Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Epidemiology
Associate Director of Research, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD, MSW, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the UNMC College of Public Health. Shealso is associate director of research for the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska at UNMC. She serves on the Nebraska Cancer Registry Advisory Committee.
Previously, Dr. Ratnapradipa was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Public Health of the New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Injury Research & Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
- 2023-present, Associate Director of Research, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN)
- 2022-2023, Research Team, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN)
- 2020-present, Nebraska Cancer Registry Advisory Committee
- 2019-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- 2019-2021, 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
- 2017, PhD in Public Health Studies (Epidemiology), Saint Louis University
- 2003, MSW, Brigham Young University
- 1997, BA in English & History, The University of Iowa
- Cancer health disparities
- Geospatial influences on health
- Social determinants of health
- Transportation and access/barriers to care
- Populations of interest: older adults, rural areas
- Lawson AB, Kim J, Johnson C, Hastert T, Bandera EV, Alberg AJ, Terry P, Akonde M, Mandle H, Cote ML, Bondy M, Marks J, Peres L, Ratnapradipa KL, Schildkraut J, Peters ES. Deprivation and segregation in ovarian cancer survival among African American women: a mediation analysis. Annals of Epidemiology. (in press, 2023)
- Ratnapradipa KL, Jadhav S, Kabayundo J, Wang H, Smith LC. Factors associated with delaying medical care: cross-sectional study of Nebraska adults. BMC Health Services Research. 2023;23(118).
- Watanabe-Galloway S, Ratnapradipa K, Hymel E, High R, Farazi PA. Predictors of cancer risky and preventive behaviors among the Nebraska farmers population. J Rural Health. 2023;39(2):392-401.
- Watanabe-Galloway S, Ratnapradipa K, Subramanian R, Ramos A, Famojuro O, Schmidt C, Farazi P. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions to increase cancer screening rates in Hispanic/Latinx populations: A scoping review. Health Promot Pract. 2022;15248399221103851.
- Ratnapradipa KL, Napit K, Ranta J, Luma LL, Dinkel D, Robinson T, Schabloske L, Watanabe-Galloway S. Qualitative analysis of colorectal cancer screening in rural Nebraska. J Cancer Educ. 2022;1-12.
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- American College of Epidemiology
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Society of Preventive Oncology
- American Public Health Association