Mollie E. Barnard, ScD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of 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.

Publications

  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 12/24/2024

    Schliep KC, Barnard ME, Peterson CM. Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer-Reply. JAMA. 2024 Dec 24; 332(24):2117-2118. PMID: 39621324.

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  • Published 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.

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Other Positions

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

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, SM/ScM
  • Swarthmore College, BA