Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2019-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2019-present, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College
• 2018-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Injury Research & Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Education

• 2017, PhD in Public Health Studies (Epidemiology), Saint Louis University
• 2003, MSW, Brigham Young University
• 1997, BA in English & History, The University of Iowa

Research Interests

• Cancer health disparities
• Geospatial influences on health
• Social determinants of health
• Transportation and access/barriers to care
• Populations of interest: older adults, rural areas

Selected Publications

• Schootman M, Ratnapradipa K, Loux T, McVay A, Su LJ, Nelson E, Kadlubar S. Individual- and county-level determinants of high breast cancer incidence rates. Transl Cancer Res. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2019.06.08. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ratnapradipa KL, Wang J, Berg-Weger M, Schootman M. Effects of older adult driving resumption on all-cause mortality. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2019 May 10; pii: gbz058. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz058. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ratnapradipa KL, Wang J, Berg-Weger M, Schootman M. Coming Out of "Retirement"-Predictors of Driving Resumption Among Older Drivers. Innov Aging. 2018;2(3):igy030. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy030.
• Zahnd WE, Mueller-Luckey GS, Ratnapradipa K, Smith T. Predictors and Spatial Variation of Radon Testing in Illinois, 2005-2012. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2018;24(2):e1-e9. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000534.
• Ratnapradipa KL, Lian M, Jeffe DB, et al. Patient, Hospital, and Geographic Disparities in Laparoscopic Surgery Use Among Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Patients With Colon Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2017;60(9):905-913. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000874.
• Schootman M; Jeffe DB; Ratnapradipa KL; Eberth JM; Davidson NO. Increased 30-day mortality risk in patients with diabetes mellitus after colon cancer surgery: a mediation analysis. Colon Rectum. 2020; 63(3): 290-299. DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001586
• Ratnapradipa KL; Ratnapradipa D; Xie Y. Factors associated with having ever considered a cancer research career. Journal of Cancer Education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 2020; (): 1-9. doi: 1007/s13187-019-01676-2

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• Society of Behavioral Medicine
• Society for Epidemiologic Research
• American College of Epidemiology
• Transportation Research Board