In 1989, Dr. Monroe helped establish the Multiethnic Cohort Study (MEC) with Drs. Henderson, Kolonel, and Hankin. Over the past 21 years, she has been involved with all aspects of this project, including developing study questionnaires, collaborating with SEER cancer registries to update incident cancer cases, validating study questionnaires, initiating the linkage of the MEC with the California Hospital Discharge database, establishing the biospecimen collection from nearly 40,000 participants, and supervising the biological specimen storage and DNA tracking database files in Los Angeles. Dr. Monroe assists in the design of genetic epidemiologic studies of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer and participates in analyses. She is currently a Co-Investigator with the CBCRP Special Research Initiative, California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium (CBCSC) representing MEC’s participation. This study will link detailed individual-level behavioral risk factor data with socioeconomic and built environment data from several California breast cancer studies. These data will be used to investigate the extent that racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival can be explained by unequal access to basic health and societal resources.
Association of change in the neighborhood obesogenic environment with colorectal cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study SSM Popul Health. 2020 Apr; 10:100532. . View in PubMed
Smoking, Alcohol, and Biliary Tract Cancer Risk: A Pooling Project of 26 Prospective Studies J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 Dec 01; 111(12):1263-1278. . View in PubMed
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Diet quality measured by four a priori-defined diet quality indices is associated with lipid-soluble micronutrients in the Multiethnic Cohort Study (MEC) Eur J Clin Nutr. 2019 May; 73(5):703-713. . View in PubMed
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A phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study reveals potential pleiotropy in African Americans PLoS One. 2019; 14(12):e0226771. . View in PubMed
Alcohol Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Multiethnic Cohort Study Am J Epidemiol. 2019 01 01; 188(1):67-76. . View in PubMed
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Self-reported dietary flavonoid intake and serum markers of inflammation: the multiethnic cohort Cancer Causes Control. 2018 06; 29(6):601-607. . View in PubMed
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Family History of Cancer and Risk of Biliary Tract Cancers: Results from the Biliary Tract Cancers Pooling Project Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 03; 27(3):348-351. . View in PubMed
Erratum: Diet Quality Predicts Visceral Adiposity and Liver Fatness: The Multiethnic Cohort Study Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 01; 26(1):239. . View in PubMed
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Atopic allergic conditions and pancreatic cancer risk: Results from the Multiethnic Cohort Study Int J Cancer. 2018 05 15; 142(10):2019-2027. . View in PubMed
A priori-defined diet quality indices, biomarkers and risk for type 2 diabetes in five ethnic groups: the Multiethnic Cohort Br J Nutr. 2017 Aug; 118(4):312-320. . View in PubMed
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Association between the neighborhood obesogenic environment and colorectal cancer risk in the Multiethnic Cohort Cancer Epidemiol. 2017 10; 50(Pt A):99-106. . View in PubMed
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Contextual Impact of Neighborhood Obesogenic Factors on Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 04; 26(4):480-489. . View in PubMed
Exploring Differences in the Aspirin-Colorectal Cancer Association by Sex and Race/Ethnicity: The Multiethnic Cohort Study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 02; 26(2):162-169. . View in PubMed
Dietary Factors Reduce Risk of Acute Pancreatitis in a Large Multiethnic CohortClin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 02; 15(2):257-265. e3. . View in PubMed
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Uniting Epidemiology and Experimental Disease Models for Alcohol-Related Pancreatic Disease Alcohol Res. 2017; 38(2):173-182. . View in PubMed
Validation of self-reported comorbidity status of breast cancer patients with medical records: the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium (CBCSC) Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Mar; 27(3):391-401. . View in PubMed
Among 4 Diet Quality Indexes, Only the Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score Is Associated with Better Colorectal Cancer Survival and Only in African American Women in the Multiethnic Cohort J Nutr. 2016 09; 146(9):1746-55. . View in PubMed
The Effect of Patient and Contextual Characteristics on Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 07; 25(7):1064-72. . View in PubMed
Prospective Study of Alcohol Drinking, Smoking, and Pancreatitis: The Multiethnic Cohort Pancreas. 2016 07; 45(6):819-25. . View in PubMed
Characterization of the gut microbiome in epidemiologic studies: the multiethnic cohort experience Ann Epidemiol. 2016 05; 26(5):373-9. . View in PubMed
Disparity in liver cancer incidence and chronic liver disease mortality by nativity in Hispanics: The Multiethnic Cohort Cancer. 2016 05 01; 122(9):1444-52. . View in PubMed
Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status in Mortality After Breast Cancer J Community Health. 2015 Dec; 40(6):1287-99. . View in PubMed
Contribution of the neighborhood environment and obesity to breast cancer survival: the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Aug; 24(8):1282-90. . View in PubMed
History of Recreational Physical Activity and Survival After Breast Cancer: The California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 15; 181(12):944-55. . View in PubMed
Linking data from the Multiethnic Cohort Study to Medicare data: linkage results and application to chronic disease research Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 01; 181(11):917-9. . View in PubMed
Methodological Considerations in Estimation of Phenotype Heritability Using Genome-Wide SNP Data, Illustrated by an Analysis of the Heritability of Height in a Large Sample of African Ancestry Adults PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0131106. . View in PubMed
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A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry Nat Genet. 2013 Jun; 45(6):690-6. . View in PubMed
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Effects of smoking on the genetic risk of obesity: the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study BMC Med Genet. 2013 Jan 11; 14:6. . View in PubMed
Phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) for detection of pleiotropy within the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Network PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(1):e1003087. . View in PubMed
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A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of breast cancer identifies two novel susceptibility loci at 6q14 and 20q11 Hum Mol Genet. 2012 Dec 15; 21(24):5373-84. . View in PubMed
Evaluating genetic risk for prostate cancer among Japanese and Latinos Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Nov; 21(11):2048-58. . View in PubMed
Susceptibility variants for obesity and colorectal cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort and PAGE studies Int J Cancer. 2012 Sep 15; 131(6):E1038-43. . View in PubMed
Differences by race/ethnicity in older adults' beliefs about the relative importance of dietary supplements vs prescription medications: results from the SURE Study J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Aug; 112(8):1223-9. . View in PubMed
Body mass index and mortality in an ethnically diverse population: the Multiethnic Cohort Study Eur J Epidemiol. 2012 Jul; 27(7):489-97. . View in PubMed
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