Barbara Fuhrman

M.S., Ph.D.

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
Title
Assistant Professor
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Molecular Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Email
barbara.fuhrman@usuhs.edu
Office Phone
(301) 295-3087

Education

2006 Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Community Health in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
2002 M.S. in Epidemiology in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
1997 B.A. in Spanish at Yale University, New Haven, CT

Biography

Barbara Fuhrman obtained a Master’s in Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiology and Community Health at the University at Buffalo and went on to complete postdoctoral training in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. She has taught graduate-level courses on epidemiologic methods and molecular epidemiology. At USU, her research will focus on cancer etiology and the role of the gut in health and disease across the lifespan.

Representative Bibliography

School Absenteeism Among Middle School Students With High Exposure to Violence. J Rankine, BJ Fuhrman, E Copperman, E Miller, A Culyba. Academic Pediatrics. 2022 Nov;22(8):1300–8.

A multisite, quasi-experimental trial of a college course to support student mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic. CD Chugani, JJ Mazza, BJ Fuhrman, DR Lavage, C Murphy, J Talis, et al. J Clin Psychol. 2023 Aug 14; jclp.23578.

Association of the age at menarche with site-specific cancer risks in pooled data from nine cohorts. BJ Fuhrman, SC Moore, C Byrne, I Makhoul, CM Kitahara, A Berrington de González, MS Linet, E Weiderpass, HO Adami, ND Freedman, LM Liao, CE Matthews, RZ Stolzenberg-Solomon, MM Gaudet, AV Patel, IM Lee, JE Buring, A Wolk, SC Larsson, AE Prizment, K Robien, M Spriggs, DP Check, N Murphy, MJ Gunter, HL Van Dusen Jr, RG Ziegler, RN Hoover. Cancer research 2021:81 (8), 2246-2255.

Associations of the fecal microbiome with urinary estrogens and estrogen metabolites in postmenopausal women. BJ Fuhrman, HS Feigelson, R Flores, MH Gail, X Xu, J Ravel, JJ Goedert. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2014: 99 (12), 4632-4640.

Fecal microbial determinants of fecal and systemic estrogens and estrogen metabolites: a cross-sectional study. R Flores, J Shi, BJ Fuhrman, X Xu, TD Veenstra, MH Gail, P Gajer, J Ravel, JJ Goedert. J Transl Med. 2012 Dec ;10(1):253.

Estrogen metabolism and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. BJ Fuhrman, C Schairer, MH Gail, J Boyd-Morin, X Xu, LY Sue, SS Buys, C Isaacs, LK Keefer, TD Veenstra, CD Berg, RN Hoover, RG Ziegler. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2012:104 (4), 326-339

Equol status modifies the association of soy intake and mammographic density in a sample of postmenopausal women. BJ Fuhrman, BE Teter, M Barba, C Byrne, A Cavalleri, BJ Grant, P Muti. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2008: 17(1), 33-42

Association between cigarette smoking and prognosis in locally advanced cervical carcinoma treated with chemoradiation: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study. SE Waggoner, KM Darcy, B Fuhrman, G Parham, J Lucci, BJ Monk, DH Moore. Gynecologic Oncology. 2006 Dec;103(3):853–8.

Erythrocyte Membrane Phospholipid Composition as a Biomarker of Dietary Fat. BJ Fuhrman, M Barba, V Krogh, A Micheli, V Pala, R Lauria, V Chajes, E Riboli, S Sieri, F Berrino, P Muti. Ann Nutr Metab. 2006;50(2):95–102.