, Tangen, Ingvild L, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L, Thompson, Pamela J, Timorek, Agnieszka, Tsai, Ya-Yu, Tworoger, Shelley S, van Altena, Anne M, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vergote, Ignace, Vierkant, Robert A, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Walsh, Christine, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Wicklund, Kristine G, Wilkens, Lynne R, Woo, Yin-Ling, Wu, Xifeng, Wu, Anna H, Yang, Hannah, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Monteiro, Alvaro, Pharoah, Paul D, Gayther, Simon A, Freedman, Matthew L
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