Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science
Professor, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology
Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Co-Director, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Research Design Core, Great Plains IDeA-CTR
Research Director, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
Full Member, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, holds the Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science. She is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology of the UNMC College of Public Health. She also serves as associate director of community outreach and engagement for the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, where she is a full member.
At UNMC, Dr. Watanabe-Galloway also is director of research for the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska. Previously, she served as vice chair of the Department of Epidemiology and director of its graduate program committee.
She holds a courtesy appointment in the UNMC Department of Psychiatry.
- 2003, PhD in Epidemiology, The University of Iowa
- 1996, MA in Psychology, University of Northern Iowa
- 1993, BA in Psychology, University of Northern Iowa
- 2023-Present: Dr. Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science
- 2020-Present: Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
- 2016-2023: Director of Research, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (“BHECN”)
- 2015-2021: Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology
- 2004-Present: Courtesy Appointment, Department of Psychiatry (November 2004 – Present)
- 2019-Present: Professor (tenured), Department of Epidemiology
- 2017-2020: Graduate Program Committee Director, Department of Epidemiology
- Rural cancer care access
- Pediatric cancer
- Colorectal cancer screening
- Financial toxicity
- Social isolation
- Behavioral workforce research
- Watanabe-Galloway S, Ratnapradipa K, Hymel E, High R, Farazi PA. Predictors of cancer risky and preventive behaviors among the Nebraska farming population. Journal of Rural Health. 2023. DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12731.
- Watanabe-Galloway S, Ratnapradipa K, Subramanian R, Ramos A, Oluwaseun F, Schmidt C, Farazi P. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions to increase cancer screening rates in Hispanic/Latinx populations: A scoping review. Health Promotion Practice. 2022.
- 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. Journal of Cancer Education. 2022 (April). DOI: 10.1007/s13187-022-02170-y.
- Watanabe-Galloway S, Chasek T, Doyle M, Grennan A, Houfek J, Naveed Z, Schneider E. Provisional behavioral health licenses to full licenses: Case study in Nebraska. Journal of Rural Mental Health. 2022 (March); 46(3), 195-204. DOI: 10.1037/rmh0000197.
- Watanabe-Galloway S, Kim J, LaCrete F, Samson K, Foster J, Farazi E, LeVan T, Napit K, Cross-sectional survey study of primary care clinics on evidence-based colorectal cancer screening intervention use. Journal of Rural Health. 2021 (November). DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12631