Caroline Himbert

Caroline Himbert, PhD

Languages spoken: English, German, Spanish, French

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Population Health Sciences

Education History

Undergraduate University of Hamburg
Graduate Training University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute
 Visiting Scholar
Doctoral Training University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute
 PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute
 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Himbert C, Ose J, Nattenmüller J, Warby CA, Holowatyj AN, Böhm J, Lin T, Haffa M, Gigic B, Hardikar S, Scherer D, Zielske L, Schrotz-King P, Kölsch T, Siegel EM, Shibata D, Ulrich A, Schneider M, Hursting SD, Kauczor HU, Ulrich C (2019). Body Fatness, Adipose Tissue Compartments, and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Colorectal Cancer: The ColoCare Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 28(1), 76-82.
  2. Ulrich CM, Himbert C, Boucher K, Wetter DW, Hess R, Kim J, Lundberg K, Ligibel JA, Barnes CA, Rushton B, Marcus R, Finlayson SRG, LaStayo PC, Varghese T (2018). Precision-Exercise-Prescription in patients with lung cancer undergoing surgery: rationale and design of the PEP study trial. BMJ open, 8(12), e024672.
  3. Himbert C, Ose J, Lin T, Warby CA, Gigic B, Steindorf K, Schrotz-King P, Abbenhardt-Martin C, Zielske L, Boehm J, Ulrich C (2019). Inflammation- and angiogenesis-related biomarkers are correlated with cancer-related fatigue in colorectal cancer patients: Results from the ColoCare Study. European journal of cancer care, 28(4), e13055.
  4. Holowatyj AN, Haffa M, Lin T, Scherer D, Gigic B, Ose J, Warby CA, Himbert C, Abbenhardt-Martin C, Achaintre D, Boehm J, Boucher KM, Gicquiau A, Gsur A, Habermann N, Herpel E, Kauczor HU, Keski-Rahkonen P, Kloor M, von Knebel-Doeberitz M, Kok DE, Nattenmüller J, Schirmacher P, Schneider M, Schrotz-King P, Simon T, Ueland PM, Viskochil R, Weijenberg MP, Scalbert A, Ulrich A, Bowers LW, Hursting SD, Ulrich C (2020). Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Adipose-tumor Crosstalk in Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 13(10), 817-828.
  5. Ose J, Holowatyj AN, Nattenmüller J, Gigic B, Lin T, Himbert C, Habermann N, Achaintre D, Scalbert A, Keski-Rahkonen P, Böhm J, Schrotz-King P, Schneider M, Ulrich A, Kampman E, Weijenberg M, Gsur A, Ueland PM, Kauczor HU, Ulrich C (2020). Metabolomics profiling of visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue in colorectal cancer patients: results from the ColoCare study. Cancer causes & control, 31(8), 723-735.
  6. Stewart KL, Gigic B, Himbert C, Warby CA, Ose J, Lin T, Schrotz-King P, Boehm J, Jordan KC, Metos J, Schneider M, Figueiredo JC, Li CI, Shibata D, Siegel E, Toriola AT, Hardikar S, Ulrich C (2022). Association of Sugar Intake with Inflammation- and Angiogenesis-Related Biomarkers in Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer Patients. Nutrition and cancer, 74(5), 1636-1643.
  7. Himbert C, Figueiredo JC, Shibata D, Ose J, Lin T, Huang LC, Peoples AR, Scaife CL, Pickron B, Lambert L, Cohan JN, Bronner M, Felder S, Sanchez J, Dessureault S, Coppola D, Hoffman DM, Nasseri YF, Decker RW, Zaghiyan K, Murrell ZA, Hendifar A, Gong J, Firoozmand E, Gangi A, Moore BA, Cologne KG, El-Masry MS, Hinkle N, Monroe J, Mutch M, Bernadt C, Chatterjee D, Sinanan M, Cohen SA, Wallin U, Grady WM, Lampe PD, Reddi D, Krane M, Fichera A, Moonka R, Herpel E, Schirmacher P, Kloor M, von Knebel-Doeberitz M, Nattenmueller J, Kauczor HU, Swanson E, Jedrzkiewicz J, Schmit SL, Gigic B, Ulrich AB, Toriola AT, Siegel EM, Li CI, Ulrich CM, Hardikar (2021). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer in the ColoCare Study: Differences by Age of Onset. Cancers, 13(15),
  8. Stephens AR, Garcia BN, Rogers MJ, Zhang C, Himbert C, McFarland MM, Presson AP, Kazmers NH, Tyser A (2022). Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid Arthrodesis: Systematic Review. The Journal of hand surgery, 47(3), 218-227.e2.
  9. Peoples AR, Oswald LB, Ose J, Daniels B, Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Gigic B, Kirchhoff AC, Lin T, Grossman D, Tward J, Varghese TK Jr, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Scaife C, Shibata D, LaStayo P, Gonzalez B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich C (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions. The Journal of rural health, 38(4), 886-899.
  10. Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Daniels B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Gigic B, Lin T, Viskochil R, Kirchhoff AC, Grossman D, Ose J, Tward J, Scaife C, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Shibata D, Gonzalez BD, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples A (2022). Factors associated with changes in exercise behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer causes & control, 33(7), 939-950.
  11. Ose J, Gigic B, Hardikar S, Lin T, Himbert C, Warby CA, Peoples AR, Lindley CL, Boehm J, Schrotz-King P, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Siegel EM, Li CI, Ulrich A, Schneider M, Shibata D, Ulrich C (2022). Presurgery Adhesion Molecules and Angiogenesis Biomarkers Are Differently Associated with Outcomes in Colon and Rectal Cancer: Results from the ColoCare Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 31(8), 1650-1660.
  12. Bowers LW, Glenny EM, Punjala A, Lanman NA, Goldbaum A, Himbert C, Montgomery SA, Yang P, Roper J, Ulrich CM, Dannenberg AJ, Coleman MF, Hursting S (2022). Weight Loss and/or Sulindac Mitigate Obesity-associated Transcriptome, Microbiome, and Protumor Effects in a Murine Model of Colon Cancer. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 15(8), 481-495.
  13. Himbert C, Warby CA, Gigic B, Ose J, Lin T, Viskochil R, Peoples AR, Ashworth A, Schrotz-King P, Scaife CL, Cohan JN, Jedrzkiewicz J, Schirmacher P, Grady WM, Cohen SA, Krane M, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Siegel EM, Shibata D, Round JL, Huang LC, Li CI, Schneider M, Ulrich A, Hardikar S, Ulrich C (2022). Associations of Individual and Combined Physical Activity and Body Mass Index Groups with Proinflammatory Biomarkers among Colorectal Cancer Patients. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 31(12), 2148-2156.
  14. Himbert C, Stephens WZ, Gigic B, Hardikar S, Holowatyj AN, Lin T, Ose J, Swanson E, Ashworth A, Warby CA, Peoples AR, Nix D, Jedrzkiewicz J, Bronner M, Pickron B, Scaife C, Cohan JN, Schrotz-King P, Habermann N, Boehm J, Hullar M, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Siegel EM, Li CI, Ulrich AB, Shibata D, Boucher K, Huang LC, Schneider M, Round JL, Ulrich C (2022). Differences in the gut microbiome by physical activity and BMI among colorectal cancer patients. American journal of cancer research, 12(10), 4789-4801.
  15. Himbert C, Ose J, Gigic B, Viskochil R, Santuci K, Lin T, Ashworth A, Cohan JN, Scaife CL, Jedrzkiewicz J, Damerell V, Atkins KM, Gong J, Mutch MG, Bernadt C, Felder S, Sanchez J, Cohen SA, Krane MK, Hinkle N, Wood E, Peoples AR, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Siegel EM, Li CI, Shibata D, Boucher K, Round JL, Ulrich AB, Schneider M, Huang LC, Hardikar S, Ulrich C (2023). Associations of combined physical activity and body mass index groups with colorectal cancer survival outcomes. BMC cancer, 23(1), 300.
  16. Crowder SL, Li X, Himbert C, Viskochil R, Hoogland AI, Gudenkauf LM, Oswald LB, Gonzalez BD, Small BJ, Ulrich CM, Ose J, Peoples AR, Li CI, Shibata D, Toriola AT, Gigic B, Playdon MC, Hardikar S, Bower J, Siegel EM, Figueiredo JC, Jim HS (2024). Relationships Among Physical Activity, Sleep, and Cancer-related Fatigue: Results From the International ColoCare Study. Annals of behavioral medicine, 58(3), 156-166.
  17. Lindley CL, Gigic B, Peoples AR, Han CJ, Lin T, Himbert C, Warby CA, Boehm J, Hardikar S, Ashworth A, Schneider M, Ulrich A, Schrotz-King P, Figueiredo JC, Li CI, Shibata D, Siegel EM, Toriola AT, Ulrich CM, Syrjala KL, Ose (2023). Pre-Surgery Inflammatory and Angiogenesis Biomarkers as Predictors of 12-Month Cancer-Related Distress: Results from the ColoCare Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 32(3), 363-370.
  18. Kiblawi R, Holowatyj AN, Gigic B, Brezina S, Geijsen AJMR, Ose J, Lin T, Hardikar S, Himbert C, Warby CA, Böhm J, Bours MJL, van Duijnhoven FJB, Gumpenberger T, Kok DE, Koole JL, van Roekel EH, Schrotz-King P, Ulvik A, Gsur A, Habermann N, Weijenberg MP, Ueland PM, Schneider M, Ulrich A, Ulrich CM, Playdon (2020). One-carbon metabolites, B vitamins and associations with systemic inflammation and angiogenesis biomarkers among colorectal cancer patients: results from the ColoCare Study. The British journal of nutrition, 123(10), 1187-1200.
  19. Holowatyj AN, Gigic B, Herpel E, Scalbert A, Schneider M, Ulrich CM, MetaboCCC Consortium, ColoCare Stud (2020). Distinct Molecular Phenotype of Sporadic Colorectal Cancers Among Young Patients Based on Multiomics Analysis. Gastroenterology, 158(4), 1155-1158.e2.
  20. Aßmann ES, Ose J, Hathaway CA, Oswald LB, Hardikar S, Himbert C, Chellam V, Lin T, Daniels B, Kirchhoff AC, Gigic B, Grossman D, Tward J, Varghese TK Jr, Shibata D, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Scaife C, Barnes CA, Matsen C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Grady WM, Schneider M, Dinkel A, Islam JY, Gonzalez BD, Otto AK, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples A (2024). Risk factors and health behaviors associated with loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of behavioral medicine, 47(3), 405-421.
  21. Loroña NC, Himbert C, Ose J, Cohen SA, Strehli I, Ulrich CM, Cobos S, Jean-Baptiste E, Bloomer AM, Figueiredo JC, Gigic B, Hardikar S, Karchi M, Mutch M, Peoples AR, Schneider M, Shibata D, Siegel EM, Toriola AT, Wood EH, Li C (2024). Alcohol consumption and smoking history at time of diagnosis, and risk of colorectal cancer recurrence and mortality: Results from the ColoCare Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 34(1), 59-66.
  22. Byrd DA, Damerell V, Gomez Morales MF, Hogue SR, Lin T, Ose J, Himbert C, Ilozumba MN, Kahlert C, Shibata D, Toriola AT, Li CI, Figueiredo J, Stephens WZ, Warby CA, Hardikar S, Siegel EM, Round J, Ulrich CM, Gigic (2025). The gut microbiome is associated with disease-free survival in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients. International journal of cancer, 157(1), 64-73.
  23. Ulrich CM, Himbert C, Barnes CA, Boucher KM, Daniels B, Bandera VM, Ligibel JA, Wetter DW, Hess R, Kim J, Lundberg K, Mitzman B, Marcus R, Finlayson SRG, LaStayo PC, Varghese TK J (2025). Precision Exercise Effect on Fatigue and Function in Lung Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA surgery, 160(5), 495-519.
  24. Viskochil RH, Lin T, Gigic B, Himbert C, Bandera VM, Skender S, Holowatyj AN, Schrotz-King P, Steindorf K, Strehli I, Mutch MG, Chao D, Toriola AT, Shibata D, Siegel EM, Li CI, Hardikar S, Peoples AR, Figueiredo JC, Schneider M, Ulrich CM, Ose (2025). Sedentary behavior and physical activity one year after colorectal cancer diagnosis: results from the ColoCare Study. Journal of cancer survivorship,
  25. Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Daniels B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Gigic B, Lin T, Viskochil R, Kirchhoff AC, Grossman D, Ose J, Tward J, Scaife C, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Shibata D, Gonzalez BD, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples A (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on exercise habits among cancer patients. Research square,

Review

  1. Himbert C, Ose J, Delphan M, Ulrich C (2017). A systematic review of the interrelation between diet- and surgery-induced weight loss and vitamin D status. Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.), 38, 13-26.
  2. Himbert C, Delphan M, Scherer D, Bowers LW, Hursting S, Ulrich C (2017). Signals from the Adipose Microenvironment and the Obesity-Cancer Link-A Systematic Review. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 10(9), 494-506.
  3. Himbert C, Thompson H, Ulrich C (2017). Effects of Intentional Weight Loss on Markers of Oxidative Stress, DNA Repair and Telomere Length - a Systematic Review. Obesity facts, 10(6), 648-665.
  4. Ulrich CM, Himbert C, Holowatyj AN, Hursting S (2018). Energy balance and gastrointestinal cancer: risk, interventions, outcomes and mechanisms. Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 15(11), 683-698.
  5. Himbert C, Klossner N, Coletta AM, Barnes CA, Wiskemann J, LaStayo PC, Varghese TK Jr, Ulrich C (2020). Exercise and lung cancer surgery: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials. Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 156, 103086.

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