Cosette Wheeler, PhD

University of New Mexico
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Albuquerque, NM
USA 87131
Email: CWheeler@salud.unm.edu

Biographical Sketch:
Professor, Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the Epidemiology and Cancer Control Program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. - has also served as a Research Associate for the U.S. National Research Council, and as scientific fellow for both the National Science Foundation and the American Social Health Association. Selected Publications Arias-Pulido H, Joste N, Wheeler CM. Loss of heterozygosity at 6p21.3 is associated with the presence of the drb1*1501-dqb1*0602 haplotype in hpv-16 positive cervical carcinoma in situ patients. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer. 2004; 40:277-84. Fife KH, Barr E, Brown DR, Schiff MA, Jansen KU, Hobson NE, Barber H, Chiaccherini L, Smith PR, Suhr G, Wheeler CM. Dose-ranging studies of the safety and immunogenicity of human papillomavirus type 11 and type 16 virus-like particle candidate vaccine in young healthy women. Vaccine. 2004; 22: 2943-2952. Sherman ME, Wang SS, Wheeler CM, Rich L, Gravitt PE, Tarone R, Schiffman M. Determinants of human papillomavirus load among women with histological cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3: dominant impact of surrounding low-grade lesions. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003; 10:1038-44.