Faculty

Ulrike Peters

Research Professor, Epidemiology

206-667-2450

Education

PhD Nutrition, University of Kiel (Germany), 1998
MPH Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, 1999

Contact

206-667-2450

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Box 358080
1100 Fairview Ave N,M4-B402
PO Box 1024
Seattle, WA 98109

Research Areas

Research Interests

My research interest centers on the genetic and molecular epidemiology of common complex diseases, including cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as intermediate traits, including inflammation and metabolic measurements. Within well characterized and diverse study populations, we are studying the impact of common and rare genetic variants across the entire genome, as well as interactions between genetic variants and environmental factors (such as diet, exercise, smoking and aspirin use). We are increasingly bringing in functional genomic data to inform gene-environment interactions as well as rare variant testing. In addition, we are conducting a large-scale study to integrate the tumor and host genome to investigate associations of germline genetic, environmental risk factors and survival in relation to colorectal cancer subtypes defined by existing tumor characteristics as well as novel somatic mutations in colorectal cancer. A further interest of us is the translation of our findings into public health practice and clinical care. Accordingly, we have developed comprehensive risk prediction models that can personalize screening decisions.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Genetic Variation and Regulation of MICA Alters Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Immunosurveillance in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer.
(2024 Sep 26)
medRxiv
McGee HM, Bonner JD, Egelston C, Fu Y, Flores OC, Lindsey S, Shaktah L, Moratalla-Navarro F, Kamal Y, Tsang K, Walker CP, Idos G, McDonnell KJ, Rennert H, Barry EL, Brenner H, Buchanan DD, Campbell PT, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Figueiredo JC, Gago-Dominguez M, Hoffmeister M, Hsu L, Huyghe JR, Jenkins MA, Le Marchand L, Lenz HJ, Li L, Lindblom A, Liu Ruby YR, Lynch BM, Newton CC, Offit K, Ogino S, Pamplona RS, Pellatt AJ, Pharoah PDP, Phipps A, Reynaga L, Templeton A, Um CY, Wolk A, Woods MO, Wu AH, Yun Y, Zheng W, Williams TM, Conti DV, Peters U, Lejbkowicz F, Greenson JK, Schmit SL, Gauderman WJ, Hamilton SR, Moreno V, Rennert G, Gruber SB
Plasma ghrelin and risks of sex-specific, site-specific, and early-onset colorectal cancer: A Mendelian randomization analysis.
(2024 Oct 3)
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
Hazelwood E, Lopez Manzano C, Vincent EE, Albanes D, Bishop DT, Le Marchand L, Ulrich CM, Peters U, Murphy G, Samadder NJ, Anderson L, Gunter MJ, Murphy N, Van Guelpen B, Papadimitriou N
Identification of proteins associated with type 2 diabetes risk in diverse racial and ethnic populations.
(2024 Sep 30)
Diabetologia
Liu S, Zhu J, Zhong H, Wu C, Xue H, Darst BF, Guo X, Durda P, Tracy RP, Liu Y, Johnson WC, Taylor KD, Manichaikul AW, Goodarzi MO, Gerszten RE, Clish CB, Chen YI, Highland H, Haiman CA, Gignoux CR, Lange L, Conti DV, Raffield LM, Wilkens L, Marchand LL, North KE, Young KL, Loos RJ, Buyske S, Matise T, Peters U, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Yu B, Boerwinkle E, Sun Q, Rooney MR, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Daviglus ML, Qi Q, Mancuso N, Li C, Deng Y, Manning A, Meigs JB, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Wu L
Characterization of additive gene-environment interactions for colorectal cancer risk.
(2024 Sep 24)
Epidemiology
Thomas CE, Lin Y, Kim M, Kawaguchi ES, Qu C, Um CY, Lynch BM, Van Guelpen B, Tsilidis K, Carreras-Torres R, van Duijnhoven FJ, Sakoda LC, Campbell PT, Tian Y, Chang-Claude J, Bézieau S, Budiarto A, Palmer JR, Newcomb PA, Casey G, Le Marchand L, Giannakis M, Li CI, Gsur A, Newton C, Obón-Santacana M, Moreno V, Vodicka P, Brenner H, Hoffmeister M, Pellatt AJ, Schoen RE, Dimou N, Murphy N, Gunter MJ, Castellví-Bel S, Figueiredo JC, Chan AT, Song M, Li L, Bishop DT, Gruber SB, Baurley JW, Bien SA, Conti DV, Huyghe JR, Kundaje A, Su YR, Wang J, Keku TO, Woods MO, Berndt SI, Chanock SJ, Tangen CM, Wolk A, Burnett-Hartman A, Wu AH, White E, Devall MA, Díez-Obrero V, Drew DA, Giovannucci E, Hidaka A, Kim AE, Lewinger JP, Morrison J, Ose J, Papadimitriou N, Pardamean B, Peoples AR, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Shcherbina A, Stern MC, Chen X, Thomas DC, Platz EA, Gauderman WJ, Peters U, Hsu L
Comparing Ancestry Standardization Approaches for a Transancestry Colorectal Cancer Polygenic Risk Score.
(2024 Sep 24)
Genet Epidemiol
Rosenthal EA, Hsu L, Thomas M, Peters U, Kachulis C, Patterson K, Jarvik GP
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