Education

Degree	Institution	Major
MS	State University of New York	Industrial/Systems Engineering
PhD	State University of New York	Epidemiology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Fellowship	Roswell Park Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute	National Cancer Institute, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Training Grant (R25CA1820)
Fellowship	Roswell Park Cancer Institute	Molecular Epidemiology
Postdoctoral	Roswell Park Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute	Post-Doctoral Fellow, Molecular Epidemiology, NCI Core Grant (P30CA16056)

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Charles Huntington III Award, Best MPH Student Capstone Poster (Major Advisor)	Master of Public Health Program
P*STAT Accreditation, Professional Statistician	American Statistical Association
Olympus Award, Platform Talk (Senior Author)	American College of Gastroenterology
Best Practices Award (Poster)	NBCC Training Conference
Young Investigator Scholar Award	American Association for Cancer Research

Course Instructor:

PUBH 5440 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

PUBH 5497-F42 Public Health Genetics

PUBH 5436 Intermediate Epidemiology

 

 

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Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Dean's Council	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2023
LCME Accreditation Self-Study	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2023	2025
Nutrients (IF=6.9)	Professional/Scientific Journal	Guest Editor, Special Issue on Cancer	External	International	2022	2023
Scholarship & Discovery Oversight Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2019
UCH Graduate Program Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2019
SOM/SOD Academic Integrity Advisory Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2019
Public Health Graduate Programs, Advisory Committee	Advisory Committee	Faculty Member	UConn Health	State	2016
mDelta Scholarship and Discovery: Capstone Project	Education Committee	Co-Director	UConn Health	University	2016
Professionalism Incident Report Triage Committee	Education Committee	Co-Chair	UConn Health	University	2016	2019
SOM Professionalism Review Board	Education Committee	Faculty Member	UConn Health	University	2016	2023
SOM Professionalism Review Board	Education Committee	Faculty Member	UConn Health	University	2016
Frontiers in Oncology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Editorial Board	External	International	2015	2019
Public Health Graduate Programs, Admissions Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2012
Biostatistics Group	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	UConn Health	University	2011
Public Health Graduate Programs, Curriculum Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2010
Public Issues Council	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2008	2011
Young Survivor Coalition, New York City	Advisory Committee	Scientific Advisor	External	State	2008
Statewide Biobank Advisory Committee, Connecticut Dept of Public Health	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2008	2009
City of Hartford Task Force on Cancer Prevention	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	Local	2008	2010
Public Health Program Admissions Committee	Education Committee	Faculty Member	UConn Health	University	2008
Study Section, NCI Small Grant Program in Epidemiology (R03)	Study Section	Ad Hoc Member	External	National	2007	2012
Scientific Advisory Panel, Statewide Biobank Feasibility Study, CT DPH	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2007
NCI Small Grant Program in Epidemiology, NIH STUDY SECTION	Study Section	Ad hoc Member	External	National	2007
Advisory Panel, Virtual Office of Genomics, Dept of Public Health, State of CT	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2005	2006
Office of Genomics, CT DPH	Professional/Scientific Organization	Advisory Board	External	State	2003	2006
Genetics Planning Team, Dept of Public Health, State of Connecticut	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	National	2003	2006
Data and Evaluation Sub-Committee, Connecticut Cancer Partnership	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2003	2010
Prevention Sub-Committee, Connecticut Cancer Partnership	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2003	2010
Connecticut Cancer Partnership	Professional/Scientific Organization	Board of Directors	External	State	2002	2007
Annual Retreat Committee, Dept of Cancer Prevention, Roswell Park Cancer Institute	Advisory Committee	Member	External	University	2001	2002
Workshop on Grant Writing for New Investigators, Congress of Epidemiology	Workshop/Conference	Co-Moderator	External	National	2001	2001
The Lancet	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Cancer Causes and Control	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Clinical Cancer Research	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
American Journal of Gastroenterology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Journal of Clinical Oncology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Leukemia and Lymphoma	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Molecular Carcinogenesis	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
mDelta Public Health Advocacy Capstone	Advisory Committee	Co-Director	UConn Health	Local
PhD Program		Coordinator	UConn Health	Local
Graduate School Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee	Advisory Committee	Chair Emerita	UConn Health	Local
SOM Dean's Diversity Council	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	Local

My primary research area addresses clinical and genetic prognostic factors in cancer with a focus on racial/ethnic disparities. I also examine the link between inflammation-related risk factors for cancer (e.g., obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, and insulin resistance) and intermediate systemic biomarkers (e.g., CRP).

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Abstracts

Conference Papers

Monographs

Reviews

Short Surveys

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Hundal J, Dugan A, Namazi S, Jones Z, **Swede H. Receipt of Work-Accommodations in relation to Job Tenure among working Breast Cancer Survivors.	Poster	ASCO QI	2024	San Francisco
Hundal J, Dugan AG, Namazi S, **Swede H. Receipt of Work-Accommodations among continuously working Breast Cancer Survivors associated with having Adult Dependents at Home. ASCO 2023	Poster	ASCO	2023	Chicago
Williams JE , Forlenza K, Swede H , Luciano D, Ulrich A. Vitamin D Deficiency in Black Women with Uterine Fibroids	Poster	Global Conference American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists	2023	Nashville
Lu Z, Clement JM, Pan Q, Swede H, Mehta R, Wang X. Patterns and predictors of treatment among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC): a real-world study	Poster	ASCO	2021	Chicago
Katz ME, Duffy VB, Papasavas P, Seip R, Tishler DS,*Swede H. Pre-Surgery Leptin Level as a Predictor of Weight Loss in Female Bariatric Surgery Patients.	Poster	ASMBS	2021
Dietary Inflammatory Index, Food Insecurity, Race, and Adolescent Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	Poster	CT Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2020	CT Public Health Association
Geographic variation in the percentage of proximal colon cancer across the NCI SEER-9 Cancer Registries reflects varied Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age Distributions	Poster	Dig Dis Week	2012
Adiposity attenuates association between regular statin use and increased number of Aberrant Crypt Foci in humans	Poster	American Society of Preventive Oncology	2012
Survival Disparities in Breast Cancer: Tumor Sub-type or Treatment Received? Panel Session on Health Disparities	Panel Discussion	National Medical Association Annual Meeting	2012	New Orleans, LA
Increased Frequency of Proximal Colon Cancer among Non-Hispanic Blacks, Females and Patients Age 60 or Older	Talk	American College of Gastroenterology, Annual Meeting	2011	Washington, DC
Periodontitis and Chronic Kidney Disease in Mexican Americans	Poster	AADR Symposium: Oral Health Disparities Research	2011
Aberrant Crypt Foci: CRC Pre-Cursors?	Talk	Columbia University School of Public Health	2011	New York, NY
Preventive Role of Statins in Melanoma	Talk	Melanoma Research Group, UCONN Health Center	2011	Farmington, CT
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer	Talk	CT Breast Health Initiative, Annual Meeting	2011
Obesity and Cancer	Talk	Occupational Medicine Seminar Series, UCONN Health Center	2010	Farmington, CT
Outcome Disparities and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer	Talk	Breast Cancer Symposium, UCONN Health Center	2010	Farmington, CT
Obesity: An emerging risk factor for certain cancers	Talk	Dept of Occupational Medicine, UCONN Health Center	2010	Farmington, CT
C-Reactive Protein, Obesity, and Colorectal Cancer Mortality: A Prospective Study of the NHANES III-NDI Dataset	Talk	Obesity Society Conference	2009	Washington, DC
Hospital and Statewide Tumor Research Registries in Connecticut	Talk	University of Pennsylvania, Tumor Registry Summit	2009	Philadelphia, PA
Development of a Pilot Registry on Breast Cancer in Women 40 years of Age and Under. Young Survival Coalition	Poster	National Breast Cancer Coalition, Advocacy Training Conference	2008
A Pattern of Care Study evaluating. Surgical Staging for Uterine Cancer	Poster	American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting	2008
IGF System and Colon Cancer	Talk	Colon Cancer Colloquium, UCONN Health Center	2008	Farmington, CT
Obesity, Cancer, and Genetics	Talk	Alcohol Research Group, UCONN Health Center	2008	Farmington, CT
History of Cancer: From Ancients to Modern Era	Talk	Eastern Connecticut Health Network	2007
Obesity: An emerging risk factor for certain cancers	Talk	Dept of Community Medicine & Health Care, UCONN Health Center	2007	Farmington, CT
History of Cancer: From Ancients to Modern Era	Talk	History of Medicine Lecture Series, UCONN Health Center	2006	Farmington, CT
Geographic mapping of seasonal variation in diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Iowa 1974-1998	Poster	The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries	2005
Research Opportunities at the Connecticut Tumor Registry	Talk	NCI Cancer Information Service, Yale Cancer Center	2005	New Haven, CT
Cancer surveillance and molecular epidemiology at the Connecticut Tumor Registry	Talk	Neag Cancer Center Retreat, UCONN Health Center	2005
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in non-smokers and non-drinkers	Talk	Society of Surgical Oncology	2003	Los Angeles, CA
Prognostic value of HER2 in small breast Tumors	Talk	New York University Cancer Institute	2003	New York, NY
Understanding cancer trends and screening, Co-led with Beth Mielcarek, RN, MSN	Talk	Department of Public Health, State of Connecticut	2003	Hartford, CT
Does ras mutation drive intra-chromosomal genomic instability in cancer?	Talk	Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research, Genomic Integrity	2002	Houston, TX
A more sensitive proliferation marker than Ki-67 for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx	Poster	American Academy of Otolaryngology	2002
Regular aspirin use and breast cancer risk	Poster	American Association for Cancer Research	2002
Selenium chemoprevention in lung cancer	Talk	Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale	2002	New Haven, CT
Intra-chromosomal genomic instability in colon cancer	Talk	Yale Cancer Center	2002	New Haven, CT
Breast cancer risk factors and HER2 overexpression in tumors	Talk	Congress of Epidemiology/Society for Epidemiologic Research	2001	Toronto, Canada
Breast cancer risk factors and HER2 overexpression in tumors (ibid)	Talk	American Society of Preventive Oncology	2001	New York, NY
Cigarette smoking and gelsolin loss in non-small cell lung cancer patients	Poster	Congress of Epidemiology	2001
HER2 in breast cancer and tumor size	Talk	Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale	2001	New Haven, CT
Etiologic significance of HER2 in breast cancer	Talk	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	2001	New York, NY
Genetic epidemiology	Talk	Prevention Grand Rounds, Roswell Park Cancer Institute	2001	Buffalo, NY
Molecular epidemiology of colon cancer	Talk	Surgical Fellows, Roswell Park Cancer Institute	2001	Buffalo, NY
Tumor size and HER2 overexpression in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast	Poster	American Association for Cancer Research	2000
HER2 in breast cancer	Talk	Prevention Grand Rounds, Roswell Park Cancer Institute	2000	Buffalo, NY
Gelsolin as a tumor suppressor gene in Lung Cancer	Talk	Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute	2000	Buffalo, NY
Family history of cancer and health-related behaviors in a cancer screening clinic population	Poster	American Association for Cancer Research	1999
Weight change and breast cancer risk: ORDET Study	Poster	San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium	1997	San Antonio, CA
Epidemiologic methods	Talk	Residents and Fellows, Mercy Hospital	1997	Buffalo, NY
Introductory biostatistics	Talk	Surgical Fellows, Roswell Park Cancer Institute	1996	Buffalo, NY
User Study of Freehand Recognition Device	Poster	Eastman Kodak Innovations Forum	1987