Dr. Elisa V. Bandera

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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2009
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Cancer Prevention and Control
Division of Surgical Oncology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2009
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2009
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Graduate Faculty
Department of Nutritional Sciences
MemberAppointed: 2002
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Mailing Address

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany St.
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (732) 235-9874
Fax: (732) 235-8808
elisa.bandera@umdnj.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University at Buffalo, Epidemiology and Community Health, 1995.
M.D., University of Malaga, Spain, 1985.

Expertise and Research Interests

Nutritional epidemiology of cancer, in particular female hormonal cancers
Alcohol and cancer

http://cinjweb.umdnj.edu/bandera/bandera_bio.htm

http://www.umdnj.edu/umcweb/marketing_and_communications/publications/umdnj_magazine/fall2006/4.htm

Other Expertise

- Member, National Cancer Institute Initial Review Group Subcommittee J for Population and Patient-Oriented Research (2005-2009)
- Member, Grant Review Panel I, American Institute for Cancer Research, Washington, D.C. (2006-present)
- Member, World Cancer Research Fund International RFA on Biomarkers Research Expert Review Panel (2009-present)
- Member, American Cancer Society 2006 Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee
- Member, World Cancer Research Fund International / American Institute for Cancer Research Continuous Update Panel (2007-2010)
- Systematic Literature Review Center co-leader, World Cancer Research Fund International and American Institute for Cancer Research. Second Expert Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer (2003-2007).
- Reviewer, Avon-National Cancer Institute Progress for Patients Awards Program, Cancer Centers Branch, National Institutes of Health, Rockville MD, May 2004
- Ad Hoc Member, National Cancer Institute Initial Review Group Subcommittee G for Education, National Institutes of Health (2003-2005)
- Chair, Nutrition and Physical Activity Workgroup, New Jersey Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment (2003-present)
- Full Member, Population Science Program, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
- Member, Chemoprevention Research Group, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
- Vice Chair, Cancer Prevention and Control Advisory Group, New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (2002-present)
- Co-chair, Nutrition and Physical Activity Workgroup. New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (2001-2002)
- [Maiden name: Elisa V. Sanchez Calle]

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alcohol or Alcoholism, Breast Cancer, Cancer or Carcinogenesis, Cancer Prevention, Community Health, Epidemiology, Hispanics, Lung Cancer, Nutrition or Dietetics, Obstetrics Or Gynecology, Oncology, Preventive Medicine, Social Medicine, Surgery.

Additional Terms:

Alcohol, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Diet, Endometrial Cancer, Epidemiology, Lung Cancer, Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Ovarian Cancer.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
French: (Basic, None, None)

Memberships

American Association for Cancer Research
American Public Health Association
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Society for Epidemiologic Research

Previous Positions

2003-2009, Assistant Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
2002-2009, Assistant Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology
2000-2002, Associate Research Scientist, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Cook College, Nutritional Sciences
1995-1999, Principal Investigator, Wireless Technology Research, L.L.C., Epidemiology Surveillance (Monitoring possible health effects of cell phone use)
1993-1993, Report Writer, Health Care Plan, Technology Management Information Exchange
1993-1999, Research Instructor, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Social and Preventive Medicine
1989-1991, Postdoctoral Fellow, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Social and Preventive Medicine
1987-1988, Health Assistant, Head Start Program
1987-1988, Acting Health Supervisor, Head Start Program

Funding Received

  • New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research: Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs in New Jersey (Role: PI), Jun 2002 to Sep 2002.
  • NIH-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Infant Temperament & Feeding: Predictors of Weight Gain (Role: Consultant), Jul 1, 2002 to Jun 30, 2004.
  • NIH-National Cancer Institute: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Jan 1989 to Dec 1991.
  • New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research: Assessing public health nutrition needs for cancer prevention: A pilot study for the New Jersey Nutrition and Cancer Survey (Role: PI), Dec 2001 to Jun 2002.
  • The Cancer Institute of New Jersey: Environmental Determinants of Puberty (Role: PI), 2005 to 2009.
  • World Cancer Research Fund International: Systematic Literature Review on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Endometrial Cancer: Reliability and feasibility test (Role: Co-PI), 2004 to 2004.
  • World Cancer Research Fund International: Systematic Literature Review on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Endometrial Cancer (Role: Co-PI), 2004 to 2006.
  • The Cancer Institute of New Jersey: Phytoestrogens, Folate, DNA Repair and Ovarian Cancer Risk (Role: PI), 2003 to 2009.
  • NIH-National Cancer Institute: Phytoestrogens, alcohol, and endometrial cancer (Role: PI), 2003 to 2009.
  • NIH-National Cancer Institute: Race & Risk Factors for Early/Aggressive Breast Cancer, 2003 to 2010.
  • SUNY Buffalo: Mark Diamond Research Fund Grant (Role: PI), 1993 to 1994.

Publications

  • Bandera EV, Williams MG, Sima C, Bayuga S, Pulick K, Wilcox H, Soslow R, Zauber AG, Olson SH (Sep 2009) Phytoestrogen consumption and endometrial cancer risk: a population-based case-control study in New Jersey., Cancer causes & control : CCC, 20 (7), 1117-27 Abstract
  • Kulkarni D, Vazquez A, Haffty BG, Bandera E, Hu W, Sun Y, Toppmeyer DL, Levine A, Hirshfield KM (Sep 2009) A Polymorphic Variant in Human MDM4 Associates with Accelerated Age of Onset of Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer., Carcinogenesis Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Gifkins DM, Moore DF, McCullough ML, Kushi LH (Jul 2009) Antioxidant vitamins and the risk of endometrial cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis., Cancer causes & control : CCC, 20 (5), 699-711 Abstract
  • Cheng CY, Kao WH, Patterson N, Tandon A, Haiman CA, Harris TB, Xing C, John EM, Ambrosone CB, Brancati FL, Coresh J, Press MF, Parekh RS, Klag MJ, Meoni LA, Hsueh WC, Fejerman L, Pawlikowska L, Freedman ML, Jandorf LH, Bandera EV, Ciupak GL, Nalls MA, Akylbekova EL, Orwoll ES, Leak TS, Miljkovic I, Li R, Ursin G, Bernstein L, Ardlie K, Taylor HA, Boerwinckle E, Zmuda JM, Henderson BE, Wilson JG, Reich D (May 2009) Admixture mapping of 15,280 African Americans identifies obesity susceptibility Loci on chromosomes 5 and X., PLoS genetics, 5 (5), e1000490 Abstract
  • Williams MG, Bandera EV, Demissie K, Rodríguez-Rodríguez L (Apr 2009) Synchronous primary ovarian and endometrial cancers: a population-based assessment of survival., Obstetrics and gynecology, 113 (4), 783-9 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, August DA (Feb 2009) Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer Survival., Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Abstract
  • Ambrosone CB, Ciupak GL, Bandera EV, Jandorf L, Bovbjerg DH, Zirpoli G, Pawlish K, Godbold J, Furberg H, Fatone A, Valdimarsdottir H, Yao S, Li Y, Hwang H, Davis W, Roberts M, Sucheston L, Demissie K, Amend KL, Tartter P, Reilly J, Pace BW, Rohan T, Sparano J, Raptis G, Castaldi M, Estabrook A, Feldman S, Weltz C, Kemeny M (2009) Conducting Molecular Epidemiological Research in the Age of HIPAA: A Multi-Institutional Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer in African-American and European-American Women., Journal of oncology, 2009, 871250 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L (2009) Nutritional factors in ovarian cancer survival., Nutrition and cancer, 61 (5), 580-6 Abstract
  • McCullough ML, Bandera EV, Moore DF, Kushi LH (Apr 2008) Vitamin D and calcium intake in relation to risk of endometrial cancer: A systematic review of the literature., Preventive medicine, 46 (4), 298-302 Abstract
  • Olson SH, Orlow I, Bayuga S, Sima C, Bandera EV, Pulick K, Faulkner S, Tommasi D, Egan D, Roy P, Wilcox H, Asya A, Modica I, Asad H, Soslow R, Zauber AG (Apr 2008) Variants in hormone biosynthesis genes and risk of endometrial cancer., Cancer causes & control : CCC Abstract
  • McCullough ML, Patel AV, Patel R, Rodriguez C, Feigelson HS, Bandera EV, Gansler T, Thun MJ, Calle EE (Jan 2008) Body mass and endometrial cancer risk by hormone replacement therapy and cancer subtype., Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 17 (1), 73-9 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Moore DF, Gifkins DM, McCullough ML (Dec 2007) Association between dietary fiber and endometrial cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis., The American journal of clinical nutrition, 86 (6), 1730-7 Abstract
  • Thompson R, Bandera E, Burley V, Cade J, Forman D, Freudenheim J, Greenwood D, Jacobs D, Kalliecharan R, Kushi L, McCullough M, Miles L, Moore D, Moreton J, Rastogi T, Wiseman M (Dec 2007) Reproducibility of systematic literature reviews on food, nutrition, physical activity and endometrial cancer., Public health nutrition, 1-9 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Gifkins DM, Moore DF, McCullough M. (2007) The association between food, nutrition, and physical activity and the risk of endometrial cancer and underlying mechanisms. In: Second Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer., World Cancer Research Fund International/American Institute for Cancer Research
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Moore DF, Gifkins DM, McCullough ML (Nov 2007) Consumption of animal foods and endometrial cancer risk: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis., Cancer causes & control : CCC, 18 (9), 967-88 Abstract
  • McCullough ML, Bandera EV, Patel R, Patel AV, Gansler T, Kushi LH, Thun MJ, Calle EE (Oct 2007) A prospective study of fruits, vegetables, and risk of endometrial cancer., American journal of epidemiology, 166 (8), 902-11 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Moore DF, Gifkins DM, McCullough ML (Sep 2007) Dietary lipids and endometrial cancer: the current epidemiologic evidence., Cancer causes & control : CCC, 18 (7), 687-703 Abstract
  • Olson SH, Bandera EV, Orlow I (Feb 2007) Variants in estrogen biosynthesis genes, sex steroid hormone levels, and endometrial cancer: a HuGE review., American journal of epidemiology, 165 (3), 235-45 Abstract
  • Bandera EV (2007) Nutritional factors in ovarian cancer prevention: what have we learned in the past 5 years?, Nutrition and cancer, 59 (2), 142-51 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Moore DF, Gifkins DM, McCullough ML (2007) Fruits and vegetables and endometrial cancer risk: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis., Nutrition and cancer, 58 (1), 6-21 Abstract
  • Kushi LH, Byers T, Doyle C, Bandera EV, McCullough M, McTiernan A, Gansler T, Andrews KS, Thun MJ (2006) American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity., CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 56 (5), 254-81; quiz 313-4 Abstract
  • Freudenheim JL, Ritz J, Smith-Warner SA, Albanes D, Bandera EV, van den Brandt PA, Colditz G, Feskanich D, Goldbohm RA, Harnack L, Miller AB, Rimm E, Rohan TE, Sellers TA, Virtamo J, Willett WC, Hunter DJ (Sep 2005) Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies., The American journal of clinical nutrition, 82 (3), 657-67 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH (2006) Alcohol and cancer In D Heber, GL Blackburn, VLW Go, J Milner (eds), Nutritional Oncology, Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, CA (bookchapter)
  • Freudenheim JL, Ram M, Nie J, Muti P, Trevisan M, Shields PG, Bandera EV, Campbell LA, McCann SE, Schunemann HJ, Carosella AM, Vito D, Russell M, Nochajski TH, Goldman R (Nov 2003) Lung cancer in humans is not associated with lifetime total alcohol consumption or with genetic variation in alcohol dehydrogenase 3 (ADH3)., The Journal of nutrition, 133 (11), 3619-24 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Potter JD (Mar 2003) Re: "Dose specific meta-analysis and sensitivity analysis of the relation between alcohol consumption and lung cancer risk"., American journal of epidemiology, 157 (6), 569-70 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Phytoestrogens in the prevention and prognosis of female hormonal cancers, Annual Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, 1, 63-87, 2003
  • Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Olson SH, Chen WY, Muti P (2003) Alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer: some unresolved issues., Nutrition and cancer, 45 (1), 24-9 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Freudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Priore RL, Brasure J, Baptiste M, Graham S (2002) Impact of losses to follow-up on diet/alcohol and lung cancer analyses in the New York State Cohort., Nutrition and cancer, 42 (1), 41-7 Abstract
  • Kushi LH, Cunningham JE, Hebert JR, Lerman RH, Bandera EV, Teas J (Nov 2001) The macrobiotic diet in cancer., The Journal of nutrition, 131 (11 Suppl), 3056S-64S Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Freudenheim JL, Vena JE (Aug 2001) Alcohol consumption and lung cancer: a review of the epidemiologic evidence., Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 10 (8), 813-21 Abstract
  • Bandera EV (Aug 2001) Re: Diet and lung cancer mortality: a 1987 National Health Interview Survey cohort study., Cancer causes & control : CCC, 12 (6), 577-8 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Freudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Zielezny M, Priore RL, Brasure J, Baptiste M, Graham S (Nov 1997) Diet and alcohol consumption and lung cancer risk in the New York State Cohort (United States), Cancer causes & control : CCC, 8 (6), 828-40 Abstract
  • Freudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Graham S, Laughlin R, Vena JE, Bandera E, Muti P, Swanson M, Nemoto T (May 1994) Exposure to breastmilk in infancy and the risk of breast cancer., Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 5 (3), 324-31 Abstract
  • Bandera EV, Freudenheim JL, Graham S, Marshall JR, Haughey BP, Swanson M, Brasure J, Wilkinson G (Jul 1992) Alcohol consumption and lung cancer in white males., Cancer causes & control : CCC, 3 (4), 361-9 Abstract

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