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Mollie E. Barnard, ScD

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

Hematology & Medical Oncology

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
BA, Swarthmore College

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ORCID : 0000-0002-4843-4655

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.

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

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

The role of biobehavioral factors and anti-inflammatory medications on the ovarian tumor immune response
04/01/2024 - 03/31/2029 (Subcontract PI)
Oregon Health & Science University NIH NCI
7R01CA276224-02

Cardiometabolic health and risk of breast cancer in Black women
01/01/2025 - 12/31/2028 (PI)
American Cancer Society, Inc.

The impact of biobehavioral factors and aspirin on ovarian cancer biology
09/19/2023 - 08/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute NIH NCI
5U54CA163068-12

Changing Contraceptive Patterns and Ovarian Cancer Risk
07/01/2022 - 03/31/2026 (Subcontract PI)
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. NIH NCI
5R01CA258679-04

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2021	Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer	5K00CA212222-06
2020	Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer	5K00CA212222-05
2019	Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer	5K00CA212222-04
2018	Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer	4K00CA212222-03
2017	Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer	5F99CA212222-02	3
2016	Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer	1F99CA212222-01	3

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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; PMCID: PMC11815502; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae185;

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; PMCID: PMC11838950; DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.21.25320918;

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.View Related Profiles.

Zirpoli, Gary
Palmer, Julie
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 39753771

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

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.View Related Profiles.

Holder, Etienne
Palmer, Julie
Nelson, Kerrie
Bertrand, Kimberly
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 39425554; PMCID: PMC11738672; DOI: 10.1002/ijc.35223;

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; PMCID: PMC11499570; DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70260;

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; PMCID: PMC11384024; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4838597/v1;

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; PMCID: PMC11255975; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.9210;

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; PMCID: PMC11294000; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0113;

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.View Related Profiles.

Palmer, Julie
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 38741014; PMCID: PMC11284829; DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01736-4;

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Ping J, Jia G, Cai Q, Guo X, Tao R, Ambrosone C, Huo D, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, John EM, Li CI, Nathanson K, Nemesure B, Olopade OI, Pal T, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Yoshimatsu T, Adejumo PO, Ahearn T, Brewster AM, Hennis AJM, Makumbi T, Ndom P, O'Brien KM, Olshan AF, Oluwasanu MM, Reid S, Yao S, Butler EN, Huang M, Ntekim A, Li B, Troester MA, Palmer JR, Haiman CA, Long J, Zheng W. Using genome and transcriptome data from African-ancestry female participants to identify putative breast cancer susceptibility genes. Nat Commun. 2024 May 02; 15(1):3718.View Related Profiles.

Palmer, Julie
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 38697998; PMCID: PMC11065893; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47650-5;

Barnard 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.View Related Profiles.

Jones, Dennis
Zirpoli, Gary
Petrick, Jessica
Palmer, Julie
Barnard, Mollie
Johnson, William

PMID: 38127176; PMCID: PMC11232497; DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07182-w;

Barnard ME, DuPré NC, Heine JJ, Fowler EE, Murthy DJ, Nelleke RL, Chan A, Warner ET, Tamimi RM. Reproductive risk factors for breast cancer and association with novel breast density measurements among Hispanic, Black, and White women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Apr; 204(2):309-325. PMID: 38095811; PMCID: PMC10948301; DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07174-w;

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. bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 02. PMID: 37961178; PMCID: PMC10635053; DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.01.565179;

Petrick 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.View Related Profiles.

Petrick, Jessica
Barnard, Mollie
Bethea, Traci

PMID: 37865688; PMCID: PMC10703895; DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02407-7;

McCarty RD, Barnard ME, Lawson-Michod KA, Owens M, Green SE, Derzon S, Karabegovic L, Akerley WL, Watt MH, Doherty JA, Grieshober L. Pathways to lung cancer diagnosis among individuals who did not receive lung cancer screening: a qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Oct 03; 24(1):203. PMID: 37789288; PMCID: PMC10548694; DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02158-7;

Chen N, Cheng D, Sodipo MO, Barnard ME, DuPre NC, Tamimi RM, Warner ET. Impact of age, race, and family history on COVID-19-related changes in breast cancer screening among the Boston mammography cohort study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Nov; 202(2):335-343. PMID: 37624552; PMCID: PMC11265187; DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07083-y;

Stolarova L, Kleiblova P, Zemankova P, Stastna B, Janatova M, Soukupova J, Achatz MI, Ambrosone C, Apostolou P, Arun BK, Auer P, Barnard M, Bertelsen B, Blok MJ, Boddicker N, Brunet J, Burnside ES, Calvello M, Campbell I, Chan SH, Chen F, Chiang JB, Coppa A, Cortesi L, Crujeiras-González A, De Leeneer K, De Putter R, DePersia A, Devereux L, Domchek S, Efremidis A, Engel C, Ernst C, Evans DGR, Feliubadaló L, Fostira F, Fuentes-Ríos O, Gómez-García EB, González S, Haiman C, Hansen TVO, Hauke J, Hodge J, Hu C, Huang H, Ishak NDB, Iwasaki Y, Konstantopoulou I, Kraft P, Lacey J, Lázaro C, Li N, Lim WK, Lindstrom S, Lori A, Martinez E, Martins A, Matsuda K, Matullo G, McInerny S, Michailidou K, Montagna M, Monteiro ANA, Mori L, Nathanson K, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Olson JE, Palmer J, Pasini B, Patel A, Piane M, Poppe B, Radice P, Renieri A, Resta N, Richardson ME, Rosseel T, Ruddy KJ, Santamariña M, Dos Santos ES, Teras L, Toland AE, Trentham-Dietz A, Vachon CM, Volk AE, Weber-Lassalle N, Weitzel JN, Wiesmuller L, Winham S, Yadav S, Yannoukakos D, Yao S, Zampiga V, Zethoven M, Zhang ZW, Zima T, Spurdle AB, Vega A, Rossing M, Del Valle J, De Nicolo A, Hahnen E, Claes KBM, Ngeow J, Momozawa Y, James PA, Couch FJ, Macurek L, Kleibl Z. ENIGMA CHEK2gether Project: A Comprehensive Study Identifies Functionally Impaired CHEK2 Germline Missense Variants Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Aug 15; 29(16):3037-3050. PMID: 37449874; PMCID: PMC10425727; DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-0212;

Lawson-Michod KA, Watt MH, Grieshober L, Green SE, Karabegovic L, Derzon S, Owens M, McCarty RD, Doherty JA, Barnard ME. Pathways to ovarian cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study. BMC Womens Health. 2022 Nov 04; 22(1):430. PMID: 36333689; PMCID: PMC9636716; DOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-02016-1;

Blair LK, Warner ET, James P, Hart JE, VoPham T, Barnard ME, Newton JD, Murthy DJ, Laden F, Tamimi RM, DuPre NC. Exposure to natural vegetation in relation to mammographic density in a Massachusetts-based clinical cohort. Environ Epidemiol. 2022 Aug; 6(4):e216. PMID: 35975164; PMCID: PMC9374192; DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000216;

Barnard ME, Martheswaran T, Van Meter M, Buys SS, Curtin K, Doherty JA. Body Mass Index and Mammographic Density in a Multiracial and Multiethnic Population-Based Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Jul 01; 31(7):1313-1323. PMID: 35511751; PMCID: PMC9250611; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1249;

Barnard ME, Meeks H, Jarboe EA, Albro J, Camp NJ, Doherty JA. Familial risk of epithelial ovarian cancer after accounting for gynaecological surgery: a population-based study. J Med Genet. 2023 Feb; 60(2):119-127. PMID: 35534206; PMCID: PMC9643667; DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-108402;

Manichaikul A, Peres LC, Wang XQ, Barnard ME, Chyn D, Sheng X, Du Z, Tyrer J, Dennis J, Schwartz AG, Cote ML, Peters E, Moorman PG, Bondy M, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Terry P, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Funkhouser E, Wu AH, Pearce CL, Pike M, Setiawan VW, Haiman CA, Palmer JR, LeMarchand L, Wilkens LR, Berchuck A, Doherty JA, Modugno F, Ness R, Moysich K, Karlan BY, Whittemore AS, McGuire V, Sieh W, Lawrenson K, Gayther S, Sellers TA, Pharoah P, Schildkraut JM. Identification of novel epithelial ovarian cancer loci in women of African ancestry. Int J Cancer. 2020 06 01; 146(11):2987-2998.View Related Profiles.

Palmer, Julie
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 31469419; PMCID: PMC7523187; DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32653;

Barnard ME, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Milne GL, Akam EY, Chan AT, Eliassen AH, Rosner BA, Shu XO, Terry KL, Xiang YB, Zheng W, Tworoger SS. Urinary PGE-M Levels and Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 11; 28(11):1845-1852.View Related Profiles.

Akam, Eftitan
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 31387969; PMCID: PMC6825569; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0597;

Simon TG, Barnard ME, Chan AT. Aspirin Use and the Risk of Cancer-In Reply. JAMA Oncol. 2019 06 01; 5(6):913. PMID: 31046070; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0633;

Barnard ME, Poole EM, Curhan GC, Eliassen AH, Rosner BA, Terry KL, Tworoger SS. Association of Analgesic Use With Risk of Ovarian Cancer in the Nurses' Health Studies. JAMA Oncol. 2018 12 01; 4(12):1675-1682. PMID: 30286239; PMCID: PMC6400245; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4149;

Barnard ME, Hecht JL, Rice MS, Gupta M, Harris HR, Eliassen AH, Rosner BA, Terry KL, Tworoger SS. Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and Ovarian Cancer Risk by COX1/COX2 Expression and Infiltration of Tumor-Associated Macrophages. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 12; 27(12):1509-1517. PMID: 30377203; PMCID: PMC6415678; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0346;

Merritt MA, Rice MS, Barnard ME, Hankinson SE, Matulonis UA, Poole EM, Tworoger SS. Pre-diagnosis and post-diagnosis use of common analgesics and ovarian cancer prognosis (NHS/NHSII): a cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2018 08; 19(8):1107-1116. PMID: 30029888; PMCID: PMC6242286; DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30373-5;

Barnard ME, Pyden A, Rice MS, Linares M, Tworoger SS, Howitt BE, Meserve EE, Hecht JL. Inter-pathologist and pathology report agreement for ovarian tumor characteristics in the Nurses' Health Studies. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 09; 150(3):521-526. PMID: 30001835; PMCID: PMC6102072; DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.07.003;

Birmann BM, Barnard ME, Bertrand KA, Bao Y, Crous-Bou M, Wolpin BM, De Vivo I, Tworoger SS. Nurses' Health Study Contributions on the Epidemiology of Less Common Cancers: Endometrial, Ovarian, Pancreatic, and Hematologic. Am J Public Health. 2016 Sep; 106(9):1608-15.View Related Profiles.

Bertrand, Kimberly
Barnard, Mollie

PMID: 27459458; PMCID: PMC4981809; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303337;

Barnard ME, Boeke CE, Tamimi RM. Established breast cancer risk factors and risk of intrinsic tumor subtypes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Aug; 1856(1):73-85. PMID: 26071880

Shafi MM, Vernet M, Klooster D, Chu CJ, Boric K, Barnard ME, Romatoski K, Westover MB, Christodoulou JA, Gabrieli JD, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Pascual-Leone A, Chang BS. Physiological consequences of abnormal connectivity in a developmental epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2015 Mar; 77(3):487-503. PMID: 25858773

Christodoulou JA, Barnard ME, Del Tufo SN, Katzir T, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Gabrieli JD, Chang BS. Integration of gray matter nodules into functional cortical circuits in periventricular heterotopia. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Nov; 29(2):400-6. PMID: 24090774

Barnard ME, Strandburg-Peshkin A, Yarett IR, Merz RA. The blue streak in Uca pugnax: bright and dynamic. Invertebrate biology : a quarterly journal of the American Microscopical Society and the Division of Invertebrate Zoology/ASZ. 2012; 13(1):52-60.

Formica VA, McGlothlin JW, Wood CW, Augat ME, Butterfield RE, Barnard ME, Brodie ED. Phenotypic assortment mediates the effect of social selection in a wild beetle population. Evolution. 2011 Oct; 65(10):2771-81. PMID: 21967420

Formica VA, Augat ME, Barnard ME, Butterfield RE, Wood CW, Brodie III ED. Using spatial analysis to define social networks in wild populations of insects. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology. 2010; 64:1199-1208.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2010	1
2011	1
2012	1
2013	1
2015	2
2016	1
2018	4
2019	3
2022	4
2023	7
2024	8
2025	3

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Prior Endometriosis Diagnoses May Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

Cancer Network 8/1/2024

Women With Endometriosis Are 10 Times More Likely To Develop Ovarian Cancer

Technology Networks 7/18/2024

Landmark Study Reveals Elevated Ovarian Cancer Risk for Women with Severe Endometriosis

Inside Precision Medicine 7/18/2024

Study: Women with severe endometriosis 10 times more likely to get ovarian cancer

News Medical 7/18/2024

Analgesic Use and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in the Nurses’ Health Studies

AMA EdHub 10/4/2018

2023 Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine: Dahod Assistant Professorship

2021 HCI, Salt Lake City, UT: Women’s Cancers Center Rising Star Award

2021 American Association for Cancer Research: Molecular Epidemiology Working Group Scholar-in-Training Award

2020 HCI, Salt Lake City, UT: Susan Cooper Jones Endowed Fellowship in Cancer Research

2020 HCI, Salt Lake City, UT: Huntsman Travel Fellowship

2019 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT: Postdoc Travel Assistance Award ($500 travel award)

2019 HCI, Salt Lake City, UT: Huntsman Travel Fellowship ($1,500 travel award)

2019 National Cancer Institute: Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program Research Highlight

2016 Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health: Nominee for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award

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Epidemiology, Molecular
Epidemiology, Genetic
Breast Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Epidemiology

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