Kim Robien

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Bio

Dr. Robien is a nutrition scientist and cancer epidemiologist whose research focuses on nutrition in relation to cancer prevention and survivorship. She is also interested in the extent to which exposure to pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and other chemicals through food and water may contribute to risk of cancer.

Dr. Robien received her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Washington, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular epidemiology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition (CSO), and practiced as an oncology dietitian for more than 10 years prior to beginning her research career. Prior to joining the GW faculty in 2012, Dr. Robien was a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, where she was an active member of the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center.

Dr. Robien is an investigator with the Iowa Women's Health Study, a prospective longitudinal cohort study of 40,000 Iowa women who were post-menopausal at the initiation of the study in 1986. The primary aims of the study are to investigate the association of dietary and other lifestyle factors with risk for cancer and other chronic diseases. Dr. Robien has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed research publications, and serves on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Nutrition in Clinical Practice. She is also a member of the GW Cancer Center, and a fellow with the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness.

Expertise

Expertise:

Nutrition

Chronic Disease

Obesity

Aging

Food and Drug Safety

Environmental and Occupational Health

Epidemiology

Cancer Policy

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Dietetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989

Masters of Science, Dietetics, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, 1991

Doctorate, Nutritional Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, 2003

Teaching:

PUBH 6612, Food Systems in Public Health

PUBH 6620, Designing Healthy Communities

EXNS 2122, Food Systems in Public Health

Community Service:

Editorial Board, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Editorial Board, Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Ad hoc grant reviewer for National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Health Research and Policy Research Programme (UK), Canadian Cancer Society, American Institute for Cancer Research

Member, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Member, American Public Health Association

Member, American Society of Preventive Oncology

Member, American Association for Cancer Research

Member, American Society for Clinical Oncology

Institutes and Centers:

GW Cancer Center

Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness

Research

Research:

Dr. Robien's research program focuses on nutrition in cancer prevention and survivorship, and the extent to which exposure to food-borne chemicals may contribute to risk of cancer.

Dr. Robien has extensive experience working with cancer epidemiology cohorts and pooled data analysis projects. She is an investigator with the Iowa Women's Health Study, a prospective longitudinal cohort study of 40,000 Iowa women who were post-menopausal at the initiation of the study in 1986. The primary aims of the study are to investigate the association of dietary and other lifestyle factors with risk for cancer . She has also served as a member of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cohort Consortium and as a collaborator in the Pooling Project of Prospective Studies of Diet and Cancer since 2010.

Publications

Publications:

Selected recent publications - View Dr. Robien's full publication list

Merrigan K, Griffin T, Robien K, Wilde P, Dietz W, Goldberg J. Designing a sustainable diet. Science 2015; 350(6257):165-166. PMID: 26429883

Nomura SO, Harnack L, Robien K. Estimating BPA exposure levels using a questionnaire targeting known sources of exposure. Public Health Nutrition 2016;19(4):593-606. PMID: 26136114

Blair CK, Robien K, Inoue-Choi M, Rahn W, Lazovich D. Physical inactivity and risk of poor quality of life among elderly cancer survivors compared to women without cancer: The Iowa Women’s Health Study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2016;10(1):103-12. PMID: 26008207

Inoue-Choi M, Jones RR, Anderson KE, Cantor KP, Cerhan JR, Krasner S, Robien K, Weyer PJ, Ward MH. Nitrate and nitrite ingestion and risk of ovarian cancer among postmenopausal women in Iowa. Int J Cancer. 2015;137(1):173-82. PMID: 25430487

Oppeneer SJ, Robien K. Bisphenol A exposure and associations with obesity among adults: a critical review. Public Health Nutrition 2015;18(10):1847-63. PMID: 25311796

Gibson TM, Park Y, Robien K, Shiels MS, Black A, Sampson JN, Purdue MP, Freeman LE, Andreotti G, Weinstein SJ, Albanes D, Fraumeni JF Jr, Curtis RE, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Morton LM. Body mass index and risk of second obesity-associated cancers after colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies. J Clin Oncol 2014;32(35):4004-11. PMID: 25267739

Blair CK, Kelly AS, Steinberger J, Eberly LE, Napurski C, Robien K, Neglia JP, Mulrooney DA, Ross JA. Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the effects of flavanoid-rich purple grape juice on the vascular health of childhood cancer survivors: a randomized, controlled crossover trial. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014;61(12):2290-6. PMID: 25175762

Jones RR, Yu CL, Nuckols JR, Cerhan JR, Airola M, Ross JA, Robien K, Ward MH. Farm residence and lymphohematopoietic cancers in the Iowa Women's Health Study. Environ Res 2014;133:353-61. PMID: 25038451

Kitahara CM, Flint AJ, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Bernstein L, Brotzman M, MacInnis RJ, Moore SC, Robien K, Rosenberg PS, Singh PN, Weiderpass E, Adami HO, Anton-Culver H, Ballard-Barbash R, Buring JE, Freedman DM, Fraser GE, Beane Freeman LE, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Håkansson N, Hoppin JA, Hu FB, Koenig K, Linet MS, Park Y, Patel AV, Purdue MP, Schairer C, Sesso HD, Visvanathan K, White E, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hartge P. Association between class III obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m2) and mortality: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective studies. PLoS Med 2014;11(7):e1001673. PMID: 25003901

Teras LR, Kitahara CM, Birmann BM, Hartge PA, Wang SS, Robien K, Patel AV, Adami HO, Weiderpass E, Giles GG, Singh PN, Alavanja M, Beane Freeman LE, Bernstein L, Buring JE, Colditz GA, Fraser GE, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci E, Hofmann JN, Linet MS, Neta G, Park Y, Peters U, Rosenberg PS, Schairer C, Sesso HD, Stampfer MJ, Visvanathan K, White E, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, de González AB, Purdue MP. Body size and multiple myeloma mortality: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective studies. Br J Haematol 2014;166(5):667-76. PMID: 24861847

Black A, Gibson TM, Shiels MS, Park Y, Robien K, Albanes D, Weinstein SJ, Freeman LE, Andreotti G, Purdue MP, Fraumeni JF, Hartge P, Tucker MA, Hoover RN, Cerhan JR, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Curtis RE, Elena J, Sampson JN, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Morton LM. Pooling prospective studies to investigate the etiology of second cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23(8):1598-608. PMID: 24832874

Inoue-Choi M, Greenlee H, Oppeneer SJ, Robien K. The association between postdiagnosis dietary supplement use and total mortality differs by diet quality among older female cancer survivors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23(5):865-75. PMID: 24621441

Cerhan JR, Moore SC, Jacobs EJ, Kitahara CM, Rosenberg PS, Adami HO, Ebbert JO, English DR, Gapstur SM, Giles GG, Horn-Ross PL, Park Y, Patel AV, Robien K, Weiderpass E, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hartge P, Bernstein L, Berrington de Gonzalez A. A pooled analysis of waist circumference and mortality in 650,000 adults. Mayo Clin Proc 2014;89(3):335-45. PMID: 24582192

Tagtow A, Robien K, Bergquist E, Bruening M, Dierks L, Hartman BE, Robinson-O'Brien R, Steinitz T, Tahsin B, Underwood T, Wilkins J. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Standards of professional performance for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (Competent, Proficient, and Expert) in Sustainable, Resilient, and Healthy Food and Water Systems. J Acad Nutr Diet 2014;114(3):475-488.e24. PMID: 24534371

Inoue-Choi M, Robien K, Mariani A, Cerhan JR, Anderson KE. Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and the risk of type I and type II endometrial cancer among postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013;22(12):2384-94. PMID: 24273064

Uccella S, Mariani A, Wang AH, Vierkant RA, Cliby WA, Robien K, Anderson KE, Cerhan JR. Intake of coffee, caffeine and other methylxanthines and risk of Type I vs Type II endometrial cancer. Br J Cancer 2013 Oct 1;109(7):1908-13. PMID: 24022184

Inoue-Choi M, Lazovich D, Prizment AE, Robien K. Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research recommendations for cancer prevention is associated with better health-related quality of life among elderly female cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol 2013;31(14):1758-66. PMID: 23569318

Inoue-Choi M, Robien K, Lazovich D. Adherence to the WCRF/AICR guidelines for cancer prevention is associated with lower mortality among older female cancer survivors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013;22(5):792-802. PMID: 23462914

Inoue-Choi M, Oppeneer SJ, Robien K. Reality check: there is no such thing as a miracle food. Nutr Cancer 2013;65(2):165-8. PMID: 23441603

Jung S, Spiegelman D, Baglietto L, Bernstein L, Boggs DA, van den Brandt PA, Buring JE, Cerhan JR, Gaudet MM, Giles GG, Goodman G, Hakansson N, Hankinson SE, Helzlsouer K, Horn-Ross PL, Inoue M, Krogh V, Lof M, McCullough ML, Miller AB, Neuhouser ML, Palmer JR, Park Y, Robien K, Rohan TE, Scarmo S, Schairer C, Schouten LJ, Shikany JM, Sieri S, Tsugane S, Visvanathan K, Weiderpass E, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zhang SM, Zhang X, Ziegler RG, Smith-Warner SA. Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of breast cancer by hormone receptor status. J Natl Cancer Inst 2013;105(3):219-36. PMID: 23349252

Robien K, Oppeneer SJ, Kelly JA, Hamilton-Reeves JM. Drug-vitamin D interactions: a systematic review of the literature. Nutr Clin Pract 2013 Apr;28(2):194-208. PMID: 23307906

Tonorezos ES, Robien K, Eshelman-Kent D, Moskowitz CS, Church TS, Ross R, Oeffinger KC. Contribution of diet and physical activity to metabolic parameters among survivors of childhood leukemia. Cancer Causes Control 2013;24(2):313-21. PMID: 23187859

Koushik A, Spiegelman D, Albanes D, Anderson KE, Bernstein L, van den Brandt PA, Bergkvist L, English DR, Freudenheim JL, Fuchs CS, Genkinger JM, Giles GG, Goldbohm RA, Horn-Ross PL, Männistö S, McCullough ML, Millen AE, Miller AB, Robien K, Rohan TE, Schatzkin A, Shikany JM, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Willett WC, Wolk A, Ziegler RG, Smith-Warner SA. Intake of fruits and vegetables and risk of pancreatic cancer in a pooled analysis of 14 cohort studies. Am J Epidemiol 2012;176(5):373-86. PMID: 22875754

Kim

Robien, PhD, RD, CSO, FAND

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