Overview
Background
Dr Jennifer Borowsky, MBChB, FRCPA (Anatomical and Molecular Pathology), PhD, graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2008 and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Pathologists in Anatomical Pathology in 2016. She completed a fellowship in Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston in 2017. She concurrently commenced and has completed a PhD in the molecular pathobiology of colorectal cancer and continues to publish in this field through appointments to the Conjoint Gastroenterology Group at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) and national and international collaborations. Jennifer is a Senior Pathologist and co-director of Anatomical Pathology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital as well as Molecular Pathologist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital overseeing molecular sequencing of solid tumours.
Availability
- Dr Jennifer Borowsky is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine Surgery, University of Otago
- Doctor of Philosophy of Medicine (Research), The University of Queensland
Research impacts
morphological and molecular profiling of colorectal cancer and its precursors to elucidate diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic options.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Smoking and incidence of colorectal cancer subclassified by tumor-associated macrophage infiltrates
Ugai, Tomotaka, Väyrynen, Juha P, Haruki, Koichiro, Akimoto, Naohiko, Lau, Mai Chan, Zhong, Rong, Kishikawa, Junko, Väyrynen, Sara A, Zhao, Melissa, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Costa, Andressa Dias, Borowsky, Jennifer, Arima, Kota, Guerriero, Jennifer L, Fuchs, Charles S, Zhang, Xuehong, Song, Mingyang, Wang, Molin, Giannakis, Marios, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Nowak, Jonathan A and Ogino, Shuji (2021). Smoking and incidence of colorectal cancer subclassified by tumor-associated macrophage infiltrates. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 114 (1), 68-77. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djab142
2021
Conference Publication
Smoking and colorectal cancer Iincidence by tumor microenvironment in cancer tissue
Ugai, Tomotaka, Vayrynen, Juha P., Haruki, Koichiro, Akimoto, Naohiko, Lau, Mai Chan, Zhong, Rong, Vayrynen, Sara A., Zhao, Melissa, Costa, Andressa Dias, Borowsky, Jennifer, Guerriero, Jennifer L., Fuchs, Charles S., Zhang, Xuehong, Wang, Molin, Giannakis, Marios, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Nowak, Jonathan A. and Ogino, Shuji (2021). Smoking and colorectal cancer Iincidence by tumor microenvironment in cancer tissue. Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), Philadelphia, PA, United States, 10 - 15 April 2021. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2733
2021
Journal Article
Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum with specific T-cell subsets in the colorectal carcinoma microenvironment
Borowsky, Jennifer, Haruki, Koichiro, Lau, Mai Chan, Costa, Andressa Dias, Vayrynen, Juha P., Ugai, Tomotaka, Arima, Kota, Da Silva, Annacarolina, Felt, Kristen D., Zhao, Melissa, Gurjao, Carino, Twombly, Tyler S., Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Vayrynen, Sara A., Hamada, Tsuyoshi, Mima, Kosuke, Bullman, Susan, Harrison, Tabitha A., Phipps, Amanda I., Peters, Ulrike, Ng, Kimmie, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Song, Mingyang, Giovannucci, Edward L., Wu, Kana, Zhang, Xuehong, Freeman, Gordon J., Huttenhower, Curtis, Garrett, Wendy S. ... Ogino, Shuji (2021). Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum with specific T-cell subsets in the colorectal carcinoma microenvironment. Clinical Cancer Research, 27 (10), 2816-2826. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-4009
2021
Journal Article
Prognostic significance of myeloid immune cells and their spatial distribution in the colorectal cancer microenvironment
Väyrynen, Juha P, Haruki, Koichiro, Väyrynen, Sara A, Lau, Mai Chan, Dias Costa, Andressa, Borowsky, Jennifer, Zhao, Melissa, Ugai, Tomotaka, Kishikawa, Junko, Akimoto, Naohiko, Zhong, Rong, Shi, Shanshan, Chang, Tzuu-Wang, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Arima, Kota, Twombly, Tyler S, Da Silva, Annacarolina, Song, Mingyang, Wu, Kana, Zhang, Xuehong, Chan, Andrew T, Nishihara, Reiko, Fuchs, Charles S, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Giannakis, Marios, Ogino, Shuji and Nowak, Jonathan A (2021). Prognostic significance of myeloid immune cells and their spatial distribution in the colorectal cancer microenvironment. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, 9 (4) e002297, e002297. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002297
2021
Journal Article
Tumor budding, poorly differentiated clusters, and T-cell response in colorectal cancer (vol 57, 102860, 2020)
Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Vayrynen, Juha P., Borowsky, Jennifer, Papke, David J., Arima, Kota, Haruki, Koichiro, Kishikawa, Junko, Akimoto, Naohiko, Ugai, Tomotaka, Lau, Mai Chan, Gu, Simeng, Shi, Shanshan, Zhao, Melissa, Da Silva, Annacarolina Fabiana Lucia, Twombly, Tyler S., Nan, Hongmei, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Song, Mingyang, Zhang, Xuehong, Wu, Kana, Chan, Andrew T., Fuchs, Charles S., Lennerz, Jochen K., Giannakis, Marios, Nowak, Jonathan A. and Ogino, Shuji (2021). Tumor budding, poorly differentiated clusters, and T-cell response in colorectal cancer (vol 57, 102860, 2020). Ebiomedicine, 66.
2021
Journal Article
The prognostic role of macrophage polarization in the colorectal cancer microenvironment
Väyrynen, Juha P, Haruki, Koichiro, Lau, Mai Chan, Väyrynen, Sara A, Zhong, Rong, Dias Costa, Andressa, Borowsky, Jennifer, Zhao, Melissa, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Arima, Kota, Twombly, Tyler S, Kishikawa, Junko, Gu, Simeng, Aminmozaffari, Saina, Shi, Shanshan, Baba, Yoshifumi, Akimoto, Naohiko, Ugai, Tomotaka, Da Silva, Annacarolina, Guerriero, Jennifer L, Song, Mingyang, Wu, Kana, Chan, Andrew T, Nishihara, Reiko, Fuchs, Charles S, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Giannakis, Marios, Ogino, Shuji and Nowak, Jonathan A (2021). The prognostic role of macrophage polarization in the colorectal cancer microenvironment. Cancer Immunology Research, 9 (1), 8-19. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-20-0527
2020
Journal Article
Coffee Intake and Colorectal Cancer Incidence According to T-Cell Response
Ugai, Tomotaka, Haruki, Koichiro, Väyrynen, Juha P., Zhong, Rong, Borowsky, Jennifer, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Lau, Mai Chan, Zhao, Melissa, Akimoto, Naohiko, Chang, Tzuu-Wang, Kishikawa, Junko, Arima, Kota, Shi, Shan-Shan, Gu, Simeng, Fuchs, Charles S., Giovannucci, Edward L., Giannakis, Marios, Zhang, Xuehong, Song, Mingyang, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Wang, Molin, Nowak, Jonathan A. and Ogino, Shuji (2020). Coffee Intake and Colorectal Cancer Incidence According to T-Cell Response. JNCI cancer spectrum, 4 (6) pkaa068, 1-5. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa068
2020
Journal Article
PET imaging quantifying Ga-PSMA-11 uptake in metastatic colorectal cancer
Cuda, Tahleesa J., Riddell, Andrew D., Liu, Cheng, Whitehall, Vicki L., Borowsky, Jennifer, Wyld, David K., Burge, Matthew E., Ahern, Elizabeth, Griffin, Alison, Lyons, Nicholas J. R., Rose, Stephen E., Clark, David A., Stevenson, Andrew R. L., Hooper, John D., Puttick, Simon and Thomas, Paul A. (2020). PET imaging quantifying Ga-PSMA-11 uptake in metastatic colorectal cancer. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 61 (11), 1576-1579. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.233312
2020
Journal Article
Prognostic significance of immune cell populations identified by machine learning in colorectal cancer using routine hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections
Väyrynen, Juha P, Lau, Mai Chan, Haruki, Koichiro, Väyrynen, Sara A, Dias Costa, Andressa, Borowsky, Jennifer, Zhao, Melissa, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Arima, Kota, Twombly, Tyler S, Kishikawa, Junko, Gu, Simeng, Aminmozaffari, Saina, Shi, Shanshan, Baba, Yoshifumi, Akimoto, Naohiko, Ugai, Tomotaka, Da Silva, Annacarolina, Song, Mingyang, Wu, Kana, Chan, Andrew T, Nishihara, Reiko, Fuchs, Charles S, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Giannakis, Marios, Ogino, Shuji and Nowak, Jonathan A (2020). Prognostic significance of immune cell populations identified by machine learning in colorectal cancer using routine hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections. Clinical Cancer Research, 26 (16), 4326-4338. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-0071
2020
Conference Publication
Aspirin reduces the incidence of metastasis in a preclinical study of Braf mutant colorectal cancer
Kane, Alexandra, Liu, Cheng, Fennell, Lochlan, McKeone, Diane, Borowsky, Jennifer, Leggett, Barbara and Whitehall, Vicki (2020). Aspirin reduces the incidence of metastasis in a preclinical study of Braf mutant colorectal cancer. AACR Annual Meeting 2020, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 22 - 24 June 2020. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2020-1103
2020
Journal Article
Smoking status at diagnosis and colorectal cancer prognosis according to tumor lymphocytic reaction
Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Chen, Yang, Haruki, Koichiro, Ugai, Tomotaka, Kishikawa, Junko, Hamada, Tsuyoshi, Liu, Li, Arima, Kota, Borowsky, Jennifer, Väyrynen, Juha P, Zhao, Melissa, Lau, Mai Chan, Gu, Simeng, Shi, Shanshan, Akimoto, Naohiko, Twombly, Tyler S, Drew, David A, Song, Mingyang, Chan, Andrew T, Giovannucci, Edward L, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Fuchs, Charles S, Nishihara, Reiko, Lennerz, Jochen K, Giannakis, Marios, Nowak, Jonathan A, Zhang, Xuehong, Wu, Kana and Ogino, Shuji (2020). Smoking status at diagnosis and colorectal cancer prognosis according to tumor lymphocytic reaction. JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 4 (5) pkaa040. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa040
2020
Journal Article
Tumour budding, poorly differentiated clusters, and T-cell response in colorectal cancer
Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Väyrynen, Juha P., Borowsky, Jennifer, Papke, David J., Arima, Kota, Haruki, Koichiro, Kishikawa, Junko, Akimoto, Naohiko, Ugai, Tomotaka, Lau, Mai Chan, Gu, Simeng, Shi, Shanshan, Zhao, Melissa, Da Silva, Annacarolina Fabiana Lucia, Twombly, Tyler S., Nan, Hongmei, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Song, Mingyang, Zhang, Xuehong, Wu, Kana, Chan, Andrew T., Fuchs, Charles S., Lennerz, Jochen K., Giannakis, Marios, Nowak, Jonathan A. and Ogino, Shuji (2020). Tumour budding, poorly differentiated clusters, and T-cell response in colorectal cancer. EBioMedicine, 57 102860, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102860
2020
Journal Article
Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated celiac disease
Badran, Yousef R., Shih, Angela, Leet, Donna, Mooradian, Meghan J., Coromilas, Alexandra, Chen, Jonathan, Kem, Marina, Zheng, Hui, Borowsky, Jennifer, Misdraji, Joseph, Mino-Kenudson, Mari and Dougan, Michael (2020). Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated celiac disease. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, 8 (1) e000958, e000958. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-000958
2020
Conference Publication
Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated celiac disease
Badran, Yousef R., Shih, Angela, Leet, Donna, Coromilas, Alexandra, Chen, Jonathan, Kem, Marina, Borowsky, Jennifer, Misdraji, Joseph, Mino-Kenudson, Mari and Dougan, Michael (2020). Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated celiac disease. Crohn's and Colitis Congress, Austin, TX, United States, 23 - 25 January 2020. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier.
2020
Journal Article
Association of autophagy status with amount of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal cancer
Haruki, Koichiro, Kosumi, Keisuke, Hamada, Tsuyoshi, Twombly, Tyler S, Väyrynen, Juha P, Kim, Sun A, Masugi, Yohei, Qian, Zhi Rong, Mima, Kosuke, Baba, Yoshifumi, da Silva, Annacarolina, Borowsky, Jennifer, Arima, Kota, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Lau, Mai Chan, Li, Peilong, Guo, Chunguang, Chen, Yang, Song, Mingyang, Nowak, Jonathan A, Nishihara, Reiko, Yanaga, Katsuhiko, Zhang, Xuehong, Wu, Kana, Bullman, Susan, Garrett, Wendy S, Huttenhower, Curtis, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Giannakis, Marios ... Ogino, Shuji (2020). Association of autophagy status with amount of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal cancer. Journal of Pathology, 250 (4), 397-408. doi: 10.1002/path.5381
2020
Conference Publication
Defining the Prognostic Significance of Macrophages in the Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment via Multimarker Measurement of the Macrophage Polarization Spectrum
Vayrynen, Juha, Haruki, Koichiro, Lau, Mai Chan, Vayrynen, Sara, Costa, Andressa Dias, Borowsky, Jennifer, Zhao, Melissa, Kishikawa, Junko, Gu, Simeng, Da Silva, Annacarolina Fabiana Lucia, Fuchs, Charles, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey, Giannakis, Marios, Ogino, Shuji and Nowak, Jonathan (2020). Defining the Prognostic Significance of Macrophages in the Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment via Multimarker Measurement of the Macrophage Polarization Spectrum. 109th Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), Los Angeles, CA United States, 29 February - 5 March 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
2020
Conference Publication
Risk prediction model based on prognostic factors beyond lymph node status in colorectal cancer stages II/III: an integration of mixed clinicopathologic data using Bayesian ensemble trees
Zhao, Melissa, Lau, Mai Chan, Haruki, Koichiro, Vayrynen, Juha, Vayrynen, Sara, Costa, Andressa Dias, Borowsky, Jennifer, Gu, Simeng, Gurjao, Carino, Fujiyoshi, Kenji, Arima, Kota, Hamada, Tsuyoshi, Lennerz, Jochen, Fuchs, Charles, Chan, Andrew, Ng, Kimmie, Wu, Kana, Zhang, Xuehong, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey, Song, Mingyang, Nowak, Jonathan, Giannakis, Marios, Reiko, Nishihara and Ogino, Shuji (2020). Risk prediction model based on prognostic factors beyond lymph node status in colorectal cancer stages II/III: an integration of mixed clinicopathologic data using Bayesian ensemble trees. USCAP 109th Annual Meeting 2020: Eyes on you, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 29 February - 5 March 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1038/s41374-020-0386-7
2020
Conference Publication
Defining the prognostic significance of macrophages in the colorectal cancer microenvironment via multimarker measurement of the macrophage polarization spectrum
Vayrynen, Juha, Haruki, Koichiro, Lau, Mai Chan, Vayrynen, Sara, Costa, Andressa Dias, Borowsky, Jennifer, Zhao, Melissa, Kishikawa, Junko, Gu, Simeng, Da Silva, Annacarolina Fabiana Lucia, Fuchs, Charles, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey, Giannakis, Marios, Ogino, Shuji and Nowak, Jonathan (2020). Defining the prognostic significance of macrophages in the colorectal cancer microenvironment via multimarker measurement of the macrophage polarization spectrum. USCAP 109th Annual Meeting 2020: Eyes on you, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 29 February - 5 March 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1038/s41374-020-0386-7
2020
Conference Publication
Prognostic significance of immune cells and their spatial distribution in colorectal cancer determined by computational pathology using hematoxylin & eosin stained sections
Vayrynen, Juha, Lau, Mai Chan, Haruki, Koichiro, Vayrynen, Sara, Costa, Andressa Dias, Borowsky, Jennifer, Zhao, Melissa, Kishikawa, Junko, Gu, Simeng, Da Silva, Annacarolina Fabiana Lucia, Fuchs, Charles, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey, Giannakis, Marios, Ogino, Shuji and Nowak, Jonathan (2020). Prognostic significance of immune cells and their spatial distribution in colorectal cancer determined by computational pathology using hematoxylin & eosin stained sections. 109th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology (USCAP), Los Angeles, CA, United States, 29 February - 5 March 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1038/s41379-020-0470-y
2020
Conference Publication
Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated celiac disease
Shih, Angela, Badran, Yousef, Coromilas, Alexandra, Chen, Jonathan, Kem, Marina, Borowsky, Jennifer, Misdraji, Joseph, Dougan, Michael and Mino-Kenudson, Mari (2020). Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated celiac disease. USCAP 109th Annual Meeting 2020: Eyes on you, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 29 February - 5 March 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1038/s41374-020-0386-7
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