Stephen Francis, PhD, MS

Title(s)Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    University of California, Berkeley PhD2014Epidemiology
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    UCSF2016Cancer Center Impact Award
    Young Investigator Award2014Brain Tumor Epidemiology Assoc

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    HKLE-seq: an enrichment method for unbiased amplification and next-generation sequencing of all HERV-K and SVA (HKLE) insertion breakpoints genome-wide in human DNA samples
    NIH/NIGMS R15GM126562Feb 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pre-surgery immune profiles of adult glioma patients. J Neurooncol. 2022 Aug; 159(1):103-115. Bracci PM, Rice T, Hansen HM, Francis SS, Lee S, McCoy LS, Shrestha PP, Warrier G, Clarke JL, Molinaro AM, Taylor JW, Wiencke JK, Wrensch MR. PMID: 35716311; PMCID: PMC9325836.
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    2. The immunogenetics of viral antigen response is associated with subtype-specific glioma risk and survival. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 06 02; 109(6):1105-1116. Guerra G, Kachuri L, Wendt G, Hansen HM, Mack SJ, Molinaro AM, Rice T, Bracci P, Wiencke JK, Kasahara N, Eckel-Passow JE, Jenkins RB, Wrensch M, Francis SS. PMID: 35550063; PMCID: PMC9247888.
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    3. Clinical characteristics of cytomegalovirus-positive pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia at diagnosis. Am J Hematol. 2022 06 01; 97(6):E198-E201. Gallant RE, Arroyo K, Bracci PM, Li S, Metayer C, Kogan SC, Wendt GA, Francis SS, de Smith AJ, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 35285969.
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    4. The Epidemiology of Central Nervous System Tumors. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2022 02; 36(1):23-42. Francis SS, Ostrom QT, Cote DJ, Smith TR, Claus E, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. PMID: 34801162.
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    5. Epidemiology of Brain and Other CNS Tumors. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2021 11 24; 21(12):68. Ostrom QT, Francis SS, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. PMID: 34817716; PMCID: PMC8613072.
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    6. Publisher Correction: Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in the UAE reveals novel virus mutation, patterns of co-infection and tissue specific host immune response. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 15; 11(1):18728. Liu R, Wu P, Ogrodzki P, Mahmoud S, Liang K, Liu P, Francis SS, Khalak H, Liu D, Li J, Ma T, Chen F, Liu W, Huang X, He W, Yuan Z, Qiao N, Meng X, Alqarni B, Quilez J, Kusuma V, Lin L, Jin X, Yang C, Anton X, Koshy A, Yang H, Xu X, Wang J, Xiao P, Al Kaabi N, Fasihuddin MS, Selvaraj FA, Weber S, Al Hosani FI, Liu S, Zaher WA. PMID: 34526633; PMCID: PMC8441957.
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    7. Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in the UAE reveals novel virus mutation, patterns of co-infection and tissue specific host immune response. Sci Rep. 2021 07 07; 11(1):13971. Liu R, Wu P, Ogrodzki P, Mahmoud S, Liang K, Liu P, Francis SS, Khalak H, Liu D, Li J, Ma T, Chen F, Liu W, Huang X, He W, Yuan Z, Qiao N, Meng X, Alqarni B, Quilez J, Kusuma V, Lin L, Jin X, Yang C, Anton X, Koshy A, Yang H, Xu X, Wang J, Xiao P, Al Kaabi N, Fasihuddin MS, Selvaraj FA, Weber S, Al Hosani FI, Liu S, Zaher WA. PMID: 34234167; PMCID: PMC8263779.
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    8. Adult diffuse glioma GWAS by molecular subtype identifies variants in D2HGDH and FAM20C. Neuro Oncol. 2020 11 26; 22(11):1602-1613. Eckel-Passow JE, Drucker KL, Kollmeyer TM, Kosel ML, Decker PA, Molinaro AM, Rice T, Praska CE, Clark L, Caron A, Abyzov A, Batzler A, Song JS, Pekmezci M, Hansen HM, McCoy LS, Bracci PM, Wiemels J, Wiemels J, Wiencke JK, Francis S, Burns TC, Giannini C, Lachance DH, Wrensch M, Jenkins RB. PMID: 32386320; PMCID: PMC7690366.
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    9. Socioeconomic status and childhood central nervous system tumors in California. Cancer Causes Control. 2021 Jan; 32(1):27-39. Francis SS, Wang R, Enders C, Prado I, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Ma X, Metayer C. PMID: 33113073.
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    10. The landscape of host genetic factors involved in immune response to common viral infections. Genome Med. 2020 10 27; 12(1):93. Kachuri L, Francis SS, Morrison ML, Wendt GA, Bossé Y, Cavazos TB, Rashkin SR, Ziv E, Witte JS. PMID: 33109261; PMCID: PMC7590248.
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    11. The landscape of host genetic factors involved in immune response to common viral infections. medRxiv. 2020 Sep 05. Kachuri L, Francis SS, Morrison M, Wendt GA, Bossé Y, Cavazos TB, Rashkin SR, Ziv E, Witte JS. PMID: 32511533; PMCID: PMC7273301.
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    12. Pediatric glioma and medulloblastoma risk and population demographics: a Poisson regression analysis. Neurooncol Adv. 2020 Jan-Dec; 2(1):vdaa089. Muskens IS, Feng Q, Francis SS, Walsh KM, Mckean-Cowdin R, Gauderman WJ, de Smith AJ, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 32864610; PMCID: PMC7447139.
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    13. ClustR: A Space-Time Cluster Analysis R Package for Individual-level Data. Epidemiology. 2020 03; 31(2):224-228. Enders C, Hyde RJ, Selvin S, Metayer C, Francis SS. PMID: 31596789.
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    14. Spatial-Temporal Cluster Analysis of Childhood Cancer in California. Epidemiology. 2020 03; 31(2):214-223. Francis SS, Enders C, Hyde R, Gao X, Wang R, Ma X, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Selvin S, Metayer C. PMID: 31596791; PMCID: PMC9005107.
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    15. Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Childhood Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Pediatr. 2020 02; 217:98-109.e8. He JR, Ramakrishnan R, Hirst JE, Bonaventure A, Francis SS, Paltiel O, Håberg SE, Lemeshow S, Olsen S, Tikellis G, Magnus P, Murphy MFG, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Linet MS, Dwyer T. PMID: 31810630; PMCID: PMC7605597.
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    16. Heritable variation at the chromosome 21 gene ERG is associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in children with and without Down syndrome. Leukemia. 2019 11; 33(11):2746-2751. de Smith AJ, Walsh KM, Morimoto LM, Francis SS, Hansen HM, Jeon S, Gonseth S, Chen M, Sun H, Luna-Fineman S, Antillón F, Girón V, Kang AY, Smirnov I, Shao X, Whitehead TP, Barcellos LF, Jolly KW, Healy J, Laverdière C, Sinnett D, Taub JW, Birch JM, Thompson PD, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS, Spector LG, DeWan AT, Mueller BA, Chiang C, Metayer C, Ma X, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 31296947; PMCID: PMC6858994.
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    17. Early Infection with Cytomegalovirus and Risk of Childhood Hematologic Malignancies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 06; 28(6):1024-1027. Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Talbäck M, Francis S, Feychting M. PMID: 30996022; PMCID: PMC7731595.
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    18. The Authors Respond. Epidemiology. 2019 01; 30(1):e2-e3. Francis SS, Shaw GM. PMID: 30299403.
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    19. Genomic Analyses from Non-invasive Prenatal Testing Reveal Genetic Associations, Patterns of Viral Infections, and Chinese Population History. Cell. 2018 10 04; 175(2):347-359.e14. Liu S, Huang S, Chen F, Zhao L, Yuan Y, Francis SS, Fang L, Li Z, Lin L, Liu R, Zhang Y, Xu H, Li S, Zhou Y, Davies RW, Liu Q, Walters RG, Lin K, Ju J, Korneliussen T, Yang MA, Fu Q, Wang J, Zhou L, Krogh A, Zhang H, Wang W, Chen Z, Cai Z, Yin Y, Yang H, Mao M, Shendure J, Wang J, Albrechtsen A, Jin X, Nielsen R, Xu X. PMID: 30290141.
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    20. BMI1 enhancer polymorphism underlies chromosome 10p12.31 association with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Int J Cancer. 2018 12 01; 143(11):2647-2658. de Smith AJ, Walsh KM, Francis SS, Zhang C, Hansen HM, Smirnov I, Morimoto L, Whitehead TP, Kang A, Shao X, Barcellos LF, McKean-Cowdin R, Zhang L, Fu C, Wang R, Yu H, Hoh J, Dewan AT, Metayer C, Ma X, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 29923177; PMCID: PMC6235695.
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    21. To ERV Is Human: A Phenotype-Wide Scan Linking Polymorphic Human Endogenous Retrovirus-K Insertions to Complex Phenotypes. Front Genet. 2018; 9:298. Wallace AD, Wendt GA, Barcellos LF, de Smith AJ, Walsh KM, Metayer C, Costello JF, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Francis SS. PMID: 30154825; PMCID: PMC6102640.
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    22. Allergies and Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case-Control Study and Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 10; 27(10):1142-1150. Wallace AD, Francis SS, Ma X, McKean-Cowdin R, Selvin S, Whitehead TP, Barcellos LF, Kang AY, Morimoto L, Moore TB, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Metayer C. PMID: 30068517; PMCID: PMC6628274.
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    23. Herpesvirus Infection in Infants with Gastroschisis. Epidemiology. 2018 07; 29(4):571-573. Francis SS, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Yang W, Shaw GM. PMID: 29634591.
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    24. GWAS in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia reveals novel genetic associations at chromosomes 17q12 and 8q24.21. Nat Commun. 2018 01 18; 9(1):286. Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Walsh KM, de Smith AJ, Metayer C, Gonseth S, Hansen HM, Francis SS, Ojha J, Smirnov I, Barcellos L, Xiao X, Morimoto L, McKean-Cowdin R, Wang R, Yu H, Hoh J, DeWan AT, Ma X. PMID: 29348612; PMCID: PMC5773513.
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    25. A germ-line deletion of APOBEC3B does not contribute to subtype-specific childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia etiology. Haematologica. 2018 01; 103(1):e29-e31. Wallace AD, Francis SS, Shao X, de Smith AJ, Walsh KM, Mckean-Cowdin R, Ma X, Dahl G, Barcellos LF, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Metayer C. PMID: 29025908; PMCID: PMC5777211.
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    26. Cesarean Section and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Population-Based, Record-Linkage Study in California. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 01 15; 185(2):96-105. Wang R, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Francis SS, Kadan-Lottick N, DeWan AT, Zhang Y, Ma X. PMID: 27986703; PMCID: PMC5253971.
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    27. In utero cytomegalovirus infection and development of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 2017 03 23; 129(12):1680-1684. Francis SS, Wallace AD, Wendt GA, Li L, Liu F, Riley LW, Kogan S, Walsh KM, de Smith AJ, Dahl GV, Ma X, Delwart E, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 27979823; PMCID: PMC5364339.
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    28. Clonal and microclonal mutational heterogeneity in high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 08; 7(45):72733-72745. de Smith AJ, Ojha J, Francis SS, Sanders E, Endicott AA, Hansen HM, Smirnov I, Termuhlen AM, Walsh KM, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 27683039; PMCID: PMC5341940.
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    29. Genotyping Oral Commensal Bacteria to Predict Social Contact and Structure. PLoS One. 2016; 11(9):e0160201. Francis SS, Plucinski MM, Wallace AD, Riley LW. PMID: 27684062; PMCID: PMC5042546.
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    30. Common genetic variants associated with telomere length confer risk for neuroblastoma and other childhood cancers. Carcinogenesis. 2016 06; 37(6):576-582. Walsh KM, Whitehead TP, de Smith AJ, Smirnov IV, Park M, Endicott AA, Francis SS, Codd V, ENGAGE Consortium Telomere Group, Samani NJ, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 27207662; PMCID: PMC4876988.
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    31. Caesarean delivery and risk of childhood leukaemia: a pooled analysis from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC). Lancet Haematol. 2016 Apr; 3(4):e176-85. Marcotte EL, Thomopoulos TP, Infante-Rivard C, Clavel J, Petridou ET, Schüz J, Ezzat S, Dockerty JD, Metayer C, Magnani C, Scheurer ME, Mueller BA, Mora AM, Wesseling C, Skalkidou A, Rashed WM, Francis SS, Ajrouche R, Erdmann F, Orsi L, Spector LG. PMID: 27063976; PMCID: PMC5283076.
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    32. Bacterial microbiome of breast milk and child saliva from low-income Mexican-American women and children. Pediatr Res. 2016 06; 79(6):846-54. Davé V, Street K, Francis S, Bradman A, Riley L, Eskenazi B, Holland N. PMID: 26756784; PMCID: PMC4899194.
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    33. Longer genotypically-estimated leukocyte telomere length is associated with increased adult glioma risk. Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 15; 6(40):42468-77. Walsh KM, Codd V, Rice T, Nelson CP, Smirnov IV, McCoy LS, Hansen HM, Elhauge E, Ojha J, Francis SS, Madsen NR, Bracci PM, Pico AR, Molinaro AM, Tihan T, Berger MS, Chang SM, Prados MD, Jenkins RB, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, ENGAGE Consortium Telomere Group, Samani NJ, Wiencke JK, Wrensch MR. PMID: 26646793; PMCID: PMC4767445.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 60     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    34. Understanding inherited genetic risk of adult glioma - a review. Neurooncol Pract. 2016 Mar; 3(1):10-16. Rice T, Lachance DH, Molinaro AM, Eckel-Passow JE, Walsh KM, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Ostrom QT, Francis SS, Wiemels J, Wiemels J, Jenkins RB, Wiencke JK, Wrensch MR. PMID: 26941959; PMCID: PMC4774334.
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    35. A real-time PCR signature to discriminate between tuberculosis and other pulmonary diseases. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2015 Jul; 95(4):421-5. Laux da Costa L, Delcroix M, Dalla Costa ER, Prestes IV, Milano M, Francis SS, Unis G, Silva DR, Riley LW, Rossetti ML. PMID: 26025597; PMCID: PMC4475479.
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    36. Metagenomic epidemiology: a new frontier. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Apr; 69(4):306-8. Francis SS, Riley LW. PMID: 25248921.
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    37. Mode of delivery and risk of childhood leukemia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 May; 23(5):876-81. Francis SS, Selvin S, Metayer C, Wallace AD, Crouse V, Moore TB, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL, Buffler PA. PMID: 24618997.
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    38. A hierarchy of signals regulates entry of membrane proteins into the ciliary membrane domain in epithelial cells. J Cell Biol. 2011 Apr 04; 193(1):219-33. Francis SS, Sfakianos J, Lo B, Mellman I. PMID: 21444686; PMCID: PMC3082196.
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    39. Unusual space-time patterning of the Fallon, Nevada leukemia cluster: Evidence of an infectious etiology. Chem Biol Interact. 2012 Apr 05; 196(3):102-9. Francis SS, Selvin S, Yang W, Buffler PA, Wiemels JL, Wiemels JL. PMID: 21352818; PMCID: PMC3839794.
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    40. Intermittent target inhibition with dasatinib 100 mg once daily preserves efficacy and improves tolerability in imatinib-resistant and -intolerant chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jul 01; 26(19):3204-12. Shah NP, Kantarjian HM, Kim DW, Réa D, Dorlhiac-Llacer PE, Milone JH, Vela-Ojeda J, Silver RT, Khoury HJ, Charbonnier A, Khoroshko N, Paquette RL, Deininger M, Collins RH, Otero I, Hughes T, Bleickardt E, Strauss L, Francis S, Hochhaus A. PMID: 18541900.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 166     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    41. Recycling endosomes can serve as intermediates during transport from the Golgi to the plasma membrane of MDCK cells. J Cell Biol. 2004 Nov 08; 167(3):531-43. Ang AL, Taguchi T, Francis S, Fölsch H, Murrells LJ, Pypaert M, Warren G, Mellman I. PMID: 15534004; PMCID: PMC2172492.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 191     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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