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Swann A. Adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

University of South Carolina
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
Discovery 1, 244

Secondary Address:
915 Greene Street, Suite 200 Columbia SC 29208

Phone: (803) 576.5620
Fax: (803) 576.5624
E-mail: swann.adams@sc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

1994 B.S., Biology, Furman University
1996 M.S., Biomedical Sciences, University of Tennessee, School of Biomedical Sciences
2003 Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

AREAS OF INTEREST

- Cancer Epidemiology
- Breast Cancer
- Ethnic Disparities
- Physical Activity Epidemiology

RESEARCH

Title: Co-Occurrence of Diabetes and Breast Cancer Among Women by Ethnicity
Title: Nutritional Status, DNA Damage, and Tumor Pathology

COURSES TAUGHT

Epid 742 Epidemiologic Concepts in Selected Disease or Health Conditions (Spring 2005)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Heiney SP, Adams SA, Cunningham JE, McKenzie W, Harmon B, Hebert JR, Modayil M. Subject Recruitment for Cancer Control Studies in an Adverse Environment. Cancer Nursing, 2006; In Press.

Adams SA, Matthews CE, Hebert JR, Moore CG, Cunningham JE, Fulton J, Zheng W. The Association Of Physical Activity With Hormone-Receptor Status: The Shanghai Breast Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 15(6): 1170-1178, 2006.

Adams SA, Modayil MV, Daguise VG, Berger SH, Horner MD, Teas J, Brandt HM, Mosely CM, Johnson MG, Cunningham JE, Butler WM, and JR Hebert. Breast Cancer Disparities in South Carolina: Early Detection, Special Programs, and Descriptive Epidemiology. The eJournal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 101: e188-e194, 2005.

Hebert JR, Horner MD, Adams SA, Daguise VG, Smith EW, Mosely CM, Johnson MG, and CE Reed. Esophageal Cancer Disparities in South Carolina: Early Detection, Special Programs, and Descriptive Epidemiology. The eJournal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 101: e212-e217, 2005.

Drake BF, Deane TE, Donald CD, Modayil MV, Daguise VG, Johnson MG, Adams SA, Ureda JR, and JR Hebert. Prostate Cancer Disparities in South Carolina: Early Detection, Special Programs, and Descriptive Epidemiology. The eJournal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 101: e225-e230, 2005.

Adams SA, Matthews CE, Moore CG., Cunningham JE, Fulton JE, and Hebert JE. The Effect Of Social Desirability And Social Approval On Self-Reports Of Physical Activity. The American Journal of Epidemiology, 161(4): 389-398, 2005.

Adams S, Der Ananian C, DuBose K, Kirkland K, Ainsworth B. Physical Activity Levels Among Overweight and Obese Adults in South Carolina. The Southern Medical Journal, 96(6): 539-543, 2003.

Godder KT, Mehta J, Chiang KY, Adams S, van Rhee F, Singhal S, Higgins-Smith K, O'Neal W, DeRienzo S, Henslee-Downey JP. Partially Mismatched Related Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation as Salvage for Patients with AML Who Failed Autologous Stem Cell Transplant. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 28(11): 1031-6, 2001.

Chiang KY, van Rhee F, Godder K, Bridges K, Adams S, Mehta J, Henslee-Downey, PJ. Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation from Partially Mismatched Related Donors as Therapy for Primary Induction Failure Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 27(5): 507-10, 2001.

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