
Tracy Layne, PhD, MPH
About Me
Tracy M. Layne, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments
in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, and
Population Health Science and Policy. She is a faculty member in the
Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute where her work aims to
understand the individual and collective impact of well established
(e.g., obesity and diabetes) and less explored (e.g., vitamin D status)
risk factors on gynecologic cancer risk in women of African descent.
She completed her pre- and post-doctoral training at
the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health studying the areas of
nutrition and cancer and the molecular epidemiology of cancer in the context of
racial/ethnic cancer disparities.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Population Health Science and Policy, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Education
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
PhD, Yale University School of Public Health
Publications
Selected Publications
- Comparative Modeling of Recent and Projected Trends in the Incidence and Mortality of Uterine Cancer. Kevin J. Rouse, William D. Hazelton, Axel Frotscher, Ling Chen, Matthew T. Prest, Jennifer S. Ferris, Xiao Xu, Alexander Melamed, Chin Hur, Brandy M. Heckman-Stoddard, Goli Samimi, Nina A. Bickell, Tracy M. Layne, Stephanie V. Blank, Elena B. Elkin, Evan R. Myers, Laura J. Havrilesky, Chung Yin Kong, Jason D. Wright. Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Uterine cancer diagnosis at age 65: onset of Medicare eligibility and impact of Medicaid expansion. Kevin J. Rouse, Ling Chen, Tracy M. Layne, Xiao Xu, Nina A. Bickell, Goli Samimi, Jason D. Wright, Evan R. Myers. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Versus Primary Cytoreductive Surgery for Metastatic Endometrial Cancer. Dib Sassine, Yongmei Huang, Chin Hur, Elena B. Elkin, Jennifer S. Ferris, Alex Melamed, Chung Yin Kong, Evan R. Myers, Nina A. Bickell, William D. Hazelton, Tracy M. Layne, Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Goli Samimi, Laura J. Havrilesky, Stephanie V. Blank, Xiao Xu, Jason D. Wright. Cancer Medicine
Industry Relationships
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Dr. Layne has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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