Jessica Petrick PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Hematology & Medical Oncology
Center Faculty Member, Slone Epidemiology Center
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 206-6179jpetrick@bu.edu

Sections
Hematology & Medical Oncology
Centers
BU-BMC Cancer Center
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
Epidemiology, PhD, University of North Carolina
Epidemiology/Health Policy, MPH, Case Western Reserve University
Public Health/Medical Anthropology, BS, Case Western Reserve University
Publications
Watling CZ, Kelly RK, Watts EL, Graubard BI, Petrick JL, Matthews CE, McGlynn KA. Total testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin, and free testosterone concentrations and risk of primary liver cancer: A prospective analysis of 200,000 men and 180,000 postmenopausal women. Int J Cancer. 2024 Nov 05. PMID: 39499225.
Published on 10/2/2024McGlynn KA, Petrick JL, Groopman JD. Liver Cancer: Progress and Priorities. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Oct 02; 33(10):1261-1272. PMID: 39354815.
Published on 7/29/2024Zamani SA, Graubard BI, Hyer M, Carver E, Petrick JL, McGlynn KA. Use of cholesterol-lowering medications in relation to risk of primary liver cancer in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Cancer. 2024 Oct 15; 130(20):3506-3518. PMID: 39072717.
Published on 3/5/2024Watling CZ, Wojt A, Florio AA, Butera G, Albanes D, Weinstein SJ, Huang WY, Parisi D, Zhang X, Graubard BI, Petrick JL, McGlynn KA. Fiber and whole grain intakes in relation to liver cancer risk: An analysis in 2 prospective cohorts and systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Hepatology. 2024 Sep 01; 80(3):552-565. PMID: 38441973.
Published on 3/1/2024Stern MC, Sanchez Mendez J, Kim AE, Obón-Santacana M, Moratalla-Navarro F, Martín V, Moreno V, Lin Y, Bien SA, Qu C, Su YR, White E, Harrison TA, Huyghe JR, Tangen CM, Newcomb PA, Phipps AI, Thomas CE, Kawaguchi ES, Lewinger JP, Morrison JL, Conti DV, Wang J, Thomas DC, Platz EA, Visvanathan K, Keku TO, Newton CC, Um CY, Kundaje A, Shcherbina A, Murphy N, Gunter MJ, Dimou N, Papadimitriou N, Bézieau S, van Duijnhoven FJB, Männistö S, Rennert G, Wolk A, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Tian Y, Le Marchand L, Cotterchio M, Tsilidis KK, Bishop DT, Melaku YA, Lynch BM, Buchanan DD, Ulrich CM, Ose J, Peoples AR, Pellatt AJ, Li L, Devall MAM, Campbell PT, Albanes D, Weinstein SJ, Berndt SI, Gruber SB, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Song M, Joshi AD, Drew DA, Petrick JL, Chan AT, Giannakis M, Peters U, Hsu L, Gauderman WJ. Genome-Wide Gene-Environment Interaction Analyses to Understand the Relationship between Red Meat and Processed Meat Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Mar 01; 33(3):400-410. PMID: 38112776.
Published on 12/21/2023Barnard ME, Wang X, Petrick JL, Zirpoli GR, Jones D, Johnson WE, Palmer JR. Psychosocial stressors and breast cancer gene expression in the Black Women's Health Study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Apr; 204(2):327-340. PMID: 38127176.
Published on 10/21/2023Petrick JL, Joslin CE, Johnson CE, Camacho TF, Peres LC, Bandera EV, Barnard ME, Beeghly A, Bethea TN, Dempsey LF, Guertin K, Harris HR, Moorman PG, Myers ER, Ochs-Balcom HM, Rosenow W, Setiawan VW, Wu AH, Schildkraut JM, Rosenberg L. Menopausal hormone therapy use and risk of ovarian cancer by race: the ovarian cancer in women of African ancestry consortium. Br J Cancer. 2023 Dec; 129(12):1956-1967. PMID: 37865688.
Published on 9/11/2023Barupal DK, Ramos ML, Florio AA, Wheeler WA, Weinstein SJ, Albanes D, Fiehn O, Graubard BI, Petrick JL, McGlynn KA. Identification of pre-diagnostic lipid sets associated with liver cancer risk using untargeted lipidomics and chemical set analysis: A nested case-control study within the ATBC cohort. Int J Cancer. 2024 Feb 01; 154(3):454-464. PMID: 37694774.
Published on 8/9/2023Barber LE, Bertrand KA, Sheehy S, White LF, Roy HK, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Petrick JL. Aspirin and nonaspirin nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use and occurrence of colorectal adenoma in Black American women. Int J Cancer. 2023 Dec 15; 153(12):1978-1987. PMID: 37555819.
Published on 6/19/2023Long L, Zhao L, Petrick JL, Liao LM, Huang T, Hakim A, Yang W, Campbell PT, Giovannucci E, McGlynn KA, Zhang X. Daytime napping, nighttime sleeping duration, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver disease-related mortality. JHEP Rep. 2023 Oct; 5(10):100819. PMID: 37691690.
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