Saira Khan, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Graduate School
MPH: Epidemiology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
Post-Graduate Education
PhD: Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2016
Teaching Appointments
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
American Society of Preventative Oncology
American Association of Cancer Research
Areas of Research Interest
Dr. Khan is a cancer epidemiologist, and broadly her research focuses on improving outcomes and reducing disparities among cancer survivors. Specifically, her primary research focus is on reducing the burden of disparities in prostate cancer by improving our understanding of risk factors for adverse prostate outcomes including tumor aggressiveness, recurrence, and survival. Her work has focused on modifiable risk factors such as diabetes and obesity as well as the impact of related medications and comorbidities on prostate cancer survivorship, utilizing both racially-diverse cohort studies as well as registry data including the VA.
Publications
Khan, S., Cai, J., Nielsen, M., Troester, M., Mohler, J., Fontham, E., Henrdix, L., Farnan, L., Olshan, A., and Bensen, J. The association of diabetes and obesity with prostate cancer progression: HCaP-NC. The Prostate. 2017, 77, 878-887. PMID: 28261834 PMCID: PMC5695861.
Khan, S., Hicks, V., Colditz, G., Kibel, A., and Drake, B. The association of weight change in young adulthood and smoking status with risk of prostate cancer recurrence. International Journal of Cancer. 2018, 142, 2011-2018. PMID: 29270988 PMCID: PMC5867243.
Khan S., Lewis-Thames M, Han Y, Fuzzell L, Langston M, Justin X. Moore. A Comparative Analysis of Medical Record Utilization and Perception by Cancer Survivorship. Medical Care, 2020, 58, 1075-1081. PMID: 32925466. PMCID: PMC7665999.
Khan, S., Chang, SH., Hicks, V., Wang M., Grubb R.L., Drake B.F. Improved survival with post-diagnostic metformin and statin use in a racially diverse cohort of US Veterans with advanced prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis, 2021 Nov 22. doi:10.1038/s41391-021-00475-5. PMID: 34811499
Lewis-Thames MW, Langston ME, Khan S, Han Y, Fuzzell L, Xu S, Moore JX. Racial and ethnic differences in rural-urban trends in 5-year survival of patients with lung, prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers: 1975-2011 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER). JAMA Netw Open. 2022, 5(5):e2212246. PMID: 35587350.
To contact Dr. Khan, please contact the Division of Public Health Sciences at (314) 454-7940.