University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Epidemiologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Professor and Director, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of Minnesota
Associate Director, Population Sciences, University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Awards & Honors
Faculty Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions to Prevention/Etiology (University of Minnesota Cancer Center), 2003
Recipient, Children's Cancer Research Fund Chair in Epidemiology, 2005

Selected Recent Publications
Ross JA, Swensen AR, Murphy S:  Prevalence of cigarette smoking in pregnant women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2002; 16:246-8.

Davies SM, Bhatia S, Ross JA, Kiffmeyer WR, Gaynon PS, Radloff GA, Robison LL, Perentesis JP:  GST genotypes, genetic susceptibility, and outcome of therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Blood 2002; 100:67-71.

Taniguchi T, Roberts LR Aderca I, Dong X, Qian C, Murphy LM, Nagorney DM, Burgart LJ, Roche PC, Smith DI, Ross JA, Liu W:  Mutational spectrum of ?-catenin, AXIN1, and AXIN2 in hepatocellular carcinomas and hepatoblastoma.  Oncogene 2002; 21:4863-71.

Ross JA, Kasum C, Davies SM, Jacobs DR, Folsom AR, Potter JD:  Diet and risk of leukemia in the Iowa Women's Health Study.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002; 11:7777-81.

Ross JA, Kasum CM:  Dietary flavonoids: bioavailability, metabolic effects, and safety.  Annu Rev Nutr 2002; 22:19-34.

Davies SM, Ross JA:  Commentary: SEER update of incidence and trends in pediatric malignancies: acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Med Pediatr Oncol 2002; 39:552-3.

Ross JA, Xie Y, Davies SM, Shu XO, Neglia JP, Robison LL:  Prescription drug use during pregnancy and risk of infant leukemia.  Cancer Causes Control 2003; 14:447-52.

Xie Y, Davies SM, Xiang Y, Robison LL, Ross JA:  Leukemia incidence and survival in the United States (1973-1998).  Cancer 2003; 97:2229-35.

Kasum C, Blair C, Folsom AR, Ross JA:  Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use and risk of adult leukemia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2003; 12:534-7.

Ross JA:  Epidemiology and hereditary aspects of acute leukemia.  In: Neoplastic Diseases of the Blood, 4th edition. Wiernik PH, Goldman JM, Dutcher JP, Kyle RA (eds.)  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. 164-75.

Ross JA:  Etiology of infant leukemia: observations and future directions.  ASCO Educational Session Book, 39th Annual Meeting, 2003; pp. 243-9.

Ross JA, Xie Y, Kiffmeyer WR, Bushhouse S, Robison LL:  Cancer in the Minnesota Hmong population. Cancer 2003; 97:3076-9.

Davies SM, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer etiology: recent reports.  Med Pediatr Oncol 2003; 40:35-8.

Schuz J, Spector LG, Ross JA:  Bias in studies of parental self-reported occupational exposures and childhood cancer.  Am J Epidemiol 2003; 158:710-6.

Spector LG, Ross JA:  Smoking and hepatoblastoma: confounding by birth weight?  (Letter) Br J Cancer 2003; 89:602.

Folsom AR, Anderson JP, Ross JA: Hormone replacement therapy and ovarian cancer: the Iowa Women's Health Study.  Epidemiology 2004; 15:100-4.

Kiffmeyer WB, Kastel E, Davies SM, Envall J, Robison LL, Ross JA:  Genetic polymorphisms in the Hmong population: implications for cancer etiology and survival.  Cancer 2004; 100:411-7.

Anderson J, Ross JA, Folsom AR:  Anthropometric variables, physical activity, and incidence of ovarian cancer: the Iowa Women's Health Study.  Cancer 2004; 100:1515-21.

Shu XO, Perentesis JP, Wen WQ, Buckley JD, Boyle E, Ross JA, Robison LL:  Parental exposure to medications and hydrocarbons and ras mutations in children with ALL.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1230-5.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Olshan AO, Bunin GR:  Birth certificates: a best control scenario?  Invited peer-reviewed commentary. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:922-4.
Ross JA, Oeffinger K, Davies SM, Mertens AC, Langer E, Sklar C, Stovall M, Yasui Y, Robison LL:  Genetic variation in the leptin receptor gene and obesity in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivors Study.  J Clin Oncol 2004; 22:3358-62.

Spector LG, Feusner J, Ross JA:  Rising incidence of hepatoblastoma and its relation to low birth weight in the United States, 1975-1999.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 43:206 (letter).

Ross JA, Davies SM:  Recent reports in the etiology of childhood cancer - 'greatest hits'.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 42:3-7.

Ross JA, Davies SM:  Looking farther afield. Folate, a turncoat? / Johnny Bee good!  New editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:2-3.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield.  Having your cake and living long, too? / Alcohol consumption: a leptin buzz? Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:906-7.

Ross JA:  Inherited cancer in children: practical/ethical problems and challenges.  Invited commentary, Eur J Cancer 2004; 40:2471-2.

Ross  JA:  Looking farther afield.  The egg and me(thylation).  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1551.

Ross JA, Olshan AF:  Pediatric cancer in the United States: the Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Research Program.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1552-4.

Ross JA, Blair C, Parker E, Cerhan JR, Folsom AF:  Body mass index and risk of leukemia in older women.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1810-3.

Canfield K, Spector LG, Robison LL, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Smith FO, Heerema N, Barnard D, Blair CK, Lazovich D, Ross JA:  Childhood and maternal infections and risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Br J Cancer 2004; 91:1866-72.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Robison LL, Olshan AF:  Epidemiology of leukemia in children with Down Syndrome.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005; 44:8-12.

Spector LG, Xie Y, Robison LL, Heerema NA, Hilden JM, Lange B, Felix CA, Davies SM, Slavin J, Potter JD, Blair CK, Reaman GH, Ross JA:  Maternal diet and infant leukemia: the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor hypothesis: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:651-5.

Ross JA, Sinner PJ, Blair CK, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR:  Hormone replacement therapy is not associated with an increased risk of leukemia (United States).  Cancer Causes Control 2005; 16:483-8.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield. Breast cancer and body mass: when is it ok to be too big, too little, or just right?  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:560-1.

Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Feusner J, Georgieff MK, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer following neonatal oxygen supplementation.  J Pediatr 2005; 147:29-33.

Blair C, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR, Ross JA:  Anthropometric characteristics and risk of multiple myeloma.  Epidemiology 2005; 16:691-4.

Sinner PJ, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR, Ross JA:  Positive association of farmor rural residence with acute myeloid leukemia in a cohort of older women.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:2446-8.

Trivers KF, Mertens AC, Ross JA, Steinbuch M, Olshan AF, Robison LL:  Parental marijuana use and risk of childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, in press.

Ross JA, Blair CK, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Smith FO, Heerema N, Roesler M:  Periconceptual vitamin use and leukemia risk in children with Down syndrome: a Children's Oncology Group study.  Cancer 2005; 104:405-10.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield.  BERing the burden of risk.  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:2064-5.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Robison LL, Bhatia S:  Epidemiology and etiology.  In: Childhood Leukemias, 2nd edition. Pui C-H (ed).  Cambridge University Press, in press.

Ross JA, Spector LG:  Cancers in children (invited chapter).  In:  Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd edition.  Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni J (eds.)  In press.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Nagarajan R:  The epidemiology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas.  In:  Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas.  Pappo A (ed.)  Heidelburg: Springer-Verlag, in press.