Beth A. Mueller

Appointments and Affiliations
 
 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Public Health Sciences Division
Program in Epidemiology
Member
University of Washington
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Epidemiology
Professor
 Professional Headshot of Beth A. Mueller

Mailing Address

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
P.O. Box 19024
Mailstop M4-C308
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
United States

Contact

Phone: (206) 667-4630
Fax: (206) 667-5948
bmueller@fhcrc.org
http://labs.fhcrc.org/mueller/index.html

Degrees

Dr.P.H., Tulane University, Epidemiology, 1984.
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles, Maternal & Child Health, 1980.
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Biocybernetics, 1976.

Research Interests

* The roles of maternal, gestational, and early life factors and early environmental exposures in the occurrence of childhood cancer and autoimmune diseases
* Reproductive history in relation to cancer and cancer survival in women
* Reproductive outcomes among male and female childhood cancer survivors
* Maternal, gestational, and early life factors and early environmental exposures in relation to reproductive outcomes such as malformations, fetal death, low birth weight, and preterm delivery
* Improving exposure assessment methods in epidemiologic studies of prenatal and childhood exposures
*Teaching epidemiologic data analysis techniques to graduate students at the University of Washington

Languages

Reading, Writing, Speaking

Spanish: Basic, Basic, Basic

 

Recent Publications

2013
Troisi, R, Doody DR, Mueller BA.  2013.  A linked-registry study of gestational factors and subsequent breast cancer risk in the mother.. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 22(5):835-47. Abstract
Metayer, C, Milne E, Clavel J, Infante-Rivard C, Petridou E, Taylor M, Schüz J, Spector LG, Dockerty JD, Magnani C et al..  2013.  The Childhood Leukemia International Consortium.. Cancer epidemiology. Abstract
2012
Madsen, NL, Schwartz SM, Lewin MB, Mueller BA.  2012.  Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Congenital Heart Defects among Offspring: A Population-based Study.. Congenital heart disease. Abstract
Mueller, BA, Nelson JL, Newcomb PA.  2012.  Intrauterine environment and multiple sclerosis: a population- based case-control study.. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England). Abstract
2011
Johnson, KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al..  2011.  Birth characteristics and childhood carcinomas.. British journal of cancer. 105(9):1396-401. Abstract
Searles Nielsen, S, Mueller BA, Preston-Martin S, Farin FM, Holly EA, McKean-Cowdin R.  2011.  Childhood Brain Tumors and Maternal Cured Meat Consumption in Pregnancy: Differential Effect by Glutathione S-Transferases.. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 20(11):2413-2419. Abstract
Behren, JV, Spector LG, Mueller BA, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin C, Puumala SE et al..  2011.  Birth order and risk of childhood cancer: a pooled analysis from five US States.. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer. 128(11):2709-16. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Mueller BA, Baker KS, Cushing-Haugen KL, Flowers MED, Martin PJ, Friedman DL, Lee SJ.  2011.  Cardiovascular hospitalizations and mortality among recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.. Annals of internal medicine. 155(1):21-32. Abstract
Deroo, LA, Cummings P, Daling JR, Mueller BA.  2011.  Smoking during first pregnancy and breast cancer: a case-control study using Washington State registry data.. Annals of epidemiology. 21(1):53-5. Abstract
Deroo, LA, Cummings P, Mueller BA.  2011.  Smoking before the first pregnancy and the risk of breast cancer: a meta-analysis.. American journal of epidemiology. 174(4):390-402. Abstract
2010
Lam, DJ, Jensen CC, Mueller BA, Starr JR, Cunningham ML, Weaver EM.  2010.  Pediatric sleep apnea and craniofacial anomalies: a population-based case-control study.. The Laryngoscope. 120(10):2098-105. Abstract
Carozza, SE, Puumala SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Mueller BA et al..  2010.  Parental educational attainment as an indicator of socioeconomic status and risk of childhood cancers.. British journal of cancer. 103(1):136-42. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Puumala SE, Mueller BA, Carozza SE, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2010.  Childhood cancer in relation to parental race and ethnicity: a 5-state pooled analysis.. Cancer. 116(12):3045-53. Abstract
Ognjanovic, S, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala S, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al..  2010.  Birth characteristics and the risk of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma based on histological subtype.. British journal of cancer. 102(1):227-31. Abstract
Searles Nielsen, S, McKean-Cowdin R, Farin FM, Holly EA, Preston-Martin S, Mueller BA.  2010.  Childhood brain tumors, residential insecticide exposure, and pesticide metabolism genes.. Environmental health perspectives. 118(1):144-9. Abstract
Searles Nielsen, S, Kuehn CM, Mueller BA.  2010.  Water quality monitoring records for estimating tap water arsenic and nitrate: a validation study.. Environmental health : a global access science source. 9:4. Abstract
2009
Mueller, BA, Chow EJ, Kamineni A, Daling JR, Fraser A, Wiggins CL, Mineau GP, Hamre MR, Severson RK, Drews-Botsch C.  2009.  Pregnancy outcomes in female childhood and adolescent cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis.. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 163(10):879-86. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Kamineni A, Daling JR, Fraser A, Wiggins CL, Mineau GP, Hamre MR, Severson RK, Drews-Botsch C, Mueller BA.  2009.  Reproductive outcomes in male childhood cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis.. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 163(10):887-94. Abstract
Pogoda, JM, Preston-Martin S, Howe G, Lubin F, Mueller BA, Holly EA, Filippini G, Peris-Bonet R, McCredie MRE, Cordier S et al..  2009.  An international case-control study of maternal diet during pregnancy and childhood brain tumor risk: a histology-specific analysis by food group.. Annals of epidemiology. 19(3):148-60. Abstract
Spector, LG, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2009.  Cancer risk among children with very low birth weights.. Pediatrics. 124(1):96-104. Abstract
Johnson, KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2009.  Parental age and risk of childhood cancer: a pooled analysis.. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 20(4):475-83. Abstract
Puumala, SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin C, Mueller BA, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2009.  Childhood cancer among twins and higher order multiples.. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 18(1):162-8. Abstract
2008
Searles Nielsen, S, Mueller BA, Kuehn CM.  2008.  An evaluation of semi-quantitative test strips for the measurement of nitrate in drinking water in epidemiologic studies.. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. 18(2):142-8. Abstract
Searles Nielsen, S, Mueller BA, De Roos AJ, Checkoway H.  2008.  Newborn screening archives as a specimen source for epidemiologic studies: feasibility and potential for bias.. Annals of epidemiology. 18(1):58-64. Abstract
Searles Nielsen, S, Mueller BA, Preston-Martin S, Holly EA, Little J, Bracci PM, McCredie M, Peris-Bonet R, Cordier S, Filippini G et al..  2008.  Family cancer history and risk of brain tumors in children: results of the SEARCH international brain tumor study.. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 19(6):641-8. Abstract