Faculty

Johanna W Lampe

Research Professor, Epidemiology

206-667-6580

Education

PhD Nutritional Science, University of Minnesota, 1990
MS Nutrition, University of Minnesota, 1986
BS Nutritional Science, University of Minnesota, 1982

Contact

206-667-6580

Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Box 358080
1100 Fairview Ave N., Arnold Building
PO Box 19024, Mailstop: M4-B402
Seattle, WA 98109

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Lampe's research interests relate to the mechanisms by which components of diet, particularly constituents of plant food, alter susceptibility to and risk of cancer. Her primary research activities include using controlled dietary interventions in humans to determine how individual variation in biochemical response to high-plant food diets (e.g., biotransformation enzyme modulation, colonic environment changes) may explain differences in disease risk. The Lampe lab also studies the effect of diet on gut microbial community and the relationship of the gut microbiome to biomarkers of cancer risk and routinely measures isoflavones, lignans, and other biomarkers of plant-food intake for population-based studies.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Biomarkers for dietary fatty acid densities among postmenopausal U.S. females derived using a habitual-diet human feeding study.
(2026 Jan 14)
Am J Clin Nutr
Prentice RL, Tinker LF, Neuhouser ML, Lampe JW, Raftery D, Gowda GAN, Song X, Navarro SL, Huang Y, Vasan S, Orchard TS, Brasky TM, Manson JE, Zheng C
Pesco-Vegetarian Food Components Promote Colonocyte Froptosis in Preclinical Mouse Models and a Randomized Crossover Trial in Healthy Human Adults.
(2025 Dec 27)
J Nutr
Fan YY, Salinas ML, Mullens DA, Davidson LA, Goldsby JS, Ivanov IV, Jayaraman A, Cai JJ, Levy L, Hullar MA, Navarro SL, Lampe JW, Chapkin RS
Calibrated Dietary Patterns and Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative Cohorts.
(2025 Dec 2)
Am J Epidemiol
Zhang X, Vasan S, Zheng C, Prentice RL, Navarro SL, Tinker L, Raftery D, Gowda GAN, Van Horn L, Sun Y, Tabung FK, Pan K, Lampe JW, Neuhouser ML
Implications for Dietary Guideline Policy of a Cultural Adaptation of the US Dietary Guidelines for Women of Mexican Descent: A Pilot Study.
(2025 Nov 15)
Nutrients 17(22):
Garfias-Avila N, Wang CY, Lampe JW, Mendoza JA, Tapsoba JD, Alcalá NJ, Levy L, Neuhouser ML
The carbon isotope ratio of alanine is a biomarker of added sugar and sugar-sweetened beverage intakes: a pooled analysis of 4 studies.
(2025 Dec)
Am J Clin Nutr 122(6): 1769-1777
Johnson JJ, Ghosh S, Shaw PA, Neuhouser ML, Lampe JW, Tinker LF, Prentice RL, Tasevska N, Freedman LS, Boyer BB, Hopkins SE, Nash SH, Votruba SB, Krakoff J, O'Brien DM
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In the News

Eating Fatty Fish Linked to Reduced Risk of Death
American Journal of Epidemiology, 02/03/2014
Joint Supplements May Prevent Colorectal Cancer
Cancer Causes & Control, 06/01/2013
Low-glycemic-load foods may reduce inflammation in overweight adults
Hutch News, 03/02/2012