Jessica Petrick, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Medicine

Jessica Petrick
617.206.6179

Biography

Dr. Jessica Petrick’s research program focuses on the epidemiology of gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal, liver, and esophageal. Dr. Petrick became a co-Investigator with the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) in 2019, but she has been collaborating with BWHS since she began her post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2014. BWHS is a member of the NCI Cancer Cohort Consortium and participated in the Liver Cancer Pooling Project, within which Dr. Petrick led numerous studies. The emphasis of her current research portfolio is on nutritional and molecular factors, including the metabolome and microbiome, which may contribute to racial disparities along the cancer continuum—from precursor lesions to invasive cancer through mortality.

Other Positions

  • Center Faculty Member, Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • University of North Carolina, PhD
  • Case Western Reserve University, MPH
  • Case Western Reserve University, BS

Publications

  • Published on 5/3/2023

    Harris HR, Peres LC, Johnson CE, Guertin KA, Beeghly A, Bandera EV, Bethea TN, Joslin CE, Wu AH, Moorman PG, Ochs-Balcom HM, Petrick JL, Setiawan VW, Rosenberg L, Schildkraut JM, Myers E. Racial Differences in the Association of Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomas With the Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Jun 01; 141(6):1124-1138. PMID: 37159277.

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  • Published on 3/25/2023

    Petrick JL, Florio AA, Zen J, Wang Y, Gewirtz AT, Pfeiffer RM, Loftus S, Inglefield J, Koshiol J, Yang B, Yu K, Hildesheim A, Chen CJ, Yang HI, Lee MH, McGlynn KA. Biomarkers of gut barrier dysfunction and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in the REVEAL-HBV and REVEAL-HCV cohort studies. Int J Cancer. 2023 Jul 01; 153(1):44-53. PMID: 36878686.

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  • Published on 3/22/2023

    Wu Z, Petrick JL, Florio AA, Guillemette C, Beane Freeman LE, Buring JE, Bradwin G, Caron P, Chen Y, Eliassen AH, Engel LS, Freedman ND, Gaziano JM, Giovannuci EL, Hofmann JN, Huang WY, Kirsh VA, Kitahara CM, Koshiol J, Lee IM, Liao LM, Newton CC, Palmer JR, Purdue MP, Rohan TE, Rosenberg L, Sesso HD, Sinha R, Stampfer MJ, Um CY, Van Den Eeden SK, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zhang X, Graubard BI, Campbell PT, McGlynn KA. Endogenous sex steroid hormones and risk of liver cancer among US men: Results from the Liver Cancer Pooling Project. JHEP Rep. 2023 Jul; 5(7):100742. PMID: 37425211.

    Read at: PubMed
  • Published on 3/21/2023

    Long L, Liu X, Petrick J, Liu W, Lee JK, Liao L, Lai MJ, Yang W, Libermann TA, Roberts LR, McGlynn KA, Tabung FK, Zhang X. Dietary inflammatory and insulinemic potential, risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease mortality. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 Mar 21. PMID: 36943385.

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  • Published on 3/1/2023

    Long L, Liu X, Petrick J, Liu W, Lee JK, Liao L, Lai MJ, Yang W, Libermann TA, Roberts LR, McGlynn KA, Tabung FK, Zhang X. Dietary inflammatory and insulinemic potential, risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, and chronic liver disease mortality. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 Mar 01; 7(2). PMID: 36943385.

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  • Published on 12/22/2022

    Zhao L, Jin L, Petrick JL, Zeng H, Wang F, Tang L, Smith-Warner SA, Eliassen AH, Zhang FF, Campbell PT, Giovannucci E, Liao LM, McGlynn KA, Steck SE, Zhang X. Specific botanical groups of fruit and vegetable consumption and liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality: a prospective cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Feb; 117(2):278-285. PMID: 36811575.

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  • Published on 11/29/2022

    McClain KM, Sampson JN, Petrick JL, Mazzilli KM, Gerszten RE, Clish CB, Purdue MP, Lipworth L, Moore SC. Metabolomic Analysis of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Metabolites. 2022 Nov 29; 12(12). PMID: 36557227.

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  • Published on 10/27/2022

    Argirion I, Brown J, Jackson S, Pfeiffer RM, Lam TK, O'Brien TR, Yu KJ, McGlynn KA, Petrick JL, Pinto LA, Chen CJ, Hildesheim A, Yang HI, Lee MH, Koshiol J. Association between Immunologic Markers and Cirrhosis in Individuals from a Prospective Chronic Hepatitis C Cohort. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Oct 27; 14(21). PMID: 36358697.

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  • Published on 9/1/2022

    Petrick JL, Barber LE, Rosenberg L. What Are the Factors Underlying Colorectal Cancer Health Disparities? Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2022 Sep 01; 15(9):561-563. PMID: 36047055.

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  • Published on 8/18/2022

    Yeoh BS, Saha P, Golonka RM, Zou J, Petrick JL, Abokor AA, Xiao X, Bovilla VR, Bretin ACA, Rivera-Esteban J, Parisi D, Florio AA, Weinstein SJ, Albanes D, Freeman GJ, Gohara AF, Ciudin A, Pericàs JM, Joe B, Schwabe RF, McGlynn KA, Gewirtz AT, Vijay-Kumar M. Enterohepatic Shunt-Driven Cholemia Predisposes to Liver Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2022 Dec; 163(6):1658-1671.e16. PMID: 35988658.

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