Caroline Himbert

Caroline Himbert, PhD

Languages spoken: English, French, German, Spanish

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Population Health Sciences

Education History

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Himbert C, Bandera V, Ulrich C (In Press). Fusobacterium biomarkers and earlier-onset colorectal cancer: signals, subgroups, and next steps. Annals of Cancer Epidemiology.
  2. Zhang Y, Shanahan MR, Guard HE, Ji J, Fernandez MC, Boufaied N, Vaselkiv JB, Liu B, Ma C, Graff RE, Loeb S, Himbert C, Ma Y, Giovannucci EL, Labb DP, Mucci LA (2026). Dietary Fat Intake and Mortality Among Patients With Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer. JAMA Netw Open, 9(9), e2630693.
  3. Hardikar S, Gigic B, Kresovich JK, Damerell V, Himbert C, Ose J, Toriola AT, Shibata D, Li CI, Figueiredo JC, Byrd DA, Siegel EM, Kahlert C, Brobeil A, Schirmacher P, Ulrich CM, Barrow TM (2026). Epigenetic aging of colorectal mucosa in cancer development. J Natl Cancer Inst.
  4. Liu B, Himbert C, Vaselkiv JB, McGrath CB, Lucas L, Zhang Y, Ma C, Song M, Graff RE, Giovannucci EL, Stampfer MJ, Stopsack KH, Sun Q, Mucci LA (2025). Healthy dietary patterns and survival among men with prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst, 118(8), 1425-1435.
  5. Loroa NC, Liu L, Kazemian E, Acuna N, Playdon MC, Cubitt CL, Kabir S, Crowder SL, Nguyen N, Gomez M, Damerell V, Mooney K, Erickson PA, Ilozumba M, Himbert C, Siegel E, Ulrich CM, Li CI, Shibata D, Toriola AT, Ose J, Peoples AR, Hardikar S, Byrd DA, Bower JE, Hoogland AI, Li X, Small BJ, Gigic B, Jim HSL, Figueiredo JC (2026). Longitudinal Associations Between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Fatigue in Patients With Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter Study. Cancer Med, 15(7), e72135.
  6. Peoples AR, Damerell V, Ose J, Siegel EM, Lin T, Hardikar S, Himbert C, Ilozumba MN, Schrotz-King P, Crowder SL, Toriola AT, Shibata D, Li CI, Byrd DA, Amann ES, Jim HSL, Figueiredo JC, Ulrich CM, Gigic B (2025). Association of Sleep Disturbance With Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis: Results From the ColoCare Study. Cancer Med, 15(2), e71576.
  7. Ilozumba MN, Gomez MF, Lin T, Himbert C, Round JL, Zac Stephens W, Warby CA, Hardikar S, Li CI, Figueiredo JC, Damerell V, Fillmore GC, Pickron B, Toriola AT, Shibata D, Holowatyj AN, Kahlert C, Sankar K, Siegel EM, Jedrzkiewicz J, Gigic B, Byrd DA, Ose J, Ulrich CM (2025). Pre-surgery gut microbial diversity and abundance are associated with post-surgery onset of cachexia in colorectal cancer patients: the ColoCare Study. Cancer Causes Control, 36(12), 1795-1812.
  8. Glenny EM, Lin T, Bandera VM, Mirminachi B, Khumukcham SS, Gigic B, Warby CA, Aksonova O, Coleman MF, Carpanese A, Busch C, Himbert C, Ose J, Nix DA, Boucher K, Schirmacher P, Strehli I, Hardikar S, Cohan JN, Jedrzkiewicz J, Brobeil A, Schneider MA, Kahlert C, Siegel EM, Byrd DA, Toriola AT, Shibata D, Li CI, Figueiredo JC, Tan AC, Roper J, Ulrich CM, Hursting SD (2025). Obesity promotes conserved inflammatory and metabolic transcriptional programs in colon tumors: evidence from mouse models and the ColoCare Study Patient Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr, 122(6), 1545-1556.
  9. Hausmann O, Schobert PP, Ose J, Himbert C, Pletneva M, Jedrzkiewicz J, Nguyen A, Lin T, Warby CA, Hardikar S, Peoples AR, Strehli I, Huang LC, Cohan JN, Pickron B, Scaife C, Li CI, Grady WM, Shibata D, Toriola AT, Schneider M, Figueiredo JC, Siegel EM, Gigic B, Herzig S, Ilozumba MN, Ulrich CM (2025). Associations of Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation, Angiogenesis, and Cell-to-Cell Adhesion With Tumor Budding Among Early-Onset and Later-Onset Colorectal Cancer Patients. Cancer Med, 14(18), e71267.
  10. 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 B (2025). The gut microbiome is associated with disease-free survival in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients. Int J Cancer, 157(1), 64-73.
  11. 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 Jr (2026). Precision Exercise Effect on Fatigue and Function in Lung Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg, 160(5), 495-519.
  12. 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 J (2025). Sedentary behavior and physical activity one year after colorectal cancer diagnosis: results from the ColoCare Study. J Cancer Surviv.
  13. Loroa 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 CI (2024). Alcohol consumption and smoking history at time of diagnosis, and risk of colorectal cancer recurrence and mortality: Results from the ColoCare Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 34(1), 59-66.
  14. Amann 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 AR (2024). Risk factors and health behaviors associated with loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Behav Med, 47(3), 405-421.
  15. 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 HSL (2024). Relationships Among Physical Activity, Sleep, and Cancer-related Fatigue: Results From the International ColoCare Study. Ann Behav Med, 58(3), 156-166.
  16. 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 CM (2023). Associations of combined physical activity and body mass index groups with colorectal cancer survival outcomes. BMC Cancer, 23(1), 300.
  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 J (2022). Pre-Surgery Inflammatory and Angiogenesis Biomarkers as Predictors of 12-Month Cancer-Related Distress: Results from the ColoCare Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 32(3), 363-370.
  18. 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 CM (2022). Associations of Individual and Combined Physical Activity and Body Mass Index Groups with Proinflammatory Biomarkers among Colorectal Cancer Patients. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 31(12), 2148-2156.
  19. 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 CM (2022). Differences in the gut microbiome by physical activity and BMI among colorectal cancer patients. Am J Cancer Res, 12(10), 4789-4801.
  20. 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 CM (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions. J Rural Health, 38(4), 886-899.
  21. 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 CM (2022). Presurgery Adhesion Molecules and Angiogenesis Biomarkers Are Differently Associated with Outcomes in Colon and Rectal Cancer: Results from the ColoCare Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 31(8), 1650-1660.
  22. 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 SD (2021). Weight Loss and/or Sulindac Mitigate Obesity-associated Transcriptome, Microbiome, and Protumor Effects in a Murine Model of Colon Cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 15(8), 481-495.
  23. 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 AR (2022). Factors associated with changes in exercise behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer Causes Control, 33(7), 939-950.
  24. Stephens AR, Garcia BN, Rogers MJ, Zhang C, Himbert C, McFarland MM, Presson AP, Kazmers NH, Tyser AR (2022). Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid Arthrodesis: Systematic Review. J Hand Surg Am, 47(3), 218-227.e2.
  25. 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 CM (2021). Association of Sugar Intake with Inflammation- and Angiogenesis-Related Biomarkers in Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer Patients. Nutr Cancer, 74(5), 1636-1643.
  26. 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 AR (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on exercise habits among cancer patients. Res Sq.
  27. 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 S (2021). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer in the ColoCare Study: Differences by Age of Onset. Cancers (Basel), 13(15).
  28. 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, Nattenmller 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 CM (2020). Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Adipose-tumor Crosstalk in Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 13(10), 817-828.
  29. Ose J, Holowatyj AN, Nattenmller J, Gigic B, Lin T, Himbert C, Habermann N, Achaintre D, Scalbert A, Keski-Rahkonen P, Bhm J, Schrotz-King P, Schneider M, Ulrich A, Kampman E, Weijenberg M, Gsur A, Ueland PM, Kauczor HU, Ulrich CM (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.
  30. Kiblawi R, Holowatyj AN, Gigic B, Brezina S, Geijsen AJMR, Ose J, Lin T, Hardikar S, Himbert C, Warby CA, Bhm 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 M (2020). One-carbon metabolites, B vitamins and associations with systemic inflammation and angiogenesis biomarkers among colorectal cancer patients: results from the ColoCare Study. Br J Nutr, 123(10), 1187-1200.
  31. Holowatyj AN, Gigic B, Herpel E, Scalbert A, Schneider M, Ulrich CM, MetaboCCC Consortium, ColoCare Study (2019). Distinct Molecular Phenotype of Sporadic Colorectal Cancers Among Young Patients Based on Multiomics Analysis. Gastroenterology, 158(4), 1155-1158.e2.
  32. Himbert C, Ose J, Lin T, Warby CA, Gigic B, Steindorf K, Schrotz-King P, Abbenhardt-Martin C, Zielske L, Boehm J, Ulrich CM (2019). Inflammation- and angiogenesis-related biomarkers are correlated with cancer-related fatigue in colorectal cancer patients: Results from the ColoCare Study. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl), 28(4), e13055.
  33. Himbert C, Ose J, Nattenmller J, Warby CA, Holowatyj AN, Bhm J, Lin T, Haffa M, Gigic B, Hardikar S, Scherer D, Zielske L, Schrotz-King P, Klsch T, Siegel EM, Shibata D, Ulrich A, Schneider M, Hursting SD, Kauczor HU, Ulrich CM (2018). Body Fatness, Adipose Tissue Compartments, and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Colorectal Cancer: The ColoCare Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 28(1), 76-82.
  34. 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 TK (2018). Precision-Exercise-Prescription in patients with lung cancer undergoing surgery: rationale and design of the PEP study trial. BMJ Open, 8(12), e024672.

Review

  1. Himbert C, Klossner N, Coletta AM, Barnes CA, Wiskemann J, LaStayo PC, Varghese TK Jr, Ulrich CM (2020). Exercise and lung cancer surgery: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials. [Review]. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 156, 103086.
  2. Ulrich CM, Himbert C, Holowatyj AN, Hursting SD (2018). Energy balance and gastrointestinal cancer: risk, interventions, outcomes and mechanisms. [Review]. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol, 15(11), 683-698.
  3. Himbert C, Delphan M, Scherer D, Bowers LW, Hursting S, Ulrich CM (2016). Signals from the Adipose Microenvironment and the Obesity-Cancer Link-A Systematic Review. [Review]. Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 10(9), 494-506.
  4. Himbert C, Ose J, Delphan M, Ulrich CM (2016). A systematic review of the interrelation between diet- and surgery-induced weight loss and vitamin D status. [Review]. Nutr Res, 38, 13-26.
  5. Himbert C, Thompson H, Ulrich CM (2017). Effects of Intentional Weight Loss on Markers of Oxidative Stress, DNA Repair and Telomere Length - a Systematic Review. [Review]. Obes Facts, 10(6), 648-665.

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