Peter Kanetsky, PhD, MPH
| Office Location | 219, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-573-3282 |
| pkanetsk@mail.med.upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at HUP, University of Pennsylvania SOM |
Additional Positions
Member, Abramson Cancer Center
Research Statement
Dr. Kanetsky's research interests lay in investigations of candidate susceptibility genes for cancer and other disease outcomes. He is an integral investigator in local and international efforts to determine genetic susceptibility to melanoma, with a focus on candidate genes involved in pathways of pigmentation, DNA repair, immune surveillance, and oxidative stress reduction. Dr. Kanetsky also collaborates on local and international investigations of testicular germ cell tumors.
Courses Taught
HSOC 230 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology
EPID 640 - Advanced Topics in Clinical Epidemiology (Summer 2007)
Selected Publications
Kanetsky PA, Holmes R, Walker A, Najarian D, Swoyer J, Guerry D, Halpern A, Rebbeck TR. Interaction of glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 genotypes and malignant melanoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 2001; 10:509-513.
Kanetsky PA, Swoyer J, Panossian S, Holmes R, Guerry D, Rebbeck T. A polymorphism in the agouti signaling protein gene is associated with human pigmentation. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2002; 70:770-775.
Rebbeck TR, Kanetsky PA, Walker AH, Holmes R, Halpern AC, Schuchter LM, Elder DE, Guerry D. P gene as a susceptibility biomarker for human eye color. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 2002; 11:782-784.
Zeigler-Johnson C, Panossian S, Gueye SM, Jalloh M, Ofori-Adjei D, Kanetsky PA. Characterization of ethnic differences in polymorphisms occurring in agouti signal protein. Pigment Cell Research, 2004; 17: 185-187.
Kanetsky PA, Ge F, Najarian D, Swoyer J, Panossian S, Schuchter L, Holmes R, Guerry D, Rebbeck TR. Assessment of polymorphic variants in the melanocortin-1 receptor gene with cutaneous pigmentation using an evolutionary approach. Cancer Epidemiology Biostatistics and Prevention, 2004; 13(5):808-819.
Landi MT, Kanetsky PA, Tsang S, Gold B, Munroe D, Rebbeck T, Swoyer J, Ter-Minassian M, Hedayati M, Grossman L, Goldstein AM, Calista D, Pfeiffer RM. MC1R, ASIP, and DNA repair in sporadic and familial melanoma in a Mediterranean population. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2005 Jul 6;97(13):998-1007.
Nathanson KL, Kanetsky PA, Hawes R, Letrero R, Dudakia D, Vaughn DJ, Johnson L, Robertson K, Tucker K, Friedlander M, Phillips K-A, Hogg D, Jewett MAS, Lohynska R, Daugaard G, Richard S, Bonaïti-Pellié C, Heidenreich A, Geczi L, Bodrogi I, Olah E, Ormiston WF, Daly PA, Looijenga LHJ, Guilford P, Fosså SD, Heimdal K, Tjulandin SA, Liubchenko L, Stoll H, Weber W, Rudd M, Huddart R, Crockford G, Forman D, Leahy MG, Oliver DT, Einhorn L, Weber BL, McMaster M, Greene MH, Cortessis V, Chen C, Schwartz SM, Bishop DT, Easton DF, Stratton MR, Rapley EA. The Y deletion gr/gr and the risk of testicular germ cell tumor. American Journal of Human Genetics, 2005 Dec;77(6):1034-43. Epub 2005 Oct 24.
Kanetsky PA, Rebbeck TR, Hummer AJ, Panossian S, Armstrong BK, Kricker A, Marrett LD, Millikan RC, Gruber SB, Culver HA, Zanetti R, Gallagher RP, Dwyer T, Busam K, From L, Mujumdar U, Wilcox H, Begg CB, Berwick M, for the Genes, Environment, and Melanoma Study Group. Population-based study of natural variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor gene and melanoma. Cancer Research. 2006 Sep 15;66(18):9330-7.
