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Melissa L. Bondy, Ph.D

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Bio Statement

Dr. Melissa Bondy is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Director of the Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center, (a collaborative program between M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children's Hospital).

Research Interests

Brain Tumor Program
Breast Cancer Program
Disparities Research
Other Collaborative Studies

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1990 The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, PHD, Epidemiology
1982 The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, MS, Epidemiology - Environmental Science
1975 The University of Texas, Austin, TX, BA, Psychology

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Stuff JE, Goh ET, Barrera SL, Bondy ML, Forman MR. Construction of a N-Nitroso database for assessing dietary intake. J Food Composition and Analysis. In Press.
2. Wilkinson AV, Shete S, Vasudevan V, Prokhorov AV, Bondy ML, Spitz MR. Influence of subjective social status on the relationship between positive outcome expectations and experimentation with cigarettes. J Adolesc Health 44(4):342-8, 4/2009. e-Pub 10/29/2008. PMCID: PMC2705959.
3. McKean-Cowdin R, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Inskip PD, Ruder AM, Butler M, Rajaraman P, Razavi P, Patoka J, Wiencke JK, Bondy ML, Wrensch M. Associations between Polymorphisms in DNA Repair Genes and Glioblastoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18(4):1118-26, 3/2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMCID: PMC2667563.
4. Liu Y, Scheurer ME, El-Zein R, Cao Y, Do KA, Gilbert M, Aldape KD, Wei Q, Etzel C, Bondy ML. Association and interactions between DNA repair gene polymorphisms and adult glioma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18(1):204-14, 1/2009. PMID: 19124499.
5. Armstrong TS, Cao Y, Scheurer ME, Vera-Bolaños E, Manning R, Okcu MF, Bondy M, Zhou R, Gilbert MR. Risk analysis of severe myelotoxicity with temozolomide: the effects of clinical and genetic factors. Neuro Oncol, 1/2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMID: 19179423.
6. Wang Y, Carlton V, Karlin-Neumann G, Sapolsky R, Zhang L, Moorhead M, Wang ZC, Richardson AL, Walther A, Bondy M, Sahin A, Krahe R, Tuna M, Thompson PA, Spellman PT, Gray JW, Mills GB, Faham M. High Quality Copy Number and Genotype Data from FFPE Samples Using Molecular Inversion Probe (MIP) Microarrays. BMC Med Genomics 2:8, 2009. PMCID: PMC2649948.
7. Hassan MM, Li D, El-Deeb AS, Wolff RA, Bondy ML, Davila M, Abbruzzese JL. Association between hepatitis B virus and pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol 26(28):4557-62, 10/2008. PMCID: PMC2562875.
8. Bondy ML, Scheurer ME, Malmer B, Barnholtz-Sloan, Davis FG, Il'yasova D, Kruchko C, McCarthy BJ, Rajaraman P, Schwartzbaum JA, Sadetzki S, Schlehofer B, Tihan T, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M, Buffler PA. Brain Tumor Epidemiology: Consensus From the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Cancer 113(7 Suppl):1953-1968, 10/2008. PMCID: PMC2663410.
9. Scheurer ME, Amirian E, Cao Y, Gilbert MR, Aldape KD, Kornguth DG, El-Zein R, Bondy ML. Polymorphisms in the interleukin-4 receptor gene are associated with better survival in patients with glioblastoma. Clin Cancer Res 14(20):6640-6, 10/2008. PMID: 18927306.
10. Wilkinson AV, Waters AJ, Vasudevan V, Bondy ML, Prokhorov AV, Spitz MR. Correlates of cognitive susceptibility to smoking among Mexican origin youth residing in Houston, Texas: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health 8(1):337, 9/2008. PMCID: PMC2569937.
11. Litton JK, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Warneke CL, Buzdar AU, Kau SW, Bondy M, Mahabir S, Hortobagyi GN, Brewster AM. Relationship between obesity and pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy among women with operable breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 26(25):4072-7, 9/2008. PMID: 18757321.
12. Brewster AM, Hortobagyi GN, Broglio KR, Kau SW, Santa-Maria CA, Arun B, Buzdar AU, Booser DJ, Valero V, Bondy M, Esteva FJ. Residual risk of breast cancer recurrence 5 years after adjuvant therapy. J Natl Cancer Inst 100(16):1179-83, 8/2008. e-Pub 8/2008. PMID: 18695137.
13. Suzuki H, Morris JS, Li Y, Doll MA, Hein DW, Liu J, Jiao L, Hassan MM, Day RS, Bondy ML, Abbruzzese JL, Li D. Interaction of the cytochrome P4501A2, SULT1A1 and NAT gene polymorphisms with smoking and dietary mutagen intake in modification of the risk of pancreatic cancer. Carcinogenesis 29(6). e-Pub 5/2008. PMCID: PMC2443278.
14. Scheurer ME, El-Zein R, Thompson PA, Aldape KD, Levin VA, Gilbert MR, Weinberg JS, Bondy ML. Long-term Anti-inflammatory and Antihistamine Medication Use and Adult Glioma Risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17(5):1277-81, 5/2008. PMID: 18483351.
15. Scheurer ME, Bondy ML, Aldape KD, Albrecht T, El-Zein R. Detection of human cytomegalovirus in different histological types of gliomas. Acta Neuropathol 116(1):79-86, 3/2008. e-Pub 3/2008. PMID: 18351367.
16. Davis FG, Malmer BS, Aldape K, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Bondy ML, Brännström T, Bruner JM, Burger PC, Collins VP, Inskip PD, Kruchko C, McCarthy BJ, McLendon RE, Sadetzki S, Tihan T, Wrensch MR, Buffler PA. Issues of diagnostic review in brain tumor studies: from the brain tumor epidemiology consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 17(3):484-9, 3/2008. PMID: PMID: 18349266.
17. Jiao L, Hassan MM, Bondy ML, Wolff RA, Evans DB, Abbruzzese JL, Li D. XRCC2 and XRCC3 gene polymorphism and risk of pancreatic cancer. Am J Gastroenterol 103(2):360-7, 2/2008. e-Pub 11/2007. PMCID: PMC2268638.

Last updated: 9/25/2009