Yin Cao, ScD, MPH

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Dr. Cao’s research group specializes in systems and translational cancer epidemiology with an overarching goal to develop precision-based cancer prevention/control strategies. Our current projects incorporate novel high-throughput technologies (genomics, microbiome, proteomics, accelerometers) into large-scale collaborative population-based/clinical studies to address provocative questions in gastrointestinal cancer prevention, including but not limited to the etiology of sporadic cancers among younger adults, the biological basis for cancer disparity, and the role of host-microbial interactions in carcinogenesis. Dr. Cao holds secondary appointment in the Division of Gastroenterology in the Department of Medicine.

Education

2013: ScD, epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
2009: MPH, epidemiology, Columbia University, New York

Training

2013 - 2015: Postdoctoral fellow, nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Selected Research Publications

Sleep Behaviors, Genetic Predispositions, and Risk of Esophageal Cancer.

Wang X, Tian R, Zong X, [...] Cao Y
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2023

Molecular Characteristics of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer According to Detailed Anatomical Locations: Comparison With Later-Onset Cases.

Ugai T, Haruki K, Harrison TA, Cao Y, [...] Ogino S
Am J Gastroenterol 2023

Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of Incident Lung Cancer.

Tian R, Wiley B, Liu J, [...] Cao Y
J Clin Oncol 2023

Incident Early- and Later-Onset Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Early- and Later-Onset Cancer: Prospective Cohort Study.

Zhang Y, Song M, Cao Y, [...] Giovannucci EL
Diabetes Care 2023

Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Interval Colorectal Cancer in 3 Prospective Cohorts.

Yang K, Cao Y, Gurjao C, [...] Chan AT
Gastroenterology 2022

Risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and associations with gastrointestinal cancers.

McHenry S, Zong X, Shi M, [...] Cao Y
Hepatol Commun 2022

Gluten Intake and Risk of Digestive System Cancers in 3 Large Prospective Cohort Studies.

Wang Y, Cao Y, Lebwohl B, [...] Chan AT
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022

Tooth count, untreated caries and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study.

Liu J, Zong X, Vogtmann E, [...] Cao Y
Int J Epidemiol 2022

Age at Initiation of Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Risk Among US Women.

Ma W, Wang M, Wang K, Cao Y, [...] Chan AT
JAMA Oncol 2022

Identifying colorectal cancer caused by biallelic MUTYH pathogenic variants using tumor mutational signatures.

Georgeson P, Harrison TA, Pope BJ, [...] Cao Y, [...] Buchanan DD
Nat Commun 2022

Risk Stratification for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Using a Combination of Genetic and Environmental Risk Scores: An International Multi-Center Study.

Archambault AN, Jeon J, Lin Y, [...] Cao Y, [...] Hayes RB
J Natl Cancer Inst 2022

Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Kocarnik JM, Compton K, Dean FE, [...] Cao Y, [...] Force LM
JAMA Oncol 2022

Frequency of Bowel Movements and Risk of Diverticulitis.

Jovani M, Ma W, Staller K, [...] Cao Y, [...] Chan AT
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022

Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in adulthood and adolescence and risk of early-onset colorectal cancer among women.

Hur J, Otegbeye E, Joh HK, [...] Cao Y
Gut 2021

The Sulfur Microbial Diet Is Associated With Increased Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Precursors.

Nguyen LH, Cao Y, Hur J, [...] Chan AT
Gastroenterology 2021

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