Stephanie Boone

Biography

Stephanie D. Boone, PhD, MPH, is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and Brown Cancer Center.  As a Cancer Epidemiologist, her broad research interests include determinants of health disparities along the cancer continuum (screening, early detection, risk, survival, and survivorship).  Her focus will include how to best integrate multidisciplinary knowledge to benefit population health, specifically in Kentucky, which ranks first in the nation for cancer incidence and mortality.

Research Interests

I am a chronic disease epidemiologist, focused on cancer health disparities research, with a background in both basic and public health sciences and expertise in conducting population-based research. My research focuses on mental and physical wellbeing and health outcomes after a cancer diagnosis, with interests in health-related quality of life, modifiable lifestyle factors, biological factors, comorbid conditions, and geographic and contextual health disparities related to cancer and cardiometabolic diseases. I utilize well-established population-based data sources and multidisciplinary collaborations across several U.S. institutions. I also lead a community engagement 'field team' that connects with various underserved and hard-to-reach rural and urban communities in Kentucky to better understand unmet needs and to promote epidemiologic research. I have obtained funding for institutional awards and from the National Institutes of Health to study chronic disease outcomes among rural populations with diverse socioeconomic backgrounds at both state and national levels. I receive annual salary support from Brown Cancer Center at UofL to conduct cancer-related research. As a Kentucky native, I am deeply motivated to further our understanding of the underlying causes of cancer and cardiometabolic disparities.

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