Mollie E Barnard, ScD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Barnard is a molecular and genetic epidemiologist whose research focuses on the epidemiology of breast and ovarian cancers. She is especially interested in identifying modifiable factors that contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer risk and survival, and characterizing the molecular and genetic etiology of ovarian cancer.
Other Positions
- Center Faculty Member, Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- Harvard School of Public Health, ScD
- Swarthmore College, BA
- Harvard School of Public Health, SM/ScM
Publications
- Published on 2/5/2025
Barnard ME, Poole EM, Huang T, Sood AK, Kubzansky LD, Tworoger SS. Caregiver burden and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in the Nurses' Health Studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 05; 194(2):362-369. PMID: 38973733.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/28/2025
Lawson-Michod KA, Johnson CE, Barnard ME, Davidson N, Collin LJ, Nix DA, Huff C, Berchuck A, Salas LA, Greene C, Marks JR, Peres LC, Doherty JA, Schildkraut JM. Homologous recombination deficiency in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma by self-reported race. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 28. PMID: 39974072.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/3/2025
Jia G, Chen Z, Ping J, Cai Q, Tao R, Li C, Bauer JA, Xie Y, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Choi JY, Gao YT, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, Iwasaki M, John EM, Kweon SS, Li CI, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Olopade OI, Pal T, Park SK, Park B, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Shen CY, Troester MA, Yao S, Zheng Y, Ahearn T, Brewster AM, Falusi A, Hennis AJM, Ito H, Kubo M, Lee ES, Makumbi T, Ndom P, Noh DY, O'Brien KM, Ojengbede O, Olshan AF, Park MH, Reid S, Yamaji T, Zirpoli G, Butler EN, Huang M, Low SK, Obafunwa J, Weinberg CR, Zhang H, Zhao H, Cote ML, Ambrosone CB, Huo D, Li B, Kang D, Palmer JR, Shu XO, Haiman CA, Guo X, Long J, Zheng W. Refining breast cancer genetic risk and biology through multi-ancestry fine-mapping analyses of 192 risk regions. Nat Genet. 2025 Jan; 57(1):80-87. PMID: 39753771.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/24/2024
Schliep KC, Barnard ME, Peterson CM. Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer-Reply. JAMA. 2024 Dec 24; 332(24):2117-2118. PMID: 39621324.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/19/2024
Holder EX, Bigham Z, Nelson KP, Barnard ME, Palmer JR, Bertrand KA. Mammographic density and breast cancer risk among Black American women. Int J Cancer. 2025 Mar 15; 156(6):1173-1180. PMID: 39425554.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2024
McCarty RD, Trabert B, Kriebel D, Millar MM, Birmann BM, Grieshober L, Barnard ME, Collin LJ, Lawson-Michod KA, Gibson B, Sawatzki J, Carter M, Yoder V, Gilreath JA, Shami PJ, Doherty JA. Tattoos and Risk of Hematologic Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Utah. Cancer Med. 2024 Oct; 13(20):e70260. PMID: 39444249.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/28/2024
McCarty RD, Trabert B, Millar MM, Kriebel D, Grieshober L, Barnard ME, Collin LJ, Lawson-Michod KA, Gibson B, Gilreath JA, Shami PJ, Doherty JA. Associations of demographic, health, and risk-taking behaviors with tattooing in a population-based cross-sectional study of ~18,000 US adults. Res Sq. 2024 Aug 28. PMID: 39257981.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/13/2024
Barnard ME, Farland LV, Yan B, Wang J, Trabert B, Doherty JA, Meeks HD, Madsen M, Guinto E, Collin LJ, Maurer KA, Page JM, Kiser AC, Varner MW, Allen-Brady K, Pollack AZ, Peterson KR, Peterson CM, Schliep KC. Endometriosis Typology and Ovarian Cancer Risk. JAMA. 2024 Aug 13; 332(6):482-489. PMID: 39018030.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2024
Davidson NR, Barnard ME, Hippen AA, Campbell A, Johnson CE, Way GP, Dalley BK, Berchuck A, Salas LA, Peres LC, Marks JR, Schildkraut JM, Greene CS, Doherty JA. Molecular Subtypes of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer across Racial Groups and Gene Expression Platforms. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Aug 01; 33(8):1114-1125. PMID: 38780898.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/13/2024
Jia G, Ping J, Guo X, Yang Y, Tao R, Li B, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, Huo D, John EM, Li CI, Li JL, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Olopade OI, Pal T, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Shu XO, Troester MA, Yao S, Adejumo PO, Ahearn T, Brewster AM, Hennis AJM, Makumbi T, Ndom P, O'Brien KM, Olshan AF, Oluwasanu MM, Reid S, Butler EN, Huang M, Ntekim A, Qian H, Zhang H, Ambrosone CB, Cai Q, Long J, Palmer JR, Haiman CA, Zheng W. Genome-wide association analyses of breast cancer in women of African ancestry identify new susceptibility loci and improve risk prediction. Nat Genet. 2024 May; 56(5):819-826. PMID: 38741014.
Read at: PubMed
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