Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
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
Full Member, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, 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 previously 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
- 2020-Present: Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
- 2023-2024: Dr. Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science
- 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