Professor Amanda Cross

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Cancer Epidemiology

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 3338amanda.cross

Assistant

Mr Will Kay +44 (0)20 7594 3350

Location

Norfolk PlaceSt Mary's Campus

Summary

Professor Cross is a cancer epidemiologist in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine of Imperial College. She is also the Head of the Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Group (http://csprg.org.uk) in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial.

She completed her PhD at Cambridge University and then obtained a post-doctoral fellowship within the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, United States. After two years of post-doctoral research, Dr. Cross was awarded a research fellowship and shortly after became a tenure-track investigator at NCI. During her time as an investigator at NCI, she was also a mentor for the Yale University– NCI Partnership Training Program and held the position of Assistant Professor Adjunct within the Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Cross received the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence, the DCEG Fellowship Achievement Award for Outstanding Accomplishments, the DCEG Award for Outstanding Research Paper by a Fellow, the NCI Mentor of Merit Award, and the NIH Merit Award for Leadership of an Innovative Multidisciplinary Research Program.

Between 2005 and 2013, Dr. Cross was Principal Investigator of two colonoscopy screening studies (the Polyp Prevention Trial and the CONCeRN study), a metabolomics initiative within DCEG, and she was also one of the Principal Investigators of the U.S. Polyp Pooling Project. In 2013, Dr. Cross joined Imperial College to pursue her research interests in gastrointestinal malignancies and etiologic studies of lifestyle factors and cancer risk.

Publications

Journals

Ezzati M, Mishra A, Zhou B, et al.Ezzati M, Mishra A, Zhou B, Rodriguez-Martinez A, Bixby H, Singleton R, Carrillo-Larco R, Sheffer K, Paciorek C, Bennett J, Lhoste V, Iurilli M, Di Cesare M, Bentham J, Phelps N, Sophiea M, Stevens G, Danaei G, Cowan M, Savin S, Riley L, Gregg E, Aekplakom W, Ahmad NA, Baker J, Chirita-Emandi A, Farzadfar F, Günther F, Heinen M, Ikeda N, Kengne AP, Khang Y-H, Laatikainen T, Laxmaiah A, Ma J, Monroy-Valle M, Padez C, Reynolds A, Soric M, Starc G, Wirth J close, 2023, Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development, Nature, Vol:615, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:874-883

Rothwell JA, Bešević J, Dimou N, et al.Rothwell JA, Bešević J, Dimou N, Breeur M, Murphy N, Jenab M, Wedekind R, Viallon V, Ferrari P, Achaintre D, Gicquiau A, Rinaldi S, Scalbert A, Huybrechts I, Prehn C, Adamski J, Cross AJ, Keun H, Chadeau-Hyam M, Boutron-Ruault M-C, Overvad K, Dahm CC, Nøst TH, Sandanger TM, Skeie G, Zamora-Ros R, Tsilidis KK, Eichelmann F, Schulze MB, van Guelpen B, Vidman L, Sánchez M-J, Amiano P, Ardanaz E, Smith-Byrne K, Travis R, Katzke V, Kaaks R, Derksen JWG, Colorado-Yohar S, Tumino R, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Vineis P, Palli D, Pasanisi F, Eriksen AK, Tjønneland A, Severi G, Gunter MJ close, 2023, Circulating amino acid levels and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition and UK Biobank cohorts, Bmc Medicine, Vol:21, ISSN:1741-7015, Pages:1-13

Becerra-Tomas N, Balducci K, Abar L, et al.Becerra-Tomas N, Balducci K, Abar L, Aune D, Cariolou M, Greenwood DC, Markozannes G, Nanu N, Vieira R, Giovannucci EL, Gunter MJ, Jackson AA, Kampman E, Lund V, Allen K, Brockton NT, Croker H, Katsikioti D, McGinley-Gieser D, Mitrou P, Wiseman M, Cross AJ, Riboli E, Clinton SK, McTiernan A, Norat T, Tsilidis KK, Chan DSM close, 2023, Postdiagnosis dietary factors, supplement use and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis, International Journal of Cancer, Vol:152, ISSN:0020-7136, Pages:616-634

Tsilidis KK, Cariolou M, Becerra-Tomas N, et al.Tsilidis KK, Cariolou M, Becerra-Tomas N, Balducci K, Vieira R, Abar L, Aune D, Markozannes G, Nanu N, Greenwood DC, Giovannucci EL, Gunter MJ, Jackson AA, Kampman E, Lund V, Allen K, Brockton NT, Croker H, Katsikioti D, McGinley-Gieser D, Mitrou P, Wiseman M, Cross AJ, Riboli E, Clinton SK, McTiernan A, Norat T, Chan DSM close, 2023, Postdiagnosis body fatness, recreational physical activity, dietary factors and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) summary of evidence grading, International Journal of Cancer, Vol:152, ISSN:0020-7136, Pages:635-644

Chan DSM, Vieira R, Abar L, et al.Chan DSM, Vieira R, Abar L, Aune D, Balducci K, Cariolou M, Greenwood DC, Markozannes G, Nanu N, Becerra-Tomas N, Giovannucci EL, Gunter MJ, Jackson AA, Kampman E, Lund V, Allen K, Brockton NT, Croker H, Katsikioti D, McGinley-Gieser D, Mitrou P, Wiseman M, Cross AJ, Riboli E, Clinton SK, McTiernan A, Norat T, Tsilidis KK close, 2023, Postdiagnosis body fatness, weight change and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Program (CUP global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis, International Journal of Cancer, Vol:152, ISSN:0020-7136, Pages:572-599

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