Lisa Madlensky

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University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Family/Preventive Medicine
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
University of California, San Diego
Family Cancer Genetics Program
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
DirectorAppointed: 2008
University of California, San Diego
Family Cancer Genetics Program
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Genetic CounselorAppointed: 2008

Mailing Address

University of California, San Diego
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive #0901
La Jolla, California 92093
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (858) 822-6831
lmadlensky@ucsd.edu
http://cancer.ucsd.edu/Research/summaries/lmadlensky.asp

Qualifications

Postdoctoral, University of California, San Diego, Behavioral Epidemiology, 2004.
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Health Outcomes, 2002.
M.Sc., McGill University, Genetic Counseling, 1994.
B.Sc., University of Guelph, Genetics, 1992.

Expertise and Research Interests

Familial cancer
Colorectal cancer
Breast cancer
Cancer screening
Cancer prevention behavior
Hereditary cancer syndromes

Other Expertise

2003 - 2006: Member, Ontario Advisory Committee on Genetics (Evaluation subcommittee)
1998 - present: Member, NCI Co-operative Family Registry for Colorectal Cancer Studies (Counseling and Education Working Group)
2006-2008: Member, NCI Cancer Genetics PDQ Editorial Board
2007: Technical Expert Panel, AHRQ Report on Clinical Utility of Ascertaining Family History of Breast, Ovarian, Prostate and Colorectal Cancers

Future Research

Interdisciplinary cancer prevention research
Intersection of behavioral theory, family history of cancer, and cancer preventive behaviors
Impact of family history and genetic information on health behaviors
Behavioral interventions in populations with genetic predisposition to cancer
Targeted cancer prevention interventions
Complementary medicine use in at-risk populations

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biostatistics, Breast Cancer, Cancer Or Carcinogenesis, Cancer Prevention, Colorectal Cancer, Consulting Services, Epidemiology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Health Behavior, Medical Genetics, Medical Intervention Methods, Oncology, Outcomes Research (Medical), Preventive Medicine, Registries.

Additional Terms:

Behavioral Science, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Epidemiology, Medical Genetics, Preventive Medicine.

Memberships

American Association for Cancer Research
American Gastroenterological Association
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Honors and Awards

2003, AACR Scholar-in-training Award Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting, Phoenix
2002-2005, Research Fellowship, Canadian Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute of Canada
2001-2002, Research Studentship, National Cancer Institute of Canada
2001-2002, Doctoral Research Award Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Declined)
1999-2001, Open Fellowship, University of Toronto

Previous Positions

2002-2004, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Cancer Center
2001-2002, Consultant, Optx, Inc.
2001-2002, Coordinator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Colorectal Cancer Interdisciplinary Research Team
1999-1999, Instructor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Genetics, Genetic Counseling Program
1997-2001, Genetic Counsellor, Ontario Familial Colon Cancer Registry
1994-2001, Senior Genetic Counselor, Mount Sinai Hospital, Familial GI Cancer Registry

Funding Received

  • National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC): Exploring the relationship between family history, quality of life and dietary habits in breast cancer patients: Secondary data analyses from a randomized, controlled trial, Sep 2002 to Sep 2004.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Health Behaviors and Family History of Colorectal Cancer, Apr 1, 2004 to Mar 31, 2006.
  • Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation: Preventing colorectal cancer in polyp patients and their families, 2006 to 2008.

Publications

  • Gold EB, Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Stefanick ML, Laughlin GA, Caan BJ, Flatt SW, Emond JA, Saquib N, Madlensky L, Kealey S, Wasserman L, Thomson CA, Rock CL, Parker BA, Karanja N, Jones V, Hajek RA, Pu M, Mortimer JE (Dec 2008) Dietary Pattern Influences Breast Cancer Prognosis in Women Without Hot Flashes: The Women's Healthy Eating and Living Trial., Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Abstract
  • Saxe GA, Madlensky L, Kealey S, Wu DP, Freeman KL, Pierce JP (Sep 2008) Disclosure to physicians of CAM use by breast cancer patients: findings from the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study., Integrative cancer therapies, 7 (3), 122-9 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Natarajan L, Flatt SW, Faerber S, Newman VA, Pierce JP (Sep 2008) Timing of dietary change in response to a telephone counseling intervention: evidence from the WHEL study., Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 27 (5), 539-47 Abstract
  • Saquib N, Natarajan L, Rock CL, Flatt SW, Madlensky L, Kealey S, Pierce JP (2008) The impact of a long-term reduction in dietary energy density on body weight within a randomized diet trial., Nutrition and cancer, 60 (1), 31-8 Abstract
  • Gorman JR, Madlensky L, Jackson DJ, Ganiats TG, Boies E (Dec 2007) Early postpartum breastfeeding and acculturation among Hispanic women., Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), 34 (4), 308-15 Abstract
  • Esplen MJ, Madlensky L, Aronson M, Rothenmund H, Gallinger S, Butler K, Toner B, Wong J, Manno M, McLaughlin J (Nov 2007) Colorectal cancer survivors undergoing genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer: motivational factors and psychosocial functioning., Clinical genetics, 72 (5), 394-401 Abstract
  • Pierce JP, Newman VA, Natarajan L, Flatt SW, Al-Delaimy WK, Caan BJ, Emond JA, Faerber S, Gold EB, Hajek RA, Hollenbach K, Jones LA, Karanja N, Kealey S, Madlensky L, Marshall J, Ritenbaugh C, Rock CL, Stefanick ML, Thomson C, Wasserman L, Parker BA (Oct 2007) Telephone counseling helps maintain long-term adherence to a high-vegetable dietary pattern., The Journal of nutrition, 137 (10), 2291-6 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Daftary D, Burnett T, Harmon P, Jenkins M, Maskiell J, Nigon S, Phillips K, Templeton A, Limburg PJ, Haile RW, Potter JD, Gallinger S, Baron JA (Sep 2007) Accuracy of colorectal polyp self-reports: findings from the colon cancer family registry., Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 16 (9), 1898-901 Abstract
  • Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Caan BJ, Parker BA, Greenberg ER, Flatt SW, Rock CL, Kealey S, Al-Delaimy WK, Bardwell WA, Carlson RW, Emond JA, Faerber S, Gold EB, Hajek RA, Hollenbach K, Jones LA, Karanja N, Madlensky L, Marshall J, Newman VA, Ritenbaugh C, Thomson CA, Wasserman L, Stefanick ML (Jul 2007) Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial., JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 298 (3), 289-98 Abstract
  • Pierce JP, Stefanick ML, Flatt SW, Natarajan L, Sternfeld B, Madlensky L, Al-Delaimy WK, Thomson CA, Kealey S, Hajek R, Parker BA, Newman VA, Caan B, Rock CL (Jun 2007) Greater survival after breast cancer in physically active women with high vegetable-fruit intake regardless of obesity., Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 25 (17), 2345-51 Abstract
  • Hong S, Bardwell WA, Natarajan L, Flatt SW, Rock CL, Newman VA, Madlensky L, Mills PJ, Dimsdale JE, Thomson CA, Hajek RA, Chilton JA, Pierce JP (Jan 2007) Correlates of physical activity level in breast cancer survivors participating in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study., Breast cancer research and treatment, 101 (2), 225-32 Abstract
  • Robins Sadler G, York C, Madlensky L, Gibson K, Wasserman L, Rosenthal E, Barbier L, Newman VA, Tso C (2006) Health parties for African American study recruitment., Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 21 (2), 71-6 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Vierkant RA, Vachon CM, Pankratz VS, Cerhan JR, Vadaparampil ST, Sellers TA (Oct 2005) Preventive health behaviors and familial breast cancer., Cancer Epi., Biomarkers, Prev., 14 (10), 2340-5 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, McLaughlin JR, Carroll JC, Goel V, Frank JW, Risks and Benefits of Population-based Genetic Testing for Mendelian Subsets of Common Diseases Were Examined Using the Example of Colorectal Cancer Risk., Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 58(9), 934-41, Sep 2005 Abstract
  • Thornton AA, Madlensky L, Flatt SW, Kaplan RM, Pierce JP, The Impact of a Second Breast Cancer Diagnosis on Health Related Quality of Life., Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 92(1), 25-33, Jul 2005 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Flatt SW, Bardwell WA, Rock CL, Pierce JP, WHEL Study group, Is Family History Related to Preventive Health Behaviors and Medical Management in Breast Cancer Patients?, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 90(1), 47-54, Mar 2005 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Esplen MJ, Goel V, Reasons Given By Relatives of Colorectal Cancer Patients for Not Undergoing Screening., Preventive Medicine, 39(4), 643-8, Oct 2004 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Esplen MJ, Gallinger S, McLaughlin JR, Goel V, Relatives of colorectal cancer patients. Factors associated with screening behavior, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25(3), 187-94, October 2003 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Goel V, Polzer J, Ashbury FD, Assessing the evidence for organised cancer screening programmes, European Journal of Cancer (oxford, England : 1990), 39(12), 1648-53, August 2003 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, McLaughlin J, Goel V, A comparison of self-reported colorectal cancer screening with medical records, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology., 12(7), 656-9, July 2003 Abstract
  • Ashbury FD, Madlensky L, Raich P, Thompson M, Whitney G, Hotz K, Kralj B, Edell WS, Antidepressant prescribing in community cancer care, Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer., 11(5), 278-85, May 2003 Abstract
  • Moozar KL, Madlensky L, Berk T, Gallinger S, Slow progression of periampullary neoplasia in familial adenomatous polyposis, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract., 6(6), 831-7; discussion 83, 2002 Abstract
  • Park JG, Vasen HF, Park YJ, Park KJ, Peltomaki P, de Leon MP, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Lubinski J, Beck NE, Bisgaard ML, Miyaki M, Wijnen JT, Baba S, Lindblom A, Madlensky L, Lynch HT, Suspected HNPCC and Amsterdam criteria II: evaluation of mutation detection rate, an international collaborative study, International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 17(2), 109-14, March 2002 Abstract
  • Esplen MJ, Madlensky L, Butler K, McKinnon W, Bapat B, Wong J, Aronson M, Gallinger S, Motivations and psychosocial impact of genetic testing for HNPCC, American Journal of Medical Genetics, 103(1), 9-15, September 2001 Abstract
  • Watson P, Butzow R, Lynch HT, Mecklin JP, Jarvinen HJ, Vasen HF, Madlensky L, Fidalgo P, Bernstein I, International Collaborative Group on HNPCC, The clinical features of ovarian cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, Gynecologic Oncology, 82(2), 223-8, August 2001 Abstract
  • Marcus VA, Madlensky L, Gryfe R, Kim H, So K, Millar A, Temple LK, Hsieh E, Hiruki T, Narod S, Bapat BV, Gallinger S, Redston M, Immunohistochemistry for hMLH1 and hMSH2: a practical test for DNA mismatch repair-deficient tumors, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 23(10), 1248-55, 1999 Abstract
  • Millar AL, Pal T, Madlensky L, Sherman C, Temple L, Mitri A, Cheng H, Marcus V, Gallinger S, Redston M, Bapat B, Narod S, Mismatch repair gene defects contribute to the genetic basis of double primary cancers of the colorectum and endometrium, Human Molecular Genetics, 8(5), 823-9, May 1999 Abstract
  • Bapat BV, Madlensky L, Temple LK, Hiruki T, Redston M, Baron DL, Xia L, Marcus VA, Soravia C, Mitri A, Shen W, Gryfe R, Berk T, Chodirker BN, Cohen Z, Gallinger S, Family history characteristics, tumor microsatellite instability and germline MSH2 and MLH1 mutations in hereditary colorectal cancer, Human Genetics, 104(2), 167-76, February 1999 Abstract
  • Rahman N, Abidi F, Ford D, Arbour L, Rapley E, Tonin P, Barton D, Batcup G, Berry J, Cotter F, Davison V, Gerrard M, Gray E, Grundy R, Hanafy M, King D, Lewis I, Ridolfi Luethy A, Madlensky L, Mann J, O'Meara A, Oakhill T, Skolnick M, Strong L, Stratton M, Confirmation of FWT1 as a Wilms' tumour susceptibility gene and phenotypic characteristics of Wilms' tumour attributable to FWT1, Human Genetics, 103(5), 547-56, 1998 Abstract
  • Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Vasen HF, Lynch HT, Watson P, Myrhoj T, Jarvinen HJ, Mecklin JP, Macrae F, St John DJ, Bertario L, Fidalgo P, Madlensky L, Rozen P, Characteristics of small bowel carcinoma in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma. International Collaborative Group on HNPCC, Cancer, 83(2), 240-4, 1998 Abstract
  • Soravia C, Berk T, Madlensky L, Mitri A, Cheng H, Gallinger S, Cohen Z, Bapat B, Genotype-phenotype correlations in attenuated adenomatous polyposis coli, American Journal of Human Genetics, 62(6), 1290-301, June 1998 Abstract
  • Schnitzler M, Cohen Z, Blackstein M, Berk T, Gallinger S, Madlensky L, McLeod R, Chemotherapy for desmoid tumors in association with familial adenomatous polyposis, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 40(7), 798-801, July 1997 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Bapat B, Redston M, Pearl R, Gallinger S, Cohen Z, Using genetic information to make surgical decisions: report of a case of a 13-year-old boy with colon cancer, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 40(2), 240-3, 1997 Abstract
  • Bapat B, Xia L, Madlensky L, Mitri A, Tonin P, Narod SA, Gallinger S, The genetic basis of Muir-Torre syndrome includes the hMLH1 locus, American Journal of Human Genetics, 59(3), 736-9, September 1996 Abstract
  • Hamilton L, Blackstein M, Berk T, McLeod RS, Gallinger S, Madlensky L, Cohen Z, Chemotherapy for desmoid tumours in association with familial adenomatous polyposis: a report of three cases, Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie, 39(3), 247-52, 1996 Abstract
  • Xia L, Shen W, Ritacca F, Mitri A, Madlensky L, Berk T, Cohen Z, Gallinger S, Bapat B, A truncated hMSH2 transcript occurs as a common variant in the population: implications for genetic diagnosis, Cancer Research, 56(10), 2289-92, 1996 Abstract
  • Madlensky L, Berk TC, Bapat BV, McLeod RS, Couture J, Baron D, Hiruki T, Redston M, Cohen Z, Gallinger S, A preventive registry for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, Canadian Journal of Oncology, 5(2), 355-60, July 1995 Abstract
  • Narod SA, Madlensky L, Bradley L, Cole D, Tonin P, Rosen B, Risch HA, Hereditary and familial ovarian cancer in southern Ontario, Cancer, 74(8), 2341-6, 1994 Abstract

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