Renee Fortner
Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Fortner RT, Eliassen AH, Spiegelman D, Willett WC, Barbieri RL, Hankinson SE. Premenopausal Endogenous Steroid Hormones and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Nurses’ Health Study II. Breast Cancer Research [in press].
Bauer SR*, Fortner RT*, Gates MA, Eliassen AH, Hankinson SE, Tworoger SS. Analgesic Use in Relation to Sex Hormone and Prolactin Concentrations in Premenopausal Women. Cancer Causes & Control [in press]. *Co-first authors.
Gu F, Caporaso NE, Schairer C, Fortner RT, XuX, Hankinson SE, Eliassen AH, Ziegler RG. Smoking is associated with urinary concentrations of estrogens and estrogen metabolites in Caucasian women. Carcinogenesis. 2013 Jan; 22(1):58-68.
Matthews CE, Fortner RT, Xu X, Hankinson SE, Eliassen AH, Ziegler RG. Association between physical activity and urinary estrogens and estrogen metabolites in premenopausal women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2012 Oct; 97(10):3724-33.
Fortner RT, Hankinson SE, Schairer, Xu X, Ziegler RG, Eliassen AH. Association between reproductive factors and urinary estrogens and estrogen metabolites in premenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2012 June; 21(6):959-68.
Fortner RT, Hankinson SE. Reproductive and hormonal factors and breast cancer. Translational Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2012 March.
Insaf TZ, Fortner RT, Pekow P, Dole N, Markenson G, Chasan-Taber L. Prenatal Stress, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Intention to Breastfeed among Hispanic Women. Journal of Women’s Health. 2011 August; 20(8): 1183-92.
Fortner RT, Pekow P, Dole N, Markenson G, Chasan-Taber L. Risk Factors for Prenatal Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Women. Matern Child Health J. 2011. 15: 1287-95.
Fortner RT, Pekow PS, Whitcomb BW, Sievert LL, Markenson G, Chasan-Taber L. Physical Activity and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Hispanic Women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 April; 43(4): 639-46.
Whitcomb BW, Turzanski-Fortner R, Richter KS, Kipersztok S, Stillman RJ, Levy MJ, Levens ED. Contribution of male age to outcomes in assisted reproductive technologies—addressing methodological challenges. Fertility and Sterility. 2011 January; 95(1): 147-51.
Haskins AE, Bertone-Johnson ER, Pekow P, Carbone E, Fortner RT, Chasan-Taber L. Smoking during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010 Sep 17;10:55.
Chasan-Taber L, Fortner RT, Gollenberg A, Buonnaccorsi J, Dole N, Markenson G. A prospective cohort of pregnant Hispanic women and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: Design and baseline characteristics. Journal of Women’s Health. 2010 January; 19(1): 117-124.
Chasan-Taber L, Fortner RT, Hastings V, Markenson G. Strategies for recruiting Hispanic women into a prospective cohort study of modifiable risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2009 December; 9:57.
Fortner RT, Pekow P, Markenson G, Solomon C, Chasan-Taber L. Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Latina Women. Am J OBGYN, 2009 Feb; 200(2):167.e1-167.e7.
Haskins A, Mukhopadhyay S, Pekow P, Markenson G, Bertone-Johnson E, Carbone E, Fortner RT, Chasan-Taber, L. Smoking and Risk of Preterm Birth among Predominantly Puerto Rican Women. Ann Epidemiol 2008 Jun;18(6):440-6.