{"id":3708,"date":"2019-10-03T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/?page_id=3708"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:54:42","slug":"petrick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/staff\/petrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica L. Petrick, PhD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/slone\/files\/2019\/10\/Petrick_headshot-424x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3709\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2019\/10\/Petrick_headshot-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2019\/10\/Petrick_headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2019\/10\/Petrick_headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Assistant Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nBoston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jpetrick@bu.edu\">jpetrick@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BA, Public Health Studies &#038; Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University<br \/>\nMPH, Epidemiology &#038; Health Policy, Case Western Reserve University<br \/>\nPhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Petrick\u2019s research program focuses on the epidemiology of gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal, liver, and esophageal. Dr. Petrick became a co-Investigator with the Black Women\u2019s Health Study (BWHS) in 2019, but she has been collaborating with BWHS since she began her post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2014. BWHS is a member of the NCI Cancer Cohort Consortium and participated in the Liver Cancer Pooling Project, within which Dr. Petrick led numerous studies. The emphasis of her current research portfolio is on nutritional and molecular factors, including the metabolome and microbiome, which may contribute to racial disparities along the cancer continuum\u2014from precursor lesions to invasive cancer through mortality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Active studies:<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors<\/strong><br \/>\n05\/01\/2024 &#8211; 04\/30\/2029 Co-I<br \/>\n<em>The Washington University \u2190 NIH\/NCI<\/em><br \/>\n1OT2CA297576-01<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The impact of biobehavioral factors and aspirin on ovarian cancer biology<\/strong><br \/>\n09\/19\/2023 &#8211; 08\/31\/2028 Co-I<br \/>\n<em>H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center &#038; Research Institute \u2190 NIH\/NCI<\/em><br \/>\n5U54CA163068-12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dietary Carbohydrate Quality and Circulating Bile Acids in Relation to Colorectal Carcinogenesis in Black Women<\/strong><br \/>\n01\/01\/2024 &#8211; 12\/31\/2027 PI<br \/>\n<em>American Cancer Society, Inc.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Risk Factors For And Consequences Of Endometriosis Among Black Women<\/strong><br \/>\n07\/23\/2024 &#8211; 06\/30\/2026  Co-I<br \/>\n<em>Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center \u2190 NIH\/NICHD<\/em><br \/>\n1R21HD115018-01<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammatory Index, and Circulating Endocannabinoids\/Oxylipins in Relation to Colorectal Carcinogenesis in Black Women<\/strong><br \/>\n04\/01\/2022 &#8211; 03\/31\/2026 PI<br \/>\n<em>Department of Defense\/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Understanding the Contribution of Colorectal Cancer Tumor Characteristics to Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival<\/strong><br \/>\n07\/15\/2021 &#8211; 06\/30\/2025 Co-I<br \/>\n<em>University of Wisconsin, Madison \u2190 NIH\/NCI<\/em><br \/>\n5R01CA255318-04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harnessing DNA methylation in peripheral blood for improved colorectal cancer prevention<\/strong><br \/>\n08\/01\/2024 &#8211; 06\/04\/2025 Co-I<br \/>\n<em>President and Fellows of Harvard College \u2190 NIH\/NCI<\/em><br \/>\n1R01CA285851-01A1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Publications:<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/jessica.petrick.1\/bibliography\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Medicine Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine jpetrick@bu.edu Education: BA, Public Health Studies &#038; Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University MPH, Epidemiology &#038; Health Policy, Case Western Reserve University PhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research interests: Dr. Petrick\u2019s research program focuses on the epidemiology of gastrointestinal cancers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4351,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/profiles.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3708"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4567,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3708\/revisions\/4567"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}