Jonine Lisa Bernstein

Jonine Lisa Bernstein is a Researcher at the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). She serves as Co-Leader of the Population Sciences Research Program and leads the WECARE Study (Women’s Environmental, Cancer, and Radiation Epidemiology), focusing on genetic susceptibility, radiation therapy effects, and environmental factors in contralateral breast cancer. Her research spans genetic and molecular epidemiology of breast cancer and gliomas, with emphasis on broad fields including Genetic Epidemiology, Cancer Risk Prediction, and Radiation-Associated Cancers.

Key Research Areas:

• Genetic susceptibility to contralateral breast cancer
• Development/validation of imaging biomarkers (e.g., mammographic density, MRI background parenchymal enhancement)
• Gene-environment interactions in cancer progression
• Non-cancer outcomes post-breast cancer treatment
• Molecular pathoepidemiology of gliomas

Her recent publications analyze radiation-induced breast cancer risks, DNA repair gene variants, and AI-driven GWAS. She collaborates with institutions like Stanford and MD Anderson on glioma studies and serves on advisory boards for the U.S. EPA and Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Scientific awards include leadership roles in the American College of Epidemiology and American Epidemiological Society.