Rehana L. Ahmed-Saucedo

Year entered: 1999

Degrees Received:
B.A., Behavioral Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1998 
P.h.D., Epidemiology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, 2005
M.D., University of Minnesota Medical School, 2007

Residency Program:
Dermatology, University of Minnesota

Honors and Awards:
NIH Cancer Epidemiology Training Grant Predoctoral Fellowship, 2001-2003
Division of Epidemiology Research Grant, 2002
Thomas Shevlin Predoctoral Fellowship (U of MN Graduate School), 2003-2004
Scholars in Training Award at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, 2003
Community of Scholars travel award (U of MN), 2003
PEO National Scholar Award, 20045-2005
Minnesota Medical Foundation Medical School Roza Steer Breast Cancer Research Award, 2006
Alpha Omega Alpha,  2006
Honors in medical school, 2005-2006

Thesis Advisors: Aaron Folsom, Ph.D. and Kathryn Schmitz, Ph.D., Epidemiology Graduate Program 

Thesis Research:

I coordinated the "Weight Training in Breast Cancer Survivors" study, a study looking at the effects of twice weekly progressive strength training in 88 recent breast cancer survivors. We looked primarily at changes in body composition, health related quality of life, and hormonal risk factors for cancer recurrence. 

Publications:

Ahmed RL, Prizment A, Lazovich D, Schmitz KH, Folsom AR. Lymphedema and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Iowa Women's Health Study. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print].

Warshaw EW, Ahmed RL, Belsito DV, DeLeo VA, Fowler JF Jr, Maibach HI, Marks JG Jr, Mathias CGT, Pratt MD, Rietschel RL, Sasseville D, Storrs FJ, Taylor JS, Zug KA. Contact dermatitis of the hand: Cross-sectional analyses ofNorth American Contact Dermatitis Group Data, 1994-2004. J Am Acad of Derm.,2007;57:301-314.

Ahmed RL, Thomas W, Schmitz KH. Interactions between insulin,  body fat, and insulin-like growth factor axis proteins. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16:593-597.

Ahmed RL, Thomas W, Yee D, Schmitz K. Randomized controlled trial of weight training and lympedema in breast cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:2765-2772. .

Ahmed RL, Schmitz KH, Anderson KE, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR. The metabolic syndrome and risk of incident colorectal cancer. Cancer 2006;107:28-36.

Ohira T, Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Yee D. Effects of weight training on quality of life in recent breast cancer survivors. The Weight Training for Breast Cancer Survivors (WTBS) Study. Cancer 2006;106:2076-2083.

Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Hannan PJ, Yee D. Safety and efficacy of weight training in recent breast cancer survivors to alter body composition, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor axis proteins. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005;14:1672-1680.

Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Yee D:  Effects of a 9-month strength training intervention on insulin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-1 and IGFBP-3 in 30-50-year-old women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002;11:1597-1604.