Mindy Hebert-Derouen, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Dr. DeRouen has experience with pooling and harmonizing complex multi-level data, including contextual-level data and data from electronic health records, from disparate sources and designing studies of multi-level data to study cancer disparities.

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• Assessment of Rebound in Cancer Diagnoses in California in 2022, by Stage, Sociodemographic Factors, and Rurality.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2026 Van Blarigan EL, Canchola AJ, Zhu L, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen MC, Cheng I, McKinley M, Oh DL, Lin K, Gomez SL
• Inequities in food access during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multilevel, mixed methods pilot study.
  BMC public health 2026 Aepala MR, Guan A, Cruz T, Sowell J, Mathias B, Lin K, Hassberg AH, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen MC, Akom A
• Symptom-related care and diagnoses before ovarian cancer detection: Patterns and differences by cancer stage.
  Gynecologic oncology 2025 Soppe SE, Kuo TM, Lyratzopoulos G, DeRouen MC, Albright BB, Bae-Jump VL, Baggett CD, Wheeler S, Thompson CA
• Lower Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Moderate-Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health 2025 Sanchez-Anguiano ME, Supapannachart K, Amerson EH, Naik HB, Shiboski S, Hebert-Derouen M, Yazdany J, Chang AY
• Health behaviors, and beliefs about health behaviors and cancer risk, among US cancer survivors: a HINTS-SEER study.
  Cancer survivorship research & care 2025 Van Blarigan EL, Li S, Vanderpool RC, Shariff-Marco S, Nash SH, McKinley M, Everson NS, Meisner ALW, Gorzelitz J, Gomez SL, DeRouen MC
• Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and New Hidradenitis Suppurativa Diagnoses in a Single Health System.
  JAMA dermatology 2025 Chang AY, Sanchez-Anguiano ME, Supapannachart K, Amerson EH, Naik HB, Shiboski S, Derouen MC, Yazdany J
• Elevated risk of lung cancer among Asian American women who have never smoked: an emerging cancer disparity.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2025 Gomez SL, DeRouen M, Chen MS, Wakelee H, Velotta JB, Sakoda LC, Shariff-Marco S, Reynolds P, Cheng I
• Awareness and utilization of genetic testing for hereditary cancers in cancer survivors: a cross-sectional 2021 HINTS-SEER study.
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2025 Ramalingam K, Li S, McKinley M, Vanderpool RC, Nash SH, Shariff-Marco S, Scheffler A, Van Blarigan EL, DeRouen MC
• Association of Adiposity Phenotypes With 27-Hydroxycholesterol and Sex Hormones: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2025 Li Y, Streicher SA, Franke AA, Tome AN, White KK, Shvetsov Y, Lim U, Setiawan VW, DeRouen MC, Hernandez BY, Wu AH, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Loo LWM, Cheng I
• The impact of age at initial HPV vaccination on cervical cancer screening participation in a nationally representative cohort of women in the United States.
  Journal of medical screening 2025 Chirikova E, Dorismond V, Cortella AM, DeRouen MC, Sawaya GF
• Association between Airport Ultrafine Particles and Lung Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2024 Bookstein A, Po J, Tseng C, Larson TV, Yang J, Park SL, Wu J, Shariff-Marco S, Inamdar PP, Ihenacho U, Setiawan VW, DeRouen MC, Le Marchand L, Stram DO, Samet J, Ritz B, Fruin S, Wu AH, Cheng I
• Age at lung cancer diagnosis in females versus males who never smoke by race and ethnicity.
  British journal of cancer 2024 Blechter B, Wong JYY, Chien LH, Shiraishi K, Shu XO, Cai Q, Zheng W, Ji BT, Hu W, Rahman ML, Jiang HF, Tsai FY, Huang WY, Gao YT, Han X, Steinwandel MD, Yang G, Daida YG, Liang SY, Gomez SL, DeRouen …
• Patient and physician perspectives on treatments for low-risk prostate cancer: a qualitative study.
  BMC cancer 2023 Guan A, Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Chung BI, Shim JK, Allen L, Kuo MC, Lau K, Loya Z, Brooks JD, Cheng I, DeRouen MC, Frosch DL, Golden T, Leppert JT, Lichtensztajn DY, Lu Q, Oh D, Sieh W, Wadhwa M, …
• Association of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals With the Metabolic Syndrome Among Women in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society 2023 Ihenacho U, Guillermo C, Wilkens LR, Franke AA, Tseng C, Li Y, Sangaramoorthy M, Derouen MC, Haiman CA, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Cheng I, Wu AH
• Asian American Women's Experiences of Discrimination and Health Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2023 Wang K, Guan A, Seto J, Oh DL, Lau K, Duffy C, Castillo E, McGuire V, Wadhwa M, Tepper CG, Wakelee HA, DeRouen MC, Shariff-Marco S, Cheng I, Gomez SL
• Dignified Resources and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Qualitative Study of Racially and Economically Marginalized Communities.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2023 Guan A, Cruz T, Sowell J, Mathias B, Hassberg AH, Shariff-Marco S, Akom A, DeRouen MC
• Circulating 27-hydroxycholesterol, lipids, and steroid hormones in breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study of the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
  Breast cancer research : BCR 2023 DeRouen MC, Yang J, Li Y, Franke AA, Tome AN, White KK, Hernandez BY, Shvetsov Y, Setiawan V, Wu AH, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Loo LWM, Cheng I
• Incidence of Lung Cancer Among Never-Smoking Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Females.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2022 DeRouen MC, Canchola AJ, Thompson CA, Jin A, Nie S, Wong C, Lichtensztajn D, Allen L, Patel MI, Daida YG, Luft HS, Shariff-Marco S, Reynolds P, Wakelee HA, Liang SY, Waitzfelder BE, Cheng I, Gomez SL
• Disparities in Prostate Cancer Survival According to Neighborhood Archetypes, A Population-Based Study.
  Urology 2021 DeRouen MC, Yang J, Jain J, Weden MM, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S
• Risk of breast cancer and prediagnostic urinary excretion of bisphenol A, triclosan and parabens: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
  International journal of cancer 2021 Wu AH, Franke AA, Wilkens LR, Tseng C, Conroy SM, Li Y, Sangaramoorthy M, Polfus LM, DeRouen MC, Caberto C, Haiman C, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Cheng I
• Integrating Electronic Health Record, Cancer Registry, and Geospatial Data to Study Lung Cancer in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Ethnic Groups.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2021 DeRouen MC, Thompson CA, Canchola AJ, Jin A, Nie S, Wong C, Jain J, Lichtensztajn DY, Li Y, Allen L, Patel MI, Daida YG, Luft HS, Shariff-Marco S, Reynolds P, Wakelee HA, Liang SY, Waitzfelder BE, …
• Urinary phthalate exposures and risk of breast cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort study.
  Breast cancer research : BCR 2021 Wu AH, Franke AA, Wilkens LR, Tseng C, Conroy SM, Li Y, Polfus LM, De Rouen M, Caberto C, Haiman C, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Cheng I
• Neighborhood archetypes and breast cancer survival in California.
  Annals of epidemiology 2021 Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen MC, Yang J, Jain J, Nelson DO, Weden MM, Gomez SL
• Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on socioeconomic disparities in localized and advanced prostate cancer risk.
  Cancer causes & control : CCC 2018 DeRouen MC, Schupp CW, Yang J, Koo J, Hertz A, Shariff-Marco S, Cockburn M, Nelson DO, Ingles SA, Cheng I, John EM, Gomez SL
• Incidence of lung cancer histologic cell-types according to neighborhood factors: A population based study in California.
  PloS one 2018 DeRouen MC, Hu L, McKinley M, Gali K, Patel M, Clarke C, Wakelee H, Haile R, Gomez SL, Cheng I
• Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on disparities in prostate cancer survival.
  Cancer epidemiology 2018 DeRouen MC, Schupp CW, Koo J, Yang J, Hertz A, Shariff-Marco S, Cockburn M, Nelson DO, Ingles SA, John EM, Gomez SL
• Sociodemographic disparities in survival for adolescents and young adults with cancer differ by health insurance status.
  Cancer causes & control : CCC 2017 DeRouen MC, Parsons HM, Kent EE, Pollock BH, Keegan THM
• Recent declines in cancer incidence: related to the Great Recession?
  Cancer causes & control : CCC 2017 Gomez SL, Canchola AJ, Nelson DO, Keegan TH, Clarke CA, Cheng I, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen M, Catalano R, Satariano WA, Davidson-Allen K, Glaser SL
• Evaluation of cortisol and telomere length measurements in ethnically diverse women with breast cancer using culturally sensitive methods.
  Journal of community genetics 2017 Ramirez J, Elmofty M, Castillo E, DeRouen M, Shariff-Marco S, Allen L, Gomez SL, Nápoles AM, Márquez-Magaña L
• Impact of Treatment and Insurance on Socioeconomic Disparities in Survival after Adolescent and Young Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Based Study.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2016 Keegan TH, DeRouen MC, Parsons HM, Clarke CA, Goldberg D, Flowers CR, Glaser SL
• Disparities in Adolescent and Young Adult Survival After Testicular Cancer Vary by Histologic Subtype: A Population-Based Study in California 1988-2010.
  Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology 2015 DeRouen MC, Mujahid M, Srinivas S, Keegan TH
• The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions.
  Cancer 2015 Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen M, Keegan TH, Yen IH, Mujahid M, Satariano WA, Glaser SL
• Cancer-related information needs and cancer's impact on control over life influence health-related quality of life among adolescents and young adults with cancer.
  Psycho-oncology 2015 DeRouen MC, Smith AW, Tao L, Bellizzi KM, Lynch CF, Parsons HM, Kent EE, Keegan TH, AYA HOPE Study Collaborative Group
• Impact of socioeconomic status and ethnic enclave on cervical cancer incidence among Hispanics and Asians in California.
  Gynecologic oncology 2014 Froment MA, Gomez SL, Roux A, DeRouen MC, Kidd EA
• Medical care in adolescents and young adult cancer survivors: what are the biggest access-related barriers?
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2014 Keegan TH, Tao L, DeRouen MC, Wu XC, Prasad P, Lynch CF, Shnorhavorian M, Zebrack BJ, Chu R, Harlan LC, Smith AW, Parsons HM, AYA HOPE Study Collaborative Group
• A Population-Based Observational Study of First-Course Treatment and Survival for Adolescent and Young Adult Females with Breast Cancer.
  Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology 2013 Derouen MC, Gomez SL, Press DJ, Tao L, Kurian AW, Keegan TH
• Impact of breast cancer subtypes on 3-year survival among adolescent and young adult women.
  Breast cancer research : BCR 2013 Keegan TH, Press DJ, Tao L, DeRouen MC, Kurian AW, Clarke CA, Gomez SL
• The race is on: human embryonic stem cell research goes global.
  Stem cell reviews and reports 2012 DeRouen MC, McCormick JB, Owen-Smith J, Scott CT
• Occurrence of breast cancer subtypes in adolescent and young adult women.
  Breast cancer research : BCR 2012 Keegan TH, DeRouen MC, Press DJ, Kurian AW, Clarke CA
• Gastric cancer incidence among Hispanics in California: patterns by time, nativity, and neighborhood characteristics.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2012 Chang ET, Gomez SL, Fish K, Schupp CW, Parsonnet J, DeRouen MC, Keegan TH, Clarke CA, Glaser SL
• Democracy derived? New trajectories in pluripotent stem cell research.
  Cell 2011 Scott CT, McCormick JB, DeRouen MC, Owen-Smith J
• Laminin-511 and integrin beta-1 in hair follicle development and basal cell carcinoma formation.
  BMC developmental biology 2010 DeRouen MC, Zhen H, Tan SH, Williams S, Marinkovich MP, Oro AE
• Federal policy and the use of pluripotent stem cells.
  Nature methods 2010 Scott CT, McCormick JB, Derouen MC, Owen-Smith J
• The primary cilium: a small yet mighty organelle.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2009 DeRouen MC, Oro AE
• TGF-beta receptor-activated p38 MAP kinase mediates Smad-independent TGF-beta responses.
  The EMBO journal 2002 Yu L, Hébert MC, Zhang YE