Tamsen Bassford, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department Head, Family and Community Medicine

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Family Practice Clinic 204b 
P.O. Box 245052
Tucson, AZ 85724-5052

Phone: (520)626-7864 
E-Mail: bassford@email.arizona.edu

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Recognized as a "Local Legend" by the American Women's Association, 2004.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

Randomized trial of multiple preventive interventions (hormone replacement therapy, dietary change) in post-menopausal women; factors in retention and adherence; cancer screening behaviors in Hispanic women; development and implementation of cancer prevention curriculum for medical students.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Wactawski-Wende J. Kotchen JM. Anderson GL. Assaf AR. Brunner RL. O'Sullivan MJ. Margolis KL. Ockene JK. Phillips L. Pottern L. Prentice RL. Robbins J. Rohan TE. Sarto GE. Sharma S. Stefanick ML. Van Horn L. Wallace RB. Whitlock E. Bassford T. Beresford SA. Black HR. Bonds DE. Brzyski RG. Caan B. Chlebowski RT. Cochrane B. Garland C. Gass M. Hays J. Heiss G. Hendrix SL. Howard BV. Hsia J. Hubbell FA. Jackson RD. Johnson KC. Judd H. Kooperberg CL. Kuller LH. LaCroix AZ. Lane DS. Langer RD. Lasser NL. Lewis CE. Limacher MC. Manson JE. Women's Health Initiative Investigators. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of colorectal cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 354(7):684-96, 2006.

Jackson RD. LaCroix AZ. Gass M. Wallace RB. Robbins J. Lewis CE. Bassford T. Beresford SA. Black HR. Blanchette P. Bonds DE. Brunner RL. Brzyski RG. Caan B. Cauley JA. Chlebowski RT. Cummings SR. Granek I. Hays J. Heiss G. Hendrix SL. Howard BV. Hsia J. Hubbell FA. Johnson KC. Judd H. Kotchen JM. Kuller LH. Langer RD. Lasser NL. Limacher MC. Ludlam S. Manson JE. Margolis KL. McGowan J. Ockene JK. O'Sullivan MJ. Phillips L. Prentice RL. Sarto GE. Stefanick ML. Van Horn L. Wactawski-Wende J. Whitlock E. Anderson GL. Assaf AR. Barad D. Women's Health Initiative Investigators. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures. New England Journal of Medicine. 354(7):669-83, 2006.

Chen Z. Bassford T. Green SB. Cauley JA. Jackson RD. LaCroix AZ. Leboff M. Stefanick ML. Margolis KL. Postmenopausal hormone therapy and body composition--a substudy of the estrogen plus progestin trial of the Women's Health Initiative. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 82(3):651-6, 2005.

Chen Z. Kooperberg C. Pettinger MB. Bassford T. Cauley JA. LaCroix AZ. Lewis CE. Kipersztok S. Borne C. Jackson RD. Validity of self-report for fractures among a multiethnic cohort of postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative observational study and clinical trials.Menopause. 11(3):264-74, 2004.

SPONSORED RESEARCH THROUGH MSRP:

Mark Helms (MSRP 1993): "Determining the predictors of cervical cancer screening in older Mexican-American women."

Judith Lee Vogt (MSRP 1993):"Predictors of effective lay health educators in a cancer prevention intervention program."

Last updated: 6/1/2006