About

Emma Hauser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is based in A131 Russell Labs, Madison, WI. Her research expertise includes ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, and soils. Emma Hauser holds a Ph.D. in Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology from the University of Kansas, obtained in 2021, and a B.A. in Environmental Science and Geology from Earlham College, earned in 2015. Her professional experience includes a postdoctoral researcher position at the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the University of Montana from 2022 to 2024. Her work focuses on understanding ecological processes, particularly related to soils and biogeochemical cycles.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Genetics
• Biology
• Internal medicine
• Bioinformatics
• Clinical psychology
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Cardiology
• Evolutionary biology
• Computational biology
• Environmental health
• Surgery
• Demography
• Endocrinology
• Pediatrics
• Medical emergency

Selected publications

• Su1353 COLORECTAL CANCER POLYGENIC RISK SCORE IN THE MILLION VETERAN PROGRAM: HIGHS AND LOWS STRATIFY CRC RISK

  Gastroenterology · 2026-05-01

  articleSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Su1353 COLORECTAL CANCER POLYGENIC RISK SCORE IN THE MILLION VETERAN PROGRAM: HIGHS AND LOWS STRATIFY CRC RISK

  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2026-05-01

  articleSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Table S3 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Table S3 shows the comparison on characteristics between GECCO/CORECT study and GERA Europeans-ancestry participants</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Table S2 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Table S2 shows the descriptive statistics of GERA study participants by racial/ethnic groups and sex.</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Table S8 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Table S8 shows sequential model comparison using 10-year time-dependent AUC in the GERA European-ancestry participants.</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Figure S4 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Figure S4 shows the family-history-stratified calibration on 5- and 10-year absolute risks based on the PRS-enhanced model stratified by deciles of predicted risk in GERA European ancestry participants.</p>

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• Figure S1 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Figure S1 shows the calibration on 10-year absolute risk based on the PRS-enhanced model stratified by deciles of predicted risk in GERA European ancestry participants.</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Figure S2 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Figure S2 shows the sex-stratified calibration on 5- and 10-year absolute risks based on the PRS-enhanced model stratified by deciles of predicted risk in GERA European ancestry participants.</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Table S5 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Table S5 shows sex-specific estimates of log(odds ratio) of risk factors in the proposed model.</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Figure S5 from Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort

  2025-11-26

  articleOpen access

  <p>Supplementary Figure S5 shows the age-stratified calibration on 5- and 10-year absolute risks based on the PRS-enhanced model stratified by deciles of predicted risk in GERA European ancestry participants.</p>

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01MH059528

  NIH · $2.5M · 2010

• Genes, environmental stressors, and the biobehavioral pathways to CVD

  NIH · $62.6M · 1993–2021

• NIH Grant R01HL073389

  NIH · $3.5M · 2009

Frequent coauthors

• Svati H. Shah

  Methodist Hospital

  352 shared

• William E. Kraus

  Duke University

  325 shared

• Carol Haynes

  Tarleton State University

  278 shared

• Simon G. Gregory

  210 shared

• Elizabeth J. Gifford

  Durham VA Medical Center

  132 shared

• David Díaz-Sánchez

  Environmental Protection Agency

  128 shared

• Robert B. Devlin

  Environmental Protection Agency

  128 shared

• Cavin Ward‐Caviness

  Environmental Protection Agency

  127 shared

Labs

• Forest and Wildlife EcologyPI

Education

• Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  2005

• M.S., Wildlife Ecology

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  2000

• B.S., Wildlife Ecology

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  1998