Jonine Bernstein, PhD

Attending Epidemiologist
Office Phone:
646-735-8155
Education:
Yale University

Current Research Interests

Dr. Bernstein is the PI of the WECARE Study (Women's Environmental, Cancer, and Radiation Epidemiology) which examines genetic susceptibility and radiation exposure in breast cancer. Current investigations involving this resource include studies of the roles of mutations in the ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, Chek2, 53BPI, MDC1, Rad50, and MRN genes. In 2009 Dr. Bernstein was awarded a grant from NIH to conduct a multi-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) which involves genome-wide screening of the existing WECARE Study cases and controls , and recruitment of a validation data set, in order to discover single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) associated with second primary breast cancer and with radiation. This year the investigators have finished the screening and are currently involved in analyzing the results. In addition, Dr. Bernstein and Dr. Sara Olson are collaborating on an NIH-funded multi-center study, the GLIOGENE (Genetic Epidemiology of Glioma) Study, to characterize genes in familial glioma cases. Using a genome-wide SNP approach and linkage analysis, they will identify new genomic regions or loci that could harbor genes important for gliomagenesis and progression. Drs Bernstein and Olson are also involved in a related case-control study of gliomas. The MSKCC team joins a large group in North America, Europe, and Israel on this endeavor with Melissa Bondy of MD Anderson as Principal Investigator. Dr. Bernstein is honored to be co-Chair of the Third North American Congress of Epidemiology which will be held in Montreal in June of 2011. With over 25 epidemiology societies participating, this is the largest meeting of epidemiologists, and it occurs only every 5 years.

Publications by Jonine Bernstein

Selected Publications

  1. Gaudet MM, Press MF, Haile RW, Lynch CF, Glaser SL, Schildkraut J, Gammon MD, Thompson WD, Bernstein JL. Risk factors by molecular subtypes of breast cancer among a population-based study of women 56 years or younger. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010. [In Press]
  2. Figueiredo JC, Brooks JD, Conti DV, Poynter JN, Teraoka SN, Malone KE, Bernstein L, Lee WD, Duggan DJ, Siniard A, Concannon P, Capanu M, Lynch CF, Olsen JH, Haile RW and Bernstein JL. Risk of contralateral breast cancer associated with common variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2: Potential modifying effect of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carrier status. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2010. [In Press]
  3. Barros M, King V, Brooks JD, Bernstein JL, Reiner AS, Brennan S, Morris EA. Background Parenchymal Enhancement on Breast MRI and Breast Cancer Risk. Radiology 2011. [In Press]
  4. Quintana MA, Berstein JL, Thomas DC, Conti DV. Incorporating Model Uncertainty in Detecting Rare Variants: The Bayesian Risk Index. PLoS Genetics. [In Press]
  5. Bernstein JL, Background Parenchymal Enhancement on Breast MRI and Breast Cancer Risk. Radiology [In Press]