Research Interests
My main research interest is to investigate the role of genes in complex disease (ex. cancer) in well-characterized clinical or population-based sample groups with the goal being
identification of risk groups for targeted intervention strategies or altered treatment methods. My research focuses on genetic variation, in particular single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNP) and haplotype analysis, and gene-gene and gene-environment interaction in multiethnic epidemiologic studies. Additional interests include utilization of public genomic databases and software for genetic data analysis, as well as translational
research with a focus on regulatory DNA sequence motifs and protein expression.

Publications
Carpenter WR, Godley PA, Clark JA, Talcott JA, Finnegan T, Mishel M, Bensen J, Rayford W, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Mohler J. Racial Differences in Trust and Regular Source of Patient Care, and Implications for Prostate Cancer Screening Utilization.
Cancer (submitted 12/2008).
Basta PV, Bensen JT, Tse C-K, Perou CM, Sullivan PF, Olshan AF. Genetic variation in Transaldolase1 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck . Cancer Detection and Prevention. 2008 Sep 19 [Epub ahead of print]
Golembesky AK, Gammon MD, North KE, Bensen JT, Schroeder JC, Teitelbaum SL, Neugut AI, Santella RM. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARA) genetic polymorphisms and breast cancer incidence: a Long Island ancillary study. Carcinogenesis. 2008 Jun 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Millikan RC, Newman B, Tse C-K, Moorman P, Smith LV, Labbok M, Geradts J, Bensen JT, Jackson S, Nyante S, Livasy C, Carey L, Perou CM Epidemiology of basallike breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 May;109(1):123-39.
Gaudet MM, Gammon MD, Bensen JT, Sagiv SK, Shantakumar S, Teitelbaum SL, Eng SM, Neugut AI, Santella RM, Weston A. Genetic variation of TP53, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-related exposures, and breast cancer risk among women on Long Island, New York. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008 Mar;108(1):93-9.
Schroeder JC*, Bensen JT*, Su J, Mishel M, Ivanova A, Godley P, Smith G, Fontham E, Mohler J. (2006). The North Carolina Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP): Methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based cohort study of racial
differences in prostate cancer outcomes. Prostate. 6(11):1162-76. [*First authorship shared by Schroeder and Bensen]
Gaudet MM, Bensen JT, Olshan AF, Schroeder J, Terry MB, Eng SM, Teitelbaum SL, Britton JA, Lehman TA, Neugut AI, Ambrosone CB, Santella RM, Gammon MD. (2006). Catechol-O-methyltransferase haplotypes and breast cancer among women on Long Island, New York. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 99(2):235-40.
Gaudet MM, Gammon MD, Santella RM, Britton JA, Teitelbaum SL, Eng SM, Terry MB, Bensen JT, Schroeder J, Olshan AF, Neuget AI, Ambrosone CB. (2005). MnSOD Val-9Ala Genotype, pro- and anti-oxidant environmental modifiers, and breast cancer
among women on Long Island, New York. Cancer Causes Control. 16:1225-1234.
Sun J., Hedelin M., Zheng S.L., Adami H. O., Bensen J., Augustsson-Balter K., Chang B., Adolfsson J., Adams T., Turner A., Meyers D.A., Isaacs W.B., Xu J., Gronberg H. (2004). Interleukin-6 sequence variants are not associated with prostate cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 13(10): 1677-9.
Zheng, S.L., Augustsson-Balter, K., Chang, B., Hedelin, M., Li, L., Adami, H.O., Bensen, J.T., Li, G., Johnasson, J.E., Turner, A.R., Adams, T.S., Meyers, D.A., Issacs, W.B., Xu, J., Gronberg, H. (2004). Sequence variants of toll-like receptor 4 are associated with prostate cancer risk: results from the CAncer Prostate in Sweden Study. Cancer Research 64(8):2918-22.

E-mail: jeannette_bensen@med.unc.edu
Telephone: (919) 843-1017
Address: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center-North Chapel Hill, NC

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