About the Authors

Julia Kravchenko

julia.krauchanka@duke.edu (JK); sshrestha@uab.edu (SS)

Affiliation Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Igor Akushevich

Affiliation Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Staci L. Sudenga

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Craig M. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Emily B. Levitan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Sadeep Shrestha

julia.krauchanka@duke.edu (JK); sshrestha@uab.edu (SS)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK IA SS. Performed the experiments: JK IA SS. Analyzed the data: JK IA SS SLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IA EBL CMW. Wrote the paper: JK IA SS. Provided input in developments of models: EBL. Provided critical reviews of the manuscript: SLS EBL CMW.