Sarah Ward

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Sarah Ward

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9799-6734

  • The University of Western Australia (M550), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

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Biography

Dr Sarah Ward is a genetic epidemiologist with experience in investigating the determinants of common, complex diseases. She is a Senior Research Fellow in the Medical School and a prior recipient of an NHMRC CJ Martin Biomedical Early Career Fellowship. She has previously obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Management and Marketing) and a Bachelor of Science (majoring in Anatomy & Human Biology and Genetics) from The University of Western Australia, with a 1st Class Honours degree in Anatomy & Human Biology that she undertook at The University of Western Australia and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. She subsequently graduated with a PhD in melanoma genetic epidemiology from The University of Western Australia.

Research

Dr Ward’s primary research focus is on investigating the genetic and environmental factors affecting risk and survival in melanoma. She currently leads the scientific research program for the Western Australian Melanoma Health Study, a population-based study that she established during her PhD. She is the lead investigator for this study in two large, international consortia (GenoMEL and the Genes, Environment and Melanoma Study) and the development of these collaborative networks has generated a number of joint projects. She has experience working with large, population-based datasets, linked health records and international and multi-site datasets.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

External positions

Executive Council Member, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, Australasian Epidemiological Association

2020 → …

Visiting Investigator, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

2017 → 2019

Visiting Fellow, Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer

2016

Research expertise keywords

  • Epidemiology
  • Genetic epidemiology
  • Melanoma
  • Cancer genetics
  • Cancer epidemiology

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  • Association of functional, inherited vitamin D-binding protein variants with melanoma-specific death

    Gibbs, D. C., Thomas, N. E., Kanetsky, P. A., Luo, L., Busam, K. J., Cust, A. E., Anton-Culver, H., Gallagher, R. P., Zanetti, R., Rosso, S., Sacchetto, L., Edmiston, S. N., Conway, K., Ollila, D. W., Begg, C. B., Berwick, M., Ward, S. V. & Orlow, I., 26 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 7, 5, 8 p., pkad051.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Sex-Specific Associations of MDM2 and MDM4 Variants with Risk of Multiple Primary Melanomas and Melanoma Survival in Non-Hispanic Whites

    The GEM Study Group, Ward, S. V., Autuori, I., Luo, L., LaPilla, E., Yoo, S., Sharma, A., Busam, K. J., Olilla, D. W., Dwyer, T., Anton-Culver, H., Zanetti, R., Sacchetto, L., Cust, A. E., Gallagher, R. P., Kanetsky, P. A., Rosso, S., Begg, C. B., Berwick, M., Thomas, N. E., & 1 othersOrlow, I., May 2023, In: Cancers. 15, 10, 2707.

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  • The MC1R r allele does not increase melanoma risk in MITF E318K carriers

    Wallingford, C. K., Demeshko, A., Krishnakripa, A. K., Smit, D. J., Duffy, D. L., Betz-Stablein, B., Pflugfelder, A., Jagirdar, K., Holland, E., Mann, G. J., Primiero, C. A., Yanes, T., Malvehy, J., Badenas, C., Carrera, C., Aguilera, P., Olsen, C. M., Ward, S. V., Haass, N. K., Sturm, R. A., & 7 othersPuig, S., Whiteman, D. C., Law, M. H., Cust, A. E., Potrony, M., Soyer, H. P. & McInerney-Leo, A. M., 24 May 2023, In: The British journal of dermatology. 188, 6, p. 770-776 7 p.

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    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • The association of age at menarche and adult height with mammographic density in the International Consortium of Mammographic Density

    Ward, S. V., Burton, A., Tamimi, R. M., Pereira, A., Garmendia, M. L., Pollan, M., Boyd, N., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Maskarinec, G., Perez-Gomez, B., Vachon, C., Miao, H., Lajous, M., López-Ridaura, R., Bertrand, K., Kwong, A., Ursin, G., Lee, E., Ma, H., Vinnicombe, S., & 32 othersMoss, S., Allen, S., Ndumia, R., Vinayak, S., Teo, S. H., Mariapun, S., Peplonska, B., Bukowska-Damska, A., Nagata, C., Hopper, J., Giles, G., Ozmen, V., Aribal, M. E., Schüz, J., Van Gils, C. H., Wanders, J. O. P., Sirous, R., Sirous, M., Hipwell, J., Kim, J., Lee, J. W., Dickens, C., Hartman, M., Chia, K. S., Scott, C., Chiarelli, A. M., Linton, L., Flugelman, A. A., Salem, D., Kamal, R., McCormack, V. & Stone, J., Dec 2022, In: Breast Cancer Research. 24, 1, 49.

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    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers

    Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), Barrett’s and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON), Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), Transdisciplinary Studies of Genetic Variation in Colorectal Cancer (CORECT), Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium (ECAC), Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO), Melanoma Genetics Consortium (GenoMEL), Glioma International Case-Control Study (GICC), International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO), Integrative Analysis of Lung Cancer Etiology and Risk (INTEGRAL) Consortium, International Consortium of Investigators Working on Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Epidemiologic Studies (InterLymph), Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC), Oral Cancer GWAS, Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PanC4), PanScan Consortium, Prostate Cancer Association Group to Investigate Cancer Associated Alterations in the Genome (PRACTICAL), Renal Cancer GWAS, Testicular Cancer Consortium (TECAC), Zhang, Y. D., Hurson, A. N., & 197 othersZhang, H., Choudhury, P. P., Easton, D. F., Milne, R. L., Simard, J., Hall, P., Michailidou, K., Dennis, J., Schmidt, M. K., Chang-Claude, J., Gharahkhani, P., Whiteman, D., Campbell, P. T., Hoffmeister, M., Jenkins, M., Peters, U., Hsu, L., Gruber, S. B., Casey, G., Schmit, S. L., O’Mara, T. A., Spurdle, A. B., Thompson, D. J., Tomlinson, I., De Vivo, I., Landi, M. T., Law, M. H., Iles, M. M., Demenais, F., Kumar, R., MacGregor, S., Bishop, D. T., Ward, S. V., Bondy, M. L., Houlston, R., Wiencke, J. K., Melin, B., Barnholtz-Sloan, J., Kinnersley, B., Wrensch, M. R., Amos, C. I., Hung, R. J., Brennan, P., McKay, J., Caporaso, N. E., Berndt, S. I., Birmann, B. M., Camp, N. J., Kraft, P., Rothman, N., Slager, S. L., Berchuck, A., Pharoah, P. D. P., Sellers, T. A., Gayther, S. A., Pearce, C. L., Goode, E. L., Schildkraut, J. M., Moysich, K. B., Amundadottir, L. T., Jacobs, E. J., Klein, A. P., Petersen, G. M., Risch, H. A., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R. Z., Wolpin, B. M., Li, D., Eeles, R. A., Haiman, C. A., Kote-Jarai, Z., Schumacher, F. R., Al Olama, A. A., Purdue, M. P., Scelo, G., Dalgaard, M. D., Greene, M. H., Grotmol, T., Kanetsky, P. A., McGlynn, K. A., Nathanson, K. L., Turnbull, C., Wiklund, F., Easton, D. F., Milne, R. L., Simard, J., Hall, P., Michailidou, K., Dennis, J., Schmidt, M. K., Chang-Claude, J., Gharahkhani, P., Whiteman, D., Campbell, P. T., Hoffmeister, M., Jenkins, M., Peters, U., Hsu, L., Gruber, S. B., Casey, G., Schmit, S. L., Campbell, P. T., Hoffmeister, M., Jenkins, M., Peters, U., Hsu, L., Gruber, S. B., Casey, G., Schmit, S. L., O’Mara, T. A., Spurdle, A. B., Thompson, D. J., Tomlinson, I., De Vivo, I., Campbell, P. T., Hoffmeister, M., Jenkins, M., Peters, U., Hsu, L., Gruber, S. B., Casey, G., Schmit, S. L., Landi, M. T., Law, M. H., Iles, M. M., Demenais, F., Kumar, R., MacGregor, S., Bishop, D. T., Ward, S. V., Bondy, M. L., Houlston, R., Wiencke, J. K., Melin, B., Barnholtz-Sloan, J., Kinnersley, B., Wrensch, M. R., Amos, C. I., Hung, R. J., Brennan, P., McKay, J., Caporaso, N. E., Amos, C. I., Hung, R. J., Brennan, P., McKay, J., Caporaso, N. E., Berndt, S. I., Birmann, B. M., Camp, N. J., Kraft, P., Rothman, N., Slager, S. L., Berchuck, A., Pharoah, P. D. P., Sellers, T. A., Gayther, S. A., Pearce, C. L., Goode, E. L., Schildkraut, J. M., Moysich, K. B., Amos, C. I., Brennan, P., McKay, J., Amundadottir, L. T., Jacobs, E. J., Klein, A. P., Petersen, G. M., Risch, H. A., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R. Z., Wolpin, B. M., Li, D., Amundadottir, L. T., Jacobs, E. J., Klein, A. P., Petersen, G. M., Risch, H. A., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R. Z., Wolpin, B. M., Li, D., Eeles, R. A., Haiman, C. A., Kote-Jarai, Z., Schumacher, F. R., Al Olama, A. A., Purdue, M. P., Scelo, G., Dalgaard, M. D., Greene, M. H., Grotmol, T., Kanetsky, P. A., McGlynn, K. A., Nathanson, K. L., Turnbull, C., Wiklund, F., Chanock, S. J., Chatterjee, N. & Garcia-Closas, M., 1 Dec 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 3353.

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