Charles P. Quesenberry, PhD

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Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Oakland, CA 94612

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charles.quesenberry@kp.org
Kaiser Permanente Researcher Profiles

Charles P. Quesenberry, PhD, is a biostatistician and research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. He obtained his doctorate in biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked at the Division of Research since 1986. Dr. Quesenberry has been primarily involved with epidemiologic, statistical methods, and health services research projects relating to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, obesity, health effects of air pollution, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer of the lung, breast, colon/rectum, and prostate. He is currently an associate editor for Hepatology and is director of the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Cancer Registry.

Current Position(s):

Biostatistician III, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Section Affiliations:

Associate Director, Biostatistics Core

Primary Research Interests:

Lung cancer
Obesity
Survival analysis
Cost of disease
Infectious disease including HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis

Related Website(s):

Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health

Studies

Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences Study (KHANDLE)

Although there are marked ethnic disparities in rates of dementia, almost nothing is known about early-life contributors to dementia in ethnic minority groups, nor if the trajectory of cognitive decline or transition to cognitive impairment varies across ethnic groups. We propose a lifecourse study of ethnic disparities in the epidemiology of dementia using over 5 decades of data in relation to cognitive decline and brain pathology. The overall objectives are to define ethnic disparities in dementia incidence and to advance our understanding of such disparities by assessing early and midlife risk factors for cognitive impairment and MRI markers of brain injury.
Investigator: Quesenberry, Charles
Funder: National Institute on Aging

Study of Longevity in Diabetes (SOLID)

Type 1 diabetes is a complicated disease requiring constant adherence to glycemic targets and meticulous attention and vigilance of blood sugar. Individuals with type 1 diabetes are living longer than ever before, yet very little is known about how this group can age successfully. The goal of this study is to characterize cognitive and physical aging, and predictors of successful aging and longevity in a cohort including more than 800 elderly individuals with type 1 diabetes, 200 individuals with type 2 diabetes and 200 individuals without diabetes.
Investigator: Quesenberry, Charles
Funder: National Institute on Aging

Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR)

Rates of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are 40% to 100% higher among African Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites. STAR is a longitudinal cohort study of lifecourse vascular risk and brain aging in 700 African Americans ages 50 and older. The goals of the study are to understand the trajectory of normal cognitive aging from mid- to late life, the burden of cognitive impairment, and the long-term contributions of vascular disease on brain aging among African Americans, an understudied and rapidly expanding segment of the elderly population at higher risk for dementia.
Investigator: Quesenberry, Charles
Funder: National Institute on Aging

Life After 90

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias affect 15 percent of those aged 65 and older, by age 90 and older this number increases to a startling 40 to 50 percent. The oldest-old, people aged 90 and older, are the fastest growing segment of the elderly population in the United States, currently comprising 4.7 percent, and they are expected to increase to almost 10 percent of the elderly population by 2050. Yet there’s an enormous dearth of information on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and age-associated dementias in the oldest-old, particularly in nonwhites and those from lower socioeconomic classes. Our overall objectives are to determine there are ethnoracial differences among the oldest-old in the incidence of MCI/dementia; quantify mid- and late-life risk and protective factors for MCI/dementia; and understand the burden of cerebral and brain pathologies in this population.
Investigator: Quesenberry, Charles
Funder: National Institute on Aging

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Publications

Impact of a scalable training program on the quality of colonoscopy performance and risk of post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer

Author(s): Corley, Douglas A; Lee, Jeffrey K; Levin, Theodore R; Fireman, Bruce H; Quesenberry, Charles P; et al.

Gastrointest Endosc. 2023 Apr 22.

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Studies

Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences Study (KHANDLE)

Study of Longevity in Diabetes (SOLID)

Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR)

Life After 90

Highlighted Publications

Publications

Impact of a scalable training program on the quality of colonoscopy performance and risk of post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer

Glycemic Control Over Multiple Decades and Dementia Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Associations of dietary isothiocyanate exposure from cruciferous vegetable consumption with recurrence and progression of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: findings from the Be-Well Study

Racial-Ethnic Differences in Treatment Initiation for New Diagnoses of Perinatal Depression

State-Level Indicators of Childhood Educational Quality and Incident Dementia in Older Black and White Adults

The prospective association of hyperandrogenism, oligomenorrhea and polycystic ovary syndrome with incident gestational diabetes: The coronary artery risk development in young adults women's study

TRENDS IN SMOKING-SPECIFIC LUNG CANCER INCIDENCE RATES WITHIN A U.S. INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM, 2007-2018

Rates of malignancies among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis: a retrospective cohort study

Associations between antidepressant use patterns during pregnancy and birth outcomes among periconception antidepressant users

Natural history of multiple recurrences in intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: lessons from a prospective cohort

Long-term Trajectories of Physical Function Decline in Women With and Without Cancer

A prospective study of lifestyle factors and bone health in breast cancer patients who received aromatase inhibitors in an integrated healthcare setting

Survival Associated With Consolidated Multidisciplinary Care in Head and Neck Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Metabolic abnormalities and survival among patients with non-metastatic breast cancer

Urinary Phenols in Early to Mid-Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study in a Multiracial Cohort

Associations between childhood obesity and pubertal timing stratified by sex and race/ethnicity

Association of serum folate levels during pregnancy and prenatal depression

Smoking Behaviors and Prognosis in Patients With Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer in the Be-Well Study

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with never-smoking status in patients with lung cancer: findings from a large integrated health system

Predictive Metabolomic Markers in Early to Mid-Pregnancy for Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Test and Validation Study

Reach, acceptability, and perceived success of a telehealth diabetes prevention program among racially and ethnically diverse patients with gestational diabetes: the GEM cluster-randomized trial

A Web-Based mHealth Intervention With Telephone Support to Increase Physical Activity Among Pregnant Patients With Overweight or Obesity: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Risk of severe clinical outcomes among persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection with differing levels of vaccination during widespread Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Delta (B.1.617.2) variant circulation in Northern California: A retrospective cohort study

Association of Physician Adenoma Detection Rates With Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer

Perspectives on Postpartum Diabetes Screening among Patients with Gestational Diabetes in an Integrated Healthcare System

Effect of Electronic and Mail Outreach From Primary Care Physicians for COVID-19 Vaccination of Black and Latino Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Uptake of guideline-recommended postpartum diabetes screening among diverse women with gestational diabetes: associations with patient factors in an integrated health system in USA

Perinatal Complications in Individuals in California With or Without SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy

Association between residential green cover and direct healthcare costs in Northern California: An individual level analysis of 5 million persons

Associations between infant growth and pubertal onset timing in a multiethnic prospective cohort of girls

Parent-focused prevention of adolescent health risk behavior: Study protocol for a multisite cluster-randomized trial implemented in pediatric primary care

Rates of cardiovascular events among patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in an integrated health care system: A retrospective cohort study

Cancer in people with and without hepatitis C virus infection: comparison of risk before and after introduction of direct-acting antivirals

Lifestyle-related education and counseling resource utilization and cardiovascular biomarkers in midlife women with low physical activity

Healthy preconception and early-pregnancy lifestyle and risk of preterm birth: a prospective cohort study

Mediating Effects of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors on the Association Between Maternal Race-Ethnicity and Cesarean Delivery Among Low-Risk Women

Participant education, spousal education and dementia risk in a diverse cohort of members of an integrated health care delivery system in Northern California

Association of Type 1 Diabetes and Hypoglycemic and Hyperglycemic Events and Risk of Dementia

The Association of Lactation Duration with Visceral and Pericardial Fat Volumes in Parous Women: the CARDIA Study

Patterns and Factors Associated With Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening in Diverse Practice Settings

mHealth Mindfulness Intervention for Women with Moderate-to-Moderately-Severe Antenatal Depressive Symptoms: a Pilot Study Within an Integrated Health Care System

Editorial Expression of Concern: Exposure to Magnetic Field Non-Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Miscarriage: A Prospective Cohort Study

Recruitment strategies and design considerations in a trial of resistance training to prevent dose-limiting toxicities in colon cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Incidence and predictors of type 1 diabetes among younger adults aged 20-45 years: The diabetes in young adults (DiYA) study

Association of Valproic Acid Use, a Potent Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, and Melanoma Risk

A Mobile Health Mindfulness Intervention for Women With Moderate to Moderately Severe Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Feasibility Study

Early Screening of African Americans (45-50 Years Old) in a Fecal Immunochemical Test-based Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

Early life household intactness and timing of pubertal onset in girls: a prospective cohort study

History of Early Childhood Infections and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Risk Among Children in a U.S. Integrated Health Care System

Gestational weight gain, birthweight and early-childhood obesity: between- and within-family comparisons

Pilot pragmatic randomized trial of mHealth mindfulness-based intervention for advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers

Cesarean Delivery and the Risk of Atopic Dermatitis in Children

Prenatal Depression and Diet Quality During Pregnancy

A telehealth lifestyle intervention to reduce excess gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (GLOW): a randomised, parallel-group, controlled trial

Association of Azithromycin Use With Cardiovascular Mortality

Comparative Effectiveness of 2 Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Programs in the Workplace: The City and County of San Francisco Diabetes Prevention Trial

Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Gastric, Colorectal, Liver, and Pancreatic Cancers in a Community-Based Population

Risk of Mortality between Untreated and Treated Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Matched Cohort Analysis

Long-term Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death After Adenoma Removal in a Large, Community-based Population

Life Expectancy of Insured People With and Without Hepatitis C Virus Infection, 2007-2017

Risk Estimates for Diabetes and Hypertension with Different Physical Activity Methods

Effect of Sex, Age and Positivity Threshold on Fecal Immunochemical Test Accuracy: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pre- and Early Pregnancy Onset Depression and Subsequent Rate of Gestational Weight Gain

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery to Change Process Measures and Reduce Opioid Use After Cesarean Delivery: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Breastfeeding and timing of pubertal onset in girls: a multiethnic population-based prospective cohort study

A Randomized Study of Values Affirmation to Promote Interest in Diabetes Prevention Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes

Stressors in Midlife and Risk of Dementia: The Role of Race and Education

Telomere length and socioeconomic status at neighborhood and individual levels among 80,000 adults in the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging cohort

Hepatitis C treatment uptake and response among human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients in a large integrated healthcare system.