Rena Jones, PhD, MS
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2025
Accuracy of LexisNexis-derived retrospective address histories in the Sister Study cohort
Ish J, Daniel M, Ringwald P, Niehoff N, Jones R, White A. Accuracy of LexisNexis-derived retrospective address histories in the Sister Study cohort. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2025, 1-7. PMID: 40855130, PMCID: PMC12444789, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00802-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResidential historySister Study participantsSister Study cohortEnvironmental exposuresAddress historiesSister StudyCohort enrollmentStudy participantsSupplemental questionnaireProspective cohortReinforcing confidenceEpidemiological studiesStudy cohortAddress dataHealth effectsParticipantsCohortAccurate assessmentResidence durationLexisNexisGeographical characteristicsYears of dataHealthQuestionnaireTimeframeReply to Zhou et al.: Methodological Pitfalls Undermine Industrial Emission-related Lung Cancer Risk Assessment.
Madrigal J, Fisher J, Pruitt C, Liao L, Graubard B, Ward M, Silverman D, Jones R. Reply to Zhou et al.: Methodological Pitfalls Undermine Industrial Emission-related Lung Cancer Risk Assessment. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025 PMID: 40845341, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202507-1584le.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSerum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of ovarian cancer
Jones R, Madrigal J, Medgyesi D, Fisher J, Calafat A, Botelho J, Kato K, Albert P, Silverman D, Hofmann J, Trabert B. Serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of ovarian cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2025, djaf204. PMID: 40748719, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djaf204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOvarian cancerQuartile trendOvarian cancer risk factorsOvarian Cancer Screening TrialFamily historyFamily history of cancerRisk of ovarian cancerSerum concentrationsCancer risk factorsCancer Screening TrialHistory of cancerNested Case-Control StudyOvarian cancer casesOral contraceptive useMenopausal hormone therapyPrediagnostic serum samplesBody mass indexCase-control studyLogistic regression modelsHormone therapyScreening TrialCancer casesHighest quartilesFatal malignancyGynecologic cancerCarcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Lung Cancer Risk in a Cohort of 440,000 Americans.
Madrigal J, Fisher J, Pruitt C, Liao L, Graubard B, Ward M, Silverman D, Jones R. Carcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Lung Cancer Risk in a Cohort of 440,000 Americans. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: 1241-1252. PMID: 40315142, PMCID: PMC12264657, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202409-1738oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer riskCancer riskAssociated with riskNIH-AARP DietEvaluate lung cancer riskLung carcinogensAssociated with lung cancerCox proportional hazards modelsNIH-AARPHealth StudyProportional hazards modelSquamous cell carcinomaStrong associationsAssociated with benzeneHazards modelIndustrial air emissionsEnrollment residenceCell carcinomaOverall riskLung cancer developmentSmokingAssociationRiskHistological subtypesLung cancerCommunity Water Trihalomethanes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Medgyesi D, Mohan S, Bangia K, Spielfogel E, Spaur M, Fisher J, Madrigal J, Navas-Acien A, Freeman L, Jones R, Ward M, Lacey J, Sanchez T. Community Water Trihalomethanes and Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2518513. PMID: 40601319, PMCID: PMC12223891, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.18513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalifornia Teachers StudyChronic kidney disease riskProspective cohort studyParticipants' homesHazard ratioMultivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression modelsDiagnostic codesLong-term exposure to trihalomethanesProspective cohortBurden of chronic kidney diseaseHealth care recordsChronic kidney diseaseAdverse birth outcomesExposure-response associationsCox proportional hazards regression modelsProportional hazards regression modelsChronic kidney disease casesPublic health implicationsHazards regression modelsCare recordsBirth outcomesAssociated with chronic kidney diseaseMain OutcomesEpidemiological researchUS populationAmbient dioxin exposure and incidence of lymphoid malignancies in large prospective US cohorts of female nurses
Chen J, Hart J, VoPham T, Elliott E, Jones R, Ward M, Laden F, Birmann B. Ambient dioxin exposure and incidence of lymphoid malignancies in large prospective US cohorts of female nurses. Journal Of Hazardous Materials 2025, 495: 139115. PMID: 40609469, PMCID: PMC12305743, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.139115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuration of residenceCohort of female nursesResidential proximityUS cohortNon-Hodgkin's lymphomaHazard ratioTime-varying Cox proportional hazards modelsNurses' Health StudyAssociated with residential proximityCohort-specific resultsConfidence intervalsNon-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypesPositive associationIncident non-Hodgkin's lymphomaCox proportional hazards modelsDioxin exposureFemale nursesMultiple myelomaHealth StudyProportional hazards modelNationwide cohortProspective cohortOverall NHLMM casesMM incidencePrediagnostic Serum Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in a US Cohort
Madrigal J, Trabert B, Medgyesi D, Fisher J, Calafat A, Botelho J, Kato K, Albert P, Silverman D, Hofmann J, Jones R. Prediagnostic Serum Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in a US Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives 2025, 133: 067701. PMID: 40262115, PMCID: PMC12142652, DOI: 10.1289/ehp16569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExposures to drinking water contaminants in community water systems and risk of ovarian cancer in the California Teachers Study cohort.
Spaur M, Hurwitz L, Medgyesi D, Keil A, Freeman L, Fisher J, Madrigal J, Ammons S, Spielfogel E, Bangia K, Albert P, Sanchez T, Lacey J, Jones R, Ward M. Exposures to drinking water contaminants in community water systems and risk of ovarian cancer in the California Teachers Study cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives 2025 PMID: 40471647, DOI: 10.1289/ehp16582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-grade serous histotypeOvarian cancer riskSerous histotypeOvarian cancerDrinking water contaminationCommunity water systemsWater contaminationCancer riskRisk of ovarian cancerCalifornia Teachers Study cohortEpithelial ovarian cancerOral contraceptive useCox proportional hazards regressionBody mass indexCalifornia Teachers StudyUranium concentrationProportional hazards regressionBilateral oophorectomyMenopausal statusCancer-freeProspective cohortWater systemsDrinking water exposureStudy cohortFollow-upNationwide sociodemographic patterns in airborne exposure to probable carcinogens from industrial sources
Pruitt C, Fisher J, Flory A, Graubard B, Ward M, Jones R, Madrigal J. Nationwide sociodemographic patterns in airborne exposure to probable carcinogens from industrial sources. The Science Of The Total Environment 2025, 986: 179674. PMID: 40449360, PMCID: PMC12317373, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite populationLow socioeconomic statusCensus tract boundariesHigh school educationInternational Agency for Research on CancerSociodemographic characteristicsSociodemographic groupsSociodemographic predictorsSocioeconomic statusSociodemographic patternsCensus tractsProbable carcinogensLogistic regressionOddsIndustrial air emissionsSchool educationLatinosBlack AmericansTract boundariesEvaluate differencesState-Specific Incidence of Endometrial Cancer in the United States by Histologic Subtype Corrected for Hysterectomy Prevalence from 2010 to 2019.
Clarke M, Fisher J, Wentzensen N, Wijayabahu A, Arend R, Jones R, Erickson B. State-Specific Incidence of Endometrial Cancer in the United States by Histologic Subtype Corrected for Hysterectomy Prevalence from 2010 to 2019. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2025, 34: 1269-1276. PMID: 40392197, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-25-0057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndometrial cancer incidence ratesCancer incidence ratesHysterectomy prevalenceNon-endometrioid cancersIncidence rateNorth American Association of Central Cancer RegistriesBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemIncidence rates of endometrial cancerIncident endometrial cancer casesRisk Factor Surveillance SystemHysterectomy-corrected ratesCancer control effortsCentral Cancer RegistryEndometrial cancerRates of endometrial cancerEndometrial cancer incidenceNorth American AssociationEndometrial cancer ratesHysterectomy prevalence dataEndometrial cancer casesIncidence of endometrial cancerGeographic risk factorsCancer overallCancer RegistryCancer incidence
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