Shaneda Warren Andersen

Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

Social determinants, modifiable risk factors, and genetic variants work in concert to influence cancer risk

Room 1007b WARF Office Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53726

Department: School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Warren Andersen is an Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a cancer epidemiologist, she is interested in how social determinants, modifiable risk factors, and molecular factors work in concert to influence cancer risk and survivorship. Dr. Warren Andersen’s research interests build upon her previous training. She received her B.S. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later earned a M.S. and Ph.D. in Population Health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center R25 Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer (MAGEC) training program.

Affiliations/Associations

Society for Epidemiologic Research
American Society of Preventive Oncology
American Association for Cancer Research

Application of the Population Health Institute Model of Health for Identifying Cancer Catchment Area Priorities

Amy Trentham-Dietz, Thomas P Lawler, Ronald E Gangnon, Allison R Dahlke, Noelle K LoConte, Earlise C Ward, Christine P Muganda, Shaneda Warren Andersen, Marjory L Givens

JCO clinical cancer informatics. 2026 February 5.
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Colorectal Cancer Mortality Outcomes Among Individuals of African and Admixture Ancestry

Thomas Lawler, Jirong Long, Rene Welch, Irene Ong, Oluwatoyosi Ogunmuyiwa, Rida A Khatri, Martha Shrubsole, Shaneda Warren Andersen

Molecular carcinogenesis. 2026 January 29.
Associations between insulin-like growth factor 1, IGF-binding protein 3, and colorectal cancer

Thomas Lawler, Zoe L Walts, Lauren Giurini, Mark Steinwandel, Wei Zheng, Shaneda Warren Andersen

Cancer epidemiology. 2026 January 9.
Area Socioeconomic Status and Early Onset Rectal Cancer in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Evidence from Wisconsin

Lauren Giurini, Cibele Barbosa Carroll, Thomas Lawler, Jennifer M Weiss, Noelle L LoConte, Shaneda Warren Andersen

WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. 2026 January 7.
Survival implications of the age-associated tumor and normal adjacent tissue microbiome among colorectal cancer patients

Maria F Gomez Morales, Stephanie R Hogue, Scott Pitcher, Daniel Jeong, Ivana Radosavljevic, Amalia Stefanou, Seth I Felder, Jessica R Burns, Scot E Dowd, Emily Vogtmann, Rashmi Sinha, Liang Wang, Xuefeng Wang, Jennifer B Permuth, Cynthia L Sears, Shaneda Warren Andersen, K Leigh Greathouse, Jacob K Kresovich, Mark S Friedman, Erin M Siegel, Doratha A Byrd

Gut pathogens. 2025 December 24.
Self-efficacy for cancer self-management in the context of COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey study

Thomas Lawler, Kristine Kwekkeboom, Shaneda Warren Andersen, Ajay K Sethi, Amye J Tevaarwerk, Kristin Litzelman, Priyanka A Pophali, Ronald E Gangnon, John M Hampton, Noelle K LoConte, Amy Trentham-Dietz

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 2025 September 10.
Daily Walking and Mortality in Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse U.S. Adults

Lili Liu, Guochong Jia, Martha J Shrubsole, Wanqing Wen, Shaneda Warren Andersen, Staci L Sudenga, Wei Zheng

American journal of preventive medicine. 2025 July 31.
Associations of Type 2 Diabetes with Risk of Overall and Site-Specific Cancers in a Cohort of Predominantly Low-Income Racially Diverse Populations

Pranoti Pradhan, Wanqing Wen, Alvin C Powers, Shaneda Warren Andersen, Maureen Sanderson, Loren Lipworth, Wei Zheng

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2025 June 25.
Area-level socioeconomic status is associated with colorectal cancer screening, incidence and mortality in the US: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Thomas P Lawler, Lauren Giurini, Cibele Barbosa Carroll, Jennifer M Weiss, Noelle K LoConte, Shaneda Warren Andersen

Social science & medicine (1982). 2025 June 5.
Lower Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Lower Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake in the Southern Community Cohort Study

Lauren Giurini, Ronald E Gangnon, Amy Trentham-Dietz, Wei Zheng, Loren Lipworth, Harvey J Murff, Mark Steinwandel, Jennifer Weiss, Shaneda Warren Andersen

Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2025 March 20.

The overarching goal of our research program is to advance the understanding of the relations between social determinants, molecular characteristics, and modifiable risk factors with cancer risk and survivorship. Specific attention is given to the influence of sociocultural factors and tumor characteristics on health disparities in colorectal cancer risk. The research conducted within the Warren Andersen laboratory consists of clinical and population-based studies, primarily utilizing data from large cohort studies with stored biologic samples, cancer consortia datasets, and several epidemiological case-control studies.

Courses Taught

PHS 750: Cancer Epidemiology