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Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Population Health
Sciences and Member of the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center. She received
both her M.S. in Statistics and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the UW-Madison.
Her major areas of research interest include the etiology of hormonally-related
cancers in women, and survivorship after a cancer diagnosis. Dr. Trentham-Dietz
conducts population-based case-control studies of breast cancer, focusing
on potentially-modifiable risk factors. The collection of genetic material
from study participants, in collaboration with Dr. Michael Gould of
the UW McArdle Laboratory, is most recently providing opportunities
to explore gene-environment relations in the development of breast cancer.
This study also provides a mechanism to consider the associations between
geography, environmental factors and breast cancer. In addition, Dr.
Trentham-Dietz is exploring the impact of a cancer diagnosis on survival
and quality of life. She is interested in lifestyle and medical determinants
of mental and physical health, including cancer recurrence, after a
diagnosis of breast or colorectal cancer.
Dr. Trentham-Dietz is also active in the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO), serving on the Executive Committee as the Junior Member representative; together with colleagues in ASPO, she organizes professional development activities for junior cancer prevention researchers and clinicians.
Affiliations/Associations:
Society for Epidemiologic Research
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Representative Publications:
Trentham-Dietz A, Newcomb PA, Marcus PM, Storer BE. The association of body size and large bowel cancer risk in Wisconsin (United States) women. Cancer Causes Control 6:30-36, 1995.
Trentham-Dietz A, Newcomb PA, Storer BE, Longnecker MP, Mittendorf R. Multiple births and risk of breast cancer. Int J Cancer 62:162-164, 1995.
Trentham-Dietz A, Newcomb PA, Storer BE, Longnecker MP, Baron J, Greenberg ER, Willett WC. Body size and risk of breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol 145:1011-1019, 1997.
Trentham-Dietz A, Newcomb PA, Egan KM, Titus-Ernstoff L, Baron JA, Storer BE, Stampfer M, Willett WC. Weight change and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Cancer Causes Control 11:533-542, 2000.
Trentham-Dietz A, Newcomb PA, Storer BE, Remington PL. Risk factors for carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 9:697-703, 2000.
Trentham-Dietz A, Love RR, Newcomb PA. Population-based prevention strategies. In: Management of Patients at High Risk for Breast Cancer. Vogel VG (ed). Massachusetts: Blackwell Science, 2000, pp 277-294.
Course(s) Taught:
PHS 750: Cancer Epidemiology
PHS 797: Introduction to Epidemiology
Contact Information:
Amy Trentham-Dietz, Ph.D.
Department of Population Health Sciences
701 WARF Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53726-2397 USA
Phone: (608) 263-1946
Fax: (608) 265-5330
Email: trentham@wisc.edu
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