Pancreatic Cancer Research

ResearcherUniversity of Southern CaliforniaActive in the last 2 years

Brian Z. Huang

ORCID-verified (high confidence, 0.95), identity_conf@1As of 7 November 2026

Matched on ORCID iD 0000-0001-8645-5142; OpenAlex author ID A5005246216; NIH RePORTER profile ID 14485373. Sources: OpenAlex.

Their work

Papers
16 (first author 1, last author 3)
Trials
0
Grants
2
Labs led
1
Collaborators
24
Papers, trials and grants by year

2015: 1 paper · 2016: none · 2017: 1 paper · 2018: 3 papers · 2019: 1 paper · 2020: 2 papers · 2021: 1 paper · 2022: 2 papers, 1 grant · 2023: none · 2024: 2 papers · 2025: 1 paper, 1 grant · 2026: 2 papers

Papers 16

  1. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of pancreatic cancer: an analysis of 2.3 million participants in the Pooling Project of Prospective Studies of Die… Co-author DOI 10.1007/s10654-026-01418-x↗
  2. Risk Factor Profiles and Elevated Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer in Native Hawaiians. Last author DOI 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003655↗
  3. Alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: An analysis from 30 prospective studies across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Co-author DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004590↗
  4. Evidence for a causal link between intra-pancreatic fat deposition and pancreatic cancer: A prospective cohort and Mendelian randomization study. Last author DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101391↗
  5. Evidence for a causal link between intra-pancreatic fat deposition and pancreatic cancer: A prospective cohort and Mendelian randomization study. Last author DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101842↗
  6. Changes in Metabolic Syndrome and Its Implications on the Risk and Racial/Ethnic Disparities of Pancreatic Cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.11.012↗
  7. Rising Incidence and Racial Disparities of Early-Onset Pancreatic Cancer in the United States, 1995-2018. Co-author DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.03.011↗
  8. Red meat consumption, cooking mutagens, NAT1/2 genotypes and pancreatic cancer risk in two ethnically diverse prospective cohorts. Co-author DOI 10.1002/ijc.33598↗
  9. New-Onset Diabetes, Longitudinal Trends in Metabolic Markers, and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in a Heterogeneous Population. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.11.043↗
  10. Methylation of immune-regulatory cytokine genes and pancreatic cancer outcomes. Co-author DOI 10.2217/epi-2019-0335↗
  11. Interethnic differences in pancreatic cancer incidence and risk factors: The Multiethnic Cohort. Co-author DOI 10.1002/cam4.2209↗
  12. Atopic allergic conditions and pancreatic cancer risk: Results from the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Co-author DOI 10.1002/ijc.31241↗
  13. Impact of Integrated Health Care Delivery on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pancreatic Cancer. First author DOI 10.1097/mpa.0000000000000981↗
  14. Cachexia, and not obesity, prior to pancreatic cancer diagnosis worsens survival and is negated by chemotherapy. Co-author DOI 10.21037/jgo.2017.11.10↗
  15. Influence of Statins and Cholesterol on Mortality Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1093/jnci/djw275↗
  16. Impact of statin use on survival in patients undergoing resection for early-stage pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1038/ajg.2015.217↗

Grants 2

  1. Integrating epidemiologic, clinical, genomic and metabolomic profiles to predict pancreatic cancer risk in a multiethnic population R00CA256525↗
  2. Integrating epidemiologic, clinical, genomic and metabolomic profiles to predict pancreatic cancer risk in a multiethnic population K99CA256525↗

Closest collaborators

The 24 strongest of 24 by collab_strength@1: shared papers, trials and grants, recent and small-team work weighing most.

  1. Veronica Wendy Setiawan · 9 shared papers, 2018–2024 · strength 1.44
  2. Heinz‐Josef Lenz · 3 shared papers, 2022–2024 · strength 0.55
  3. Steven R. Grossman · 3 shared papers, 2022–2024 · strength 0.55
  4. Stephen Jacob Pandol · 5 shared papers, 2015–2022 · strength 0.54
  5. Lang Wu · 3 shared papers, 2021–2024 · strength 0.53
  6. Bechien U. Wu · 5 shared papers, 2015–2020 · strength 0.50
  7. Zuo‐Feng Zhang · 4 shared papers, 2018–2020 · strength 0.44
  8. Samantha A. Streicher · 2 shared papers, 2024 · strength 0.40
  9. Hajime Yamazaki · 2 shared papers, 2024 · strength 0.40
  10. Jonathan I. Chang · 4 shared papers, 2015–2018 · strength 0.38
  11. Sihao Han · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.36
  12. Jared David Acoba · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.36
  13. Kristine R. Monroe · 2 shared papers, 2018–2019 · strength 0.19
  14. Christie Y. Jeon · 2 shared papers, 2015–2020 · strength 0.17
  15. Lihua Liu · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.15
  16. Reginald Hill · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.15
  17. David Daniel Bogumil · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.12
  18. William J. Blot · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.12
  19. Wei Zheng · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.12
  20. Xiao‐Ou Shu · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.12
  21. Suresh T. Chari · 1 shared paper, 2020 · strength 0.11
  22. Andrew Eugene Hendifar · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.11
  23. Richard Tuli · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.11
  24. Robert Michael Cooper · 1 shared paper, 2015 · strength 0.05

How to reach this person

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