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Cancer Prevention Fellow
Risk Factor Assessment Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
Telephone: 240-276-7374
Email: audrey.goldbaum@nih.gov
- PhD – Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition, Purdue University
- MPH – Quantitative Methods, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- BS – Molecular Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley
Biography
Audrey Goldbaum, PhD, MPH, is a Cancer Prevention fellow in the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program’s (EGRP) Risk Factor Assessment Branch (RFAB). In this role, she works with Dr. Jill Reedy and others in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) on projects related to methods used to measure and model how lifestyle factors such as nutrition, obesity, physical activity, and sleep influence predict cancer development and how these methods can be applied in research to improve public health and impact public policy. In particular, she is interested in exploring the methodological boundaries and ethical implications when using machine learning for analysis.
Prior to joining NCI, Audrey pursued her PhD at Purdue University where she used animal models to examine the independent and interacting effects of obesity, diet, and the gut microbiota in colorectal cancer development. To broaden her research background into the realm of public health, she earned an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Select Publications
Bowers LB, Glenny EM, Punjala A, et al. Weight loss and/or sulindac mitigate obesityassociated transcriptome, microbiome, and protumor effects in a murine model of colon cancer. Cancer Prev Res. 2022;15(8):481-495.
Walker ME, Matthan NR, Goldbaum A, et al. Dietary patterns influence epicardial adipose tissue fatty acid composition and inflammatory gene expression in the Ossabaw pig. J Nutr Biochem. 2019;70:138-146.
Matthan NR, Solano-Aguilar G, Meng H, et al. The Ossabaw pig is a suitable translational model to evaluate dietary patterns and coronary artery disease risk. J Nutr. 2018;148(4):542-551.