Publications

Jett Crowdis, Sara Balch, Lauren Sterlin, Beena S. Thomas, Sabrina Y. Camp, Michael Dunphy, Elana Anastasio, Shahrayz Shah, Alyssa L. Damon, Rafael Ramos, Delia M. Sosa, Ilan K. Small, Brett N. Tomson, Colleen M. Nguyen, Mary McGillicuddy, Parker S. Chastain, Meng Xiao He, Alexander T.M. Cheung, Stephanie Wankowicz, Alok K. Tewari, Dewey Kim, Saud H. AlDubayan, Ayanah Dowdye, Benjamin Zola, Joel Nowak, Jan Manarite, Idola Henry Gunn, Bryce Olson, Eric S. Lander, Corrie A. Painter, Nikhil Wagle, Eliezer M. Van Allen, “A patient-driven clinicogenomic partnership for metastatic prostate cancer,” Cell Genomics, Volume 2, Issue 9, 2022. 100169, ISSN 2666-979X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100169. 

Wagle, N., Painter, C., Anastasio, E., Dunphy, M., McGillicuddy, M., Jain, E., Nguyen, C., ... & Golub, T. R. “The metastatic breast cancer project: Generating the clinical and genomic landscape of metastatic breast cancer through patient-partnered research.” CANCER RESEARCH (Vol. 80, No. 4). Feb 2020.

Nikhil Wagle, Corrie Painter, Eliezer Mendel Van Allen, Adam Joel Bass, Elana Anastasio, Michael Dunphy, Mary McGillicuddy, Rachel Stoddard, Sara Balch, Beena Thomas, Brett N. Tomson, Colleen Nguyen, Esha Jain, Stephanie Wankowicz, Jim Palma, Simone Maiwald, Esme O. Baker, Andrew Zimmer, Todd Golub, and Eric Lander. “Count me in: A patient-driven research initiative to accelerate cancer research.” Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018.

Baltrusaitis K, Noddin K, Nguyen C.M., Crawley A, Brownstein JS, White LF. Evaluation of approaches that adjust for biases in participatory surveillance systems. Online J Public Health Inform. 2018;10(1):e124. Published 2018 May 30. doi:10.5210/ojphi.v10i1.8908 

Majumder, M. S., Nguyen, C.M., Mekaru, S. R., & Brownstein, J. S. (2017). Yellow fever vaccination coverage heterogeneities in Luanda province, Angola (vol 16, pg 993, 2016). LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 17(12), 1232-1232.

Majumder, M; C. Nguyen, E. Cohn, Y. Hswen, S. Mekaru, J. Brownstein. “Vaccine compliance and the 2016 Arkansas mumps outbreak”. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 

Majumder, M; C. Nguyen, S. Mekaru, J. Brownstein. “Yellow fever vaccination coverage heterogeneities in Luanda Province, Angola”. Lancet Infect Dis. Sept 2016. 

Majumder, M; C. Nguyen; L. Sacco; K. Mahan; J. Brownstein. “Risk factors associated with election-related stress and anxiety before and after the 2016 US Presidential Election”. Available on PsyArXiv. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/u4hns/ 

Abstracts & Poster Presentations

Julia M. Wong, David Merrell, Eirian Siegal-Botti, Noorshifa Arssath, Carrie Cibulskis, Evelina Ceca, Alanna Church, Alex Wilson, Lorena Lazo De La Vega, Jill Stopfer, Ellen Sukharevsky, Nia Daley, Anusha Sharma, Sidney Benich, Zachary Kahn, Lauren Fisher, Parker Chastain, Brendan Reardon, Taisha Hendrickson, Colleen Nguyen, Melissa Chiumiento, Melissa Mirick, Noriela Elia, Priscilla Merriam, Eliezer Van Allen, Judy Garber, Riaz Gillani, Chandrajit Raut, Stacey Gabriel, Timothy Rebbeck, Jason L. Hornick, Jennifer Mack, Suzanne George, Diane Diehl, Gad Getz, Katherine A. Janeway. Directly engaging participants in rare cancer research is feasible: the osteosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma projects [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2025; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2025 Apr 25-30; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2025;85(8_Suppl_1):Abstract nr 630.

Colleen M. Nguyen, Eboney D. Thompson, Juanita Miller, Shanette Caywood, Tiana Russell, Sue Steele, Virginia Leach, Lizzie Wittig, Taisha Hendrickson, Kolbe Phelps, Priyanka Bhakhri. Reaching the Community: Collaborating with Black/African American Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients and Advocates [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 17th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2024 Sep 21-24; Los Angeles, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2024;33(9 Suppl):Abstract nr B004.

Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference, Feb 2022. “Count Me In: establishing a Spanish-language framework using a patient-partner approach to increase equity in cancer research studies for Hispanic and Latino cancer patients.” Tania Hernandez1, Colleen Nguyen1, Jorge Gomez Tejeda Zanudo1, Sara Balch1, Rodolfo Saldarriaga1, Christina Arecy1, Imani Boykin1, Delia Sosa1, Mary McGillicuddy1, Corrie Painter1, Elana Anastasio1, Nikhil Wagle1,2. 1Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec 2021. “The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project: expanding the clinical, genomic, and transcriptomic landscape of metastatic breast cancer through patient-partnered research”. Esha Jain1,2, Dewey Kim1,2, Jorge Gomez Tejeda Zanudo1,2, Sara Balch1,2, Mary McGillicuddy1, Brett Tomson1, Tania G. Hernandez1, Beena Thomas1, Daniel Abravanel1, Shahrayz Shah1, Rafael Ramos1, Delia Sosa1, Ilan Small1, Sarah Winnicki1, Colleen Nguyen1, Michael Dunphy1, Elana Anastasio1, Eric S. Lander1, Todd R. Golub1,2, Corrie Painter1, Nikhil Wagle1,2. 1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA;2Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA.

Abstract OT-18-01: “The metastatic breast cancer project: Generating the clinical and genomic landscape of metastatic breast cancer through patient-partnered research”. Nikhil Wagle, Corrie Painter, Elana Anastasio, Michael Dunphy, Mary McGillicuddy, Esha Jain, Brett Tomson, Tania G. Hernandez, Beena Thomas, Dewey Kim, Alyssa L. Damon, Shahrayz Shah, Rafael Ramos, Colleen Nguyen, Lee O'Neil, Sarah Winnicki, Sara Balch, Rachel Stoddard, Taylor Cusher, Parker Chastain, Jorge Gomez Tejeda Zanudo, Jorge Buendia-Buendia, Ofir Cohen, Netsanet Tsegai, Lauren Sterlin, Ulcha F. Ulysse, Imani Boykin, Kate Sine, Oyin Alao, Jacqueline Lucia, Eric S. Lander and Todd R. Golub. Cancer Res February 15 2021 (81) (4 Supplement) OT-18-01; DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS20-OT-18-01

Abstract PO-015: “The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project in Spanish: Developing a Spanish language patient-partnered research project with the Latinx community through culturally appropriate materials”. Tania G. Hernandez, Sara Balch, Jorge Buendia- Buendia, Jorge Gomez Tejeda Zanudo, Mary McGillicuddy, Colleen M. Nguyen, Foxy Robinson, Corrie Painter, Elana Anastasio, Michael Dunphy and Nikhil Wagle. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev December 1 2020 (29) (12 Supplement) PO-015; DOI: 10.1158/1538-7755.DISP20-PO-015

Abstract PD8-01: “The metastatic breast cancer project: Generating the clinical and genomic landscape of metastatic breast cancer through patient-partnered research”. Nikhil Wagle, Corrie Painter, Elana Anastasio, Michael Dunphy, Mary McGillicuddy, Esha Jain, Tania G Hernandez, Sara Balch, Beena Thomas, Dewey Kim, Alyssa L. Damon, Shahrayz Shah, Brett N. Tomson, Rachel Stoddard, Colleen Nguyen, Jorge Buendia-Buendia, Ofir Cohen, Jorge Gomez Tejeda Zanudo, Netsanet Tsegai, Lauren Sterlin, Ulcha Fergie Ulysse, Kathryn Sine, Oyin Alao, Jacqueline Lucia, Eric S. Lander and Todd R. Golub. Cancer Res February 15 2020 (80) (4 Supplement) PD8-01; DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS19-PD8-01

Abstract PD9-03: “The genomic landscape of de novo metastatic breast cancer (MBC).” E Jain, D Kim, JB Buendia, O Cohen, RB Sousa, E Anastasio, M Dunphy, M McGillicuddy, R Stoddard, S Balch, B Thomas, S Di Lascio, BN Tomson, C Nguyen, C Painter and N Wagle. Cancer Res February 15 2019 (79) (4 Supplement) PD9-03; DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS18-PD9-03

CSTE: “Exploring the Utility and Need of Disaster Epidemiology Tools”. Eric Bakota, Colleen Nguyen, Adam Wade Crawley, Mac McClendon, Jennifer Kiger, Alison Hare, Les Becker, Umair A Shah. 2018 CSTE Annual Conference, 2018.