Susan LeRoy Stewart, Ph.D. Associate Adjunct Professor of Medicine Statistician, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics Core

Education and Training

• 1987 University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Statistics
• 1982 University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Statistics
• 1974 University of California, Berkeley, A.B., Applied Mathematics

Areas of Interest

• Design and evaluation of behavioral intervention trials
• Measurement of data quality in multiethnic health surveys
• Assessment of quality of life in cancer survivors
• Assessment of health disparities in ethnic minority populations

Current Academic and/or Research Activities

Current activities include the following: directing the statistical aspects of a study testing a physical activity intervention to reduce bone mineral loss among young women treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer; evaluating the outcome of a study comparing the quality of life concerns of ten year breast cancer survivors who were young at diagnosis with those of their peers who have not had cancer; evaluating the relationship between measures of behavioral constructs and self-reported cancer screening in a multiethnic health survey; directing the biostatistics core of a program project assessing interventions to promote hepatitis B serological testing of adults in the Vietnamese, Hmong, and Korean communities; serving as the national biostatistics director of AANCART, the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training.

Selected Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Hiatt RA, Pasick RJ, Stewart S, Bloom J, Davis P, Gardiner P, Johnston M, Luce J, Schorr K, Brunner W, Stroud F. Community-based cancer screening for underserved women: design and baseline findings from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention Study. Prev Med 33:190-203, 2001.

2. Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Bird JA, D'Onofrio CN. Quality of data in multiethnic health surveys. Public Health Rep 116(S1):223-43, 2001.

3. Engelstad LP, Stewart SL, Nguyen BH, Bedeian KL, Rubin MM, Pasick RJ, Hiatt RA. Abnormal Pap smear follow-up in a high-risk population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10:1015-20, 2001.

4. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Koo J, Hiatt RA. Cancer screening in public health clinics: the importance of clinic utilization. Med Care 39(12):1345-51, 2001.

5. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Johnston M, Banks P, Fobair, P. Sources of support and the physical and mental well-being of young women with breast cancer. Soc Sci Med 53:1513-1524, 2001.

6. Lin SS, Glaser SL, Stewart SL. Reliability of self-reported reproductive factors and childhood social class indicators in a case-control study in women. Ann Epidemiol 12(4):242-7, 2002.

7. Prehn AW, Topol B, Stewart S, Glaser SL, O'Connor L, West DW. Differences in treatment patterns for localized breast carcinoma among Asian/Pacific Islander women. Cancer 95:2268-75, 2002.

8. Otero-Sabogal R, Stewart S, Sabogal F, Brown BA, Perez-Stable EJ. Access and attitudinal factors related to breast and cervical cancer rescreening: why are Latinas still underscreened? Health Educ Behav 30(3):337-359, 2003.

9. Haselkorn T, Stewart SL, Horn-Ross PL. Why are thyroid cancer rates so high in Southeast Asian women living in the United States? The Bay Area Thyroid Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12(2):144-50, 2003.

10. Hoggatt KJ, Stewart SL, Pasick R, Sabogal F, Tuason N, McBride MR, Duenas GV, Horn-Ross PL. Comparison of methods for identifying a population-based sample of Filipina women for a health survey. Ethn Dis. 14(1):21-5, 2004.

11. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Chang S, Banks PJ. Then and now: quality of life of young breast cancer survivors. Psychooncology 13(3):147-60, 2004.

12. Kaplan CP, Crane LA, Stewart S, Juarez-Reyes M. Factors affecting follow-up among low-income women with breast abnormalities. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 13(2):195-206, 2004.

13. Davis S, Stewart S, Bloom J. Increasing the accuracy of perceived breast cancer risk: results from a randomized trial with Cancer Information Service callers. Prev Med 39:64-73, 2004.

14. Somkin CP, McPhee SJ, Nguyen T, Stewart S, Shema SJ, Nguyen B, Pasick R. The effect of access and satisfaction on regular mammogram and Papanicolaou test screening in a multiethnic population. Medical Care 42(9):914-26, 2004.

15. Engelstad LP, Stewart S, Otero-Sabogal R, Leung MS, Davis PI, Pasick RJ. The effectiveness of a community outreach intervention to improve follow-up among underserved women at highest risk for cervical cancer. Prev Med 41:741-8, 2005.

16. Horn-Ross PL, Barnes S, Lee VS, Collins CN, Reynolds P, Lee MM, Stewart SL, Canchola AJ, Wilson L, Jones K. Reliability and validity of an assessment of usual phytoestrogen consumption (United States). Cancer Causes Control 17:85-93, 2006.

17. Fobair P, Stewart SL, Chang S, D'Onofrio C, Banks PJ, Bloom JR. Body image and sexual problems in young women with breast cancer. Psychooncology 15:579-594, 2006.

18. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Hancock SL. Breast cancer screening in women surviving Hodgkin Disease. Am J Clin Oncol 29:258-266, 2006.

19. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Chang S, You M. Effects of a telephone counseling intervention on sisters of young women with breast cancer. Prev Med 43(5):379-84, 2006.

20. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Oakley-Girvans I, Banks PJ, Chang S. Family history, perceived risk and prostate cancer screening among African American men. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15(11):2167-73, 2006.

21. Chen MS Jr, Shinagawa SM, Bal DG, Bastani R, Chow EA, Ho RC, Jones L, McPhee SJ, Senie R, Taylor V, Kagawa-Singer M, Stewart S, Koh HK, Li FP. Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training's legacy: the first 5 years. Cancer 107(8 Suppl):2006-14, 2006.

22. Otero-Sabogal R, Stewart S, Shema SJ, Pasick RJ. Ethnic differences in decisional balance and stages of mammography adoption. Health Educ Behav 34(2):278-96, 2007.

23. Lai CJ, Nguyen TT, Hwang J, Stewart SL, Kwan A, McPhee SJ. Provider knowledge and practice regarding hepatitis B screening in Chinese-speaking patients. J Cancer Educ 22:37-41, 2007.

Book Chapters

1. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Johnston M, Banks P. General and specific measures of quality of life in younger women with breast cancer. In Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer, Baum A and Andersen BL, (Eds), Washington, DC, American Psychological Association, 37-56, 2001.

2. Bloom JR, Kang SH, Petersen DM, Stewart SL. Quality of life in long term survivors. In Handbook of Cancer Survivorship, Feuerstein M (Ed.), New York, Springer, 43-66, 2006.