Dr. Peoples is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah and a member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biophysics with focus in basic radiation sciences and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Peoples’ post-doctoral trainings include NCI-funded R25 Cancer Control Clinical Research Training and TL1 Population Health Research Fellowship, after which she moved to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah in 2018. Her research to date has focused on examining biomarkers, risk factors, and effective behavioral and pharmacologic interventions for adverse health outcomes stemming from cancer and its treatments, such as insomnia, depression, and pain.
Research Statement
Dr. Peoples is a clinical and translational researcher with a strong background and training in behavioral medicine, cancer control and survivorship, and radiation sciences. Her research to date has focused on examining biomarkers, risk factors, and effective behavioral and pharmacologic interventions for adverse health outcomes stemming from cancer and its treatment, namely insomnia, pain, depression, fatigue, muscle and mitochondrial damage, dyspnea and lung damage, nausea and vomiting, and overall quality of life. Dr. Peoples is currently involved in investigating the relationship of sleep disturbance with microbiota, metabolites, inflammatory and other biologic markers, adiposity, other cancer-related symptoms such as cardiotoxicity, as well as with cancer recurrence and survival in colorectal cancer patients.
Education History
Graduate Training |
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Population Sciences |
M.P.H. |
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Doctoral Training |
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Biophysics |
Ph.D. |
Graduate Training |
St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi Physics |
M.Sc. |
Undergraduate |
St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi Physics |
B.Sc. (Hons) |
Selected Publications
- Koole JL, Bours MJL, Geijsen AJMR, Gigic B, Ulvik A, Kok DE, Brezina S, Ose J, Baierl A, Bhm J, Brenner H, Breukink SO, Chang-Claude J, van Duijnhoven FJB, van Duijvendijk P, Gumpenberger T, Habermann N, van Halteren HK, Hoffmeister M, Holowatyj AN, Janssen-Heijnen MLG, Keulen ETP, Kiblawi R, Kruyt FM, Li CI, Lin T, Midttun, Peoples AR, van Roekel EH, Schneider MA, Schrotz-King P, Ulrich AB, Vickers K, Wesselink E, de Wilt JHW, Gsur A, Ueland PM, Ulrich CM, Kampman E, Weijenberg MP (2021). Circulating B-vitamin biomarkers and B-vitamin supplement use in relation to quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer: results from the FOCUS consortium. Am J Clin Nutr, 113(6), 1468-1481.
- Peoples AR, Pigeon WR, Li D, Garland SN, Perlis ML, Inglis JE, Vinciguerra V, Anderson T, Evans LS, Wade JL, Ossip DJ, Morrow GR, Wolf JR (2020). Association Between Pretreatment Sleep Disturbance and Radiation Therapy-Induced Pain in 573 Women With Breast Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage, 61(2), 254-261.
- Han CJ, Gigic B, Schneider M, Kulu Y, Peoples AR, Ose J, Klsch T, Jacobsen PB, Colditz GA, Figueiredo JC, Grady WM, Li CI, Shibata D, Siegel EM, Toriola AT, Ulrich AB, Syrjala KL, Ulrich CM (2020). Risk factors for cancer-related distress in colorectal cancer survivors: one year post surgery. J Cancer Surviv, 14(3), 305-315.
- Peoples AR, Culakova E, Heckler CE, Shayne M, OConnor TL, Kirshner JJ, Bushunow PW, Morrow GR, Roscoe JA (2019). Positive effects of acupressure bands combined with relaxation music/instructions on patients most at risk for chemotherapy-induced nausea. Support Care Cancer, 27(12), 4597-4605.
- Ose J, Gigic B, Lin T, Liesenfeld DB, Bhm J, Nattenmller J, Scherer D, Zielske L, Schrotz-King P, Habermann N, Ochs-Balcom HM, Peoples AR, Hardikar S, Li CI, Shibata D, Figueiredo J, Toriola AT, Siegel EM, Schmit S, Schneider M, Ulrich A, Kauczor HU, Ulrich CM (2019). Multiplatform Urinary Metabolomics Profiling to Discriminate Cachectic from Non-Cachectic Colorectal Cancer Patients: Pilot Results from the ColoCare Study. Metabolites, 9(9).
Global Impact
Education History
Type | School | Degree |
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Graduate Training | St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi Physics |
M.Sc. |
Undergraduate | St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi Physics |
B.Sc. (Hons) |