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Our Research

Our group is in the Department of Epidemiology at University of Washington and in the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. We study the genetic contribution to complex disease with an emphasis on cancer. Working at the intersection of genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics, we interrogate large-scale-omics data to learn how genes and environment affect risk of developing disease.

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Recent Publications

Hammermeister Suger A, Harrison TA, Zhang J, Wu MC, Darst BF, Lindström S. The pleiotropic landscape of rare variant associations with multiple cancers in large biobanks. HGG Adv. 2026. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2026.100662. 

Hammermeister Suger A, Chen H, Haas CB, Fan S, [other authors], Tamimi RM, Vachon CM, Lindström S, Harrison TA. Interactions between genetic and epidemiological factors influencing mammographic density. Am J Epidemiol 2025 doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf067. Online ahead of print.

Hammermeister Suger A, Harrison TA, Henning B, Turman C, Kraft P, Lindström S. Nonadditive effects of common genetic variants have a negligent contribution to cancer heritability. CEBP 2024;33(10):1383-1388. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0496