Kathy B. Baumgartner
Professor
Epidemiology and Population Health
University of Louisville
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Kathy B. Baumgartner (MA, MS, PhD) is a cancer epidemiologist with extensive experience designing and conducting large population-based studies. In September 1996, she was awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship through the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Breast Cancer Research Program. She received her PhD in May 1999 in Epidemiology through the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas.
Research Interest
Breast cancer and gynecologic cancer epidemiology, cervical and endometrial cancer and respiratory disease
Publications
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Irwin ML, McTiernan A, Baumgartner RN, Baumgartner KB, Bernstein L, Gilliland FD, Ballard-Barbash R. Changes in body fat and weight after a breast cancer diagnosis: influence of demographic, prognostic, and lifestyle factors. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005 Feb 1;23(4):774-82.
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Sweeney C, Murtaugh MA, Baumgartner KB, Byers T, Giuliano AR, Herrick JS, Wolff R, Caan BJ, Slattery ML. Insulin-like growth factor pathway polymorphisms associated with body size in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 2005 Jul 1;14(7):1802-9.
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Wayne SJ, Baumgartner K, Baumgartner RN, Bernstein L, Bowen DJ, Ballard-Barbash R. Diet quality is directly associated with quality of life in breast cancer survivors. Breast cancer research and treatment. 2006 Apr 1;96(3):227-32.
