- Biostatistics
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Faculty & Staff
- Erin Biggs, PhD, MPH
- Julie Casani, MD, MPH
- Brittney L. Dickey, PhD, MPH
- Joseph R. Fauver, PhD
- Keith Hansen, MBA
- Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD
- Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
- Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD, CHES, MPH
- Emily Kraus, PhD, MPH
- Deborah Levy, PhD, MPH
- Rachel Lookadoo, JD
- David Brett-Major, MD MPH
- Patrick Maloney, PhD, MPH
- Sharon Medcalf, PhD
- Abraham D Mengist, PhD
- Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, FACE
- Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD
- Ariane Rung, PhD, MPH
- Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
- Current Students
- Academic Programs
- Research
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Research & Administration
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
Contact
984395 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4395
Phone: 402-559-5387
Fax: 402-552-3683Phone:
Email: Kendra.ratnapradipa@unmc.edu
Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/10kIX8A6-pnQz/bibliography/public/
- Biostatistics
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Faculty & Staff
- Erin Biggs, PhD, MPH
- Julie Casani, MD, MPH
- Brittney L. Dickey, PhD, MPH
- Joseph R. Fauver, PhD
- Keith Hansen, MBA
- Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD
- Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
- Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD, CHES, MPH
- Emily Kraus, PhD, MPH
- Deborah Levy, PhD, MPH
- Rachel Lookadoo, JD
- David Brett-Major, MD MPH
- Patrick Maloney, PhD, MPH
- Sharon Medcalf, PhD
- Abraham D Mengist, PhD
- Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, FACE
- Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD
- Ariane Rung, PhD, MPH
- Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
- Current Students
- Academic Programs
- Research
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Research & Administration