Cameron Brady Haas, MPH, PhC
Education
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PhC – Epidemiology, University of Washington, Candidate
Dissertation title: The genetics of sex hormones and their effects on mammographic density
Chair: Sara Lindström
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Graduate Certificate Program in Statistical Genetics – In progress
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Graduate Certificate Program in Public Health Genetics – In Progress
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MPH – Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2017
Thesis title: Patterns in completion of colorectal cancer screening using fecal immunochemical tests in a health maintenance organization setting.
https://epi.washington.edu/student-research/cameron-haas
Chair: Amanda Phipps
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BS – Health Science and Spanish (double-major), Brigham Young University, 2015
Work
Experience
National Institutes of Health
Postdoctoral Fellow
June 2021 - Present
National Institutes of Health, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Training: Epidemiology, Nutrition, Genetics & Survivorship (CPTG) Pre-Doctoral Trainee
Fred Hutch
June 2017 - April 2022
Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO)
It is recognized that genetic variants play an important role in conferring risk of colorectal cancer. To comprehensively study the millions of genetic variations across the genome, large scale studies are becoming increasingly important
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
September 2015 - April 2022
Research to improve colorectal cancer screening through PROSPR, and development of systematic review manuscript on breast cancer screening.
Database development for KPWHRI: NCI Community Oncology Program using REDCap, as well as System Engagement Review Team (SERT) data collection.
CFAR Network for Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) Research Assistant
March 2019 - Present
Genetic data imputation and analysis pipeline for genome-wide investigations of substance use, lipoatrophy, and adverse events in people living with HIV
Teaching Assistant - University of Washington
September 2018 - March 2019 (2 quarters)
EPI 512/513: Introduction to Epidemiology, Instructors: Ali Rowhani-Rabhar, Amanda I. Phipps, Noel Weiss. Approx. 180 graduate/medical students.
January 2017-June 2017 (2 quarters)
EPI 320: Introduction to Epidemiology, instructor: Jack Goldberg, Approx. 180 undergraduate students.
Epi Scholar
June 2016 - December 2016
Summer internship at Public Health – Seattle & King County in the Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section analyzing HCV mortality trends and surveillance evaluation
Epidemiology Research Assistant
January 2015 - April 2015
Perform data cleaning, coding, recoding, and statistical analysis using SAS epidemiology computer application, along with copy-editing and research project consultation for department faculty
Utah State Department of Health Intern
June 2015 - August 2015
FoodCORE paid internship to update state disease plans for the Communicable Disease Investigation and Response Program, and perform over-the-phone surveys in Spanish
2016-2017
National Institutes of Health, University of Washington, Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics Pre-Doctoral Trainee
Honors & Awards
PHOTOSHOP
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Volunteer Positions
UW School of Public Health Re-Accreditation Volunteer
(January 2020)
The School holds accreditation through the Council on Education for Public Health. Periodically, accredited Schools must conduct an extensive data review, analysis, evaluation, and improvement planning. Participation included reviewing narrative and data for the report and submitting input for edits and improvements to the final document prior to submission to the accrediting body.
UW SPH Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee (CEPC) (2018-Present)
Society of Epidemiologic Research Communications Committee (2016-2020)
UW Department of Epidemiology Curriculum Committee (2016-2017)
UW Department of Epidemiology Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee (2016-Present)
Honors &
Awards
Chen Hu Endowed Trainee Award – Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
$1500
Support attendance to two international conferences to present accepted research
Northwest Public Health Training Grant $1500
Support research conducted at Neighborcare Community Health on patient perceptions of utility of mobile health and text messages for diabetes management
Scholarship for UW Department of Biostatistics Summer Institute for Statistical Genetics
$4,500
BYU Presidential Scholarship
$30,000
Washington State Music Teachers Association Scholarship for Merit
$500
Publications
scientific reports
Interactions between folate intake and genetic predictors of gene expression levels associated with colorectal cancer risk
Cameron B. Haas, Yu-Ru Su, Paneen Petersen, Xiaoliang Wang, Stephanie A. Bien, Yi Lin, Demetrius Albanes, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Mark A. Jenkins, Jane C. Figueiredo, Polly A. Newcomb, Graham Casey, Loic Le Marchand, Peter T. Campbell, Victor Moreno, John D. Potter, Lori C. Sakoda, Martha L. Slattery, Andrew T. Chan, Li Li, Graham G. Giles, Roger L. Milne, Stephen B. Gruber, Gad Rennert, Li Hsu
November, 2022
THE LANCET HIV
Trends and risk of lung cancer among people living with HIV in the USA: a population-based registry linkage study
Cameron B Haas PhD, Eric A Engels MD, Marie-Josèphe Horner PhD, Neal D Freedman PhD, Qianlai Luo PhD, Susan Gershman PhD, Baozhen Qiao PhD, Ruth M Pfeiffer PhD, Meredith S Shiels PhD
October, 2022
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Cross-ancestry Genome-wide Association Studies of Sex Hormone Concentrations in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women
Cameron B Haas, Li Hsu, Johanna W Lampe, Karen J Wernli, Sara Lindström
April, 2022
PMC PubMed Central
Association Between Genetic Predictors for C-Reactive Protein and Venous Thromboembolism With Severe Adverse Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes
Boya Guo, MPH,1 Jessica Williams-Nguyen, PhD, MPH, MS,2 Lu Wang, PhD,3 Cameron B. Haas, PhD, MPH,1 Christopher Kabrhel, MD, MPH,4,5 and Sara Lindström, PhD, MS1,2
December, 2021
Health Policy and Technology
Usefulness of mobile apps for communication of genetic test results to at-risk family members in a U.S. integrated health system: A qualitative approach from user-testing
Cameron B. Haas a b, Aaron Scrol a, Chethan Jujjavarapu c, Gail P. Jarvik d, Nora B. Henrikson a
June, 2021
ShareDNA: a smartphone app to facilitate family communication of genetic results.
Chethan Jujjavarapu, Jeevan Anandasakaran, Laura M. Amendola, Cameron Haas, Elizabeth Zampino, Nora B. Henrikson, Gail P. Jarvik & Sean D. Mooney
January, 2021
Cameron Haas, Amanda I. Phipps, Anjum Hajat, Jessica Chubak, Karen J. Wernli. “Time to fecal immunochemical test completion for colorectal cancer screening.” American Journal of Managed Care.
April, 2019.
Karen J. Wernli, Susan D. Brandzel, Diana S. M. Buist, Mary Bush, Wendy DeMartini, Laura Ichikawa, Cameron Haas, Louise M. Henderson, Dianne Johnson, Karla Kerlikowske, Dave McColgin, Diana L. Miglioretti, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Tracy Onega, Dori E. Rosenberg. 2019. Is Breast MRI Better at Finding Second Breast Cancers than Mammograms Alone for Breast Cancer Survivors? Washington, DC: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). https://doi.org/10.25302/5.2019.CE.13046656
Cameron Haas, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Mary Bush, Dianne Johnson, Timothy
Gleason, Sara Javid, Janie Lee, Robyn Sneeringer, Jennifer Specht, Sean Stitham, Karen Wernli. Surveillance for second breast cancer events in women with a personal history of breast cancer using breast MRI: a systematic review. Clinical Breast Cancer. January, 2019.
Under review. Cameron B. Haas, Yu-Ru Su, Xiaoling Wang, Wan-Ling Hsu, Steven J. Galliger, Graham Casey, Loic LeMarchand, Peter T. Campbell, Martha L. Slattery, Andrew T. Chan, Stephen B. Gruber, William Gauderman, David V. Conti, Demetrius Albanes, Daniel D. Buchanan, Graham G. Giles, Victor Moreno, Alicja Wolk, Li Li, Michael O. Woods, Ulrike Peters. Interactions between folate intake and genetic predictors of expression associated with colorectal cancer risk. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Poster
Presentations
NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross-Cutting Research Team meeting 2020 (Bethesda, MD). “Genome-wide association studies of substance use in people living with HIV across the US.”
Authors: Cameron Haas, Robin Nance, Bridget Whitney, Joseph Delaney, Wm. Chris Mathews, Michael Saag, Katerina Christopoulos, Sonia Napravnik, Benigno Rodriguez, Geetanjali Chander, Betsy McCall, Richard Moore, Ken Mayer, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, Paul K. Crane, Inga Peter, Sara Lindström, Heidi Crane
American Society of Human Genetics 2018 (San Diego, CA). “Functional annotation enrichment based weights for multiple comparisons correction in genome-wide gene-environment interaction studies.”
Authors: Cameron B. Haas, Xiaoliang Wang, Hongjie Chen, Paul Auer, Sara Lindström
International Genetic Epidemiology Society 2018 (San Diego, CA). “Interactions between folate intake and genetic predictors of expression associated with colorectal cancer risk.”
Authors: Cameron B. Haas, Yu-Ru Su, Xiaoling Wang, Wan-Ling Hsu, Steven J. Galliger, Graham Casey, Loic LeMarchand, Peter T. Campbell, Martha L. Slattery, Andrew T. Chan, Stephen B. Gruber, William Gauderman, David V. Conti, Demetrius Albanes, Daniel D. Buchanan, Graham G. Giles, Victor Moreno, Alicja Wolk, Li Li, Michael O. Woods, Ulrike Peters
American Society for Preventive Oncology 2017 (Seattle, WA). “Disparities in completion of fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening in a health maintenance organization setting.”
Authors: Cameron B. Haas, Karen J. Wernli, Amanda I. Phipps, Anjum Hajat, Aruna Kamineni, Jessica Chubak.
Society for Epidemiologic Research 2017 (Seattle, WA). “Analysis of time to completion of fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening by patient characteristics in a health maintenance setting.”
Authors: Cameron B. Haas, Karen J. Wernli, Amanda I. Phipps, Anjum Hajat, Aruna Kamineni, Jessica Chubak.
Professional
References
Sara Lindström, PhD, MCs (Academic advisor)
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Washington
Email: saralind@uw.edu
Tel: 206-221-3148
Karen Wernli, PhD, MPH (Mentor)
Associate Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Email: wernli.k@ghc.org
Tel: 206.287.2934
Amanda Phipps, PhD, MPH (Thesis chair)
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Washington
Email: aphipps@fhcrc.org
Tel: 206-543-0849