Swann A. Adams, PhD
Research Assistant Professor; Epidemiology and Biostatistics

USC Cancer Prevention & Control Program
2221 Devine St, Room 241
Columbia, SC 29208 (29205 for express delivery)
Tel:  803.734.4484
Fax:  803.734.5505
E-Mail:  adamss@gwm.sc.edu

Curricula Vitae (PDF)
 

Bibliographic Profile

Research Interests

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.

7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.