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NANCY J. BURKE, PHD

Assistant Professor, Departments of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF

CONTACT

nburke@cc.ucsf.edu
(415) 514-8111 (voice)
(415) 597-4667 (fax)

Box 0981, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0981

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, B.A., 1990
English Literature, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, M.A., 1995
Cultural Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Ph.D., 2001, Ethnology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994-1995

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

1995-1997

Research Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1998-1999

Research Intern, Community Health Partnership, Albuquerque, NM

2000

Instructor, University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology, Spring Semester

2000-2002

Research Scientist, Refugee and Immigrant Health Promotion Program, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2001

Lecturer, University of Washington, WomenÍs Studies Department, Spring Quarter

2001

Visiting Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Anthropology, Fall Quarter

2002

Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Bothell, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

2002-2004

Research Scientist, Comprehensive Cancer Center Population Sciences, UCSF

2004-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine/Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1990

Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

1994

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon

1996-1999

Latin American Institute Ph.D. Fellowship, University of New Mexico

2001-2002

Qualitative Data Analysis Consultant, SPORE (Special Projects of Research Excellence), University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

2001-2002

Qualitative Data Analysis Consultant, The Hope Heart Institute, Organ Donation/Transplantation Project

2002

Behavioral Sciences Committee G Member, Institutional Review Board for Research Concerning Human Subjects, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2003

Latino Studies Research and Dissertation Award, Latin American Studies Association, Honorable Mention

2003

Fellow, NCI-funded Cancer, Culture, and Literacy Institute, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, January 4-9

2004-present

National Institutes of Health, Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program

2005

Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory, National Cancer Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, June 19-26

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

1998-2000

Member of the BOD, Latin American Association for Development, Albuquerque, NM

2000

Advisory Board Member, Communities Count Social and Health Indicators Initiative Data Collection Partnerships: Perspective from Under-Represented Groups, King County Public Health, Seattle, WA

2000-2002

Member of the BOD, Cambodian Women's Association, Seattle, WA

2006-present

Member, Filipino Community Cancer Collaborative

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Burke NJ, Jackson CJ, Chan HC, Stackhouse F, Nguyen T, Chen A, Taylor V. "Honoring Tradition, Accepting New Ways": Development of a Hepatitis B Control Intervention for Vietnamese Immigrants. Ethnicity and Health, Vol. 9, No. 2, May 2004, pp. 153-169..

Burke NJ, Jackson CJ, Chan HC, Lam DH, Chan N, Acorda E, Taylor V. "Good Health for New Years": Development of a Cervical Cancer Control Outreach Program for Vietnamese Immigrants, Journal of Cancer Education 2004; 19: 244-250..

Taylor V, Yasui Y, Burke NJ, Nguyen T, Acorda E, Thai H, Pingping Qu, Jackson CJ. Pap Testing Adherence Among Vietnamese American Women. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2004; 13(4).

Taylor V, Yasui Y, Burke NJ, Nguyen T, Chen A, Acorda E, Choe J, Jackson CJ. Hepatitis B Testing Adherence Among Vietnamese American Men. Cancer Detection and Prevention 2004; 28(3), pp. 170-177.

Taylor V, Schwartz S, Yasui Y, Burke NJ, Shu J, Lam DH, Jackson CJ. Pap Testing Among Vietnamese Women: Healthcare System and Physician Factors. Journal of Community Health 2004; 29: 437-450.

Taylor V, Yasui Y, Burke NJ, Choe JH, Acorda E, Jackson JC. Hepatitis B knowledge and testing among Vietnamese American women. Ethnicity and Disease 2005, 15(4).

Taylor V, Choe JH, Yasui Y, Lin L, Burke NJ, Jackson JC. Hepatitis B Awareness, Testing and Knowledge among Vietnamese American Men and Women. Journal of Community Health. 30(6):477-490.

Choe J, Tu S, Lim J, Burke NJ, Acorda E, Taylor V. Heat in their intestine: Colorectal Cancer Prevention Beliefs Among Older Chinese Americans. Ethnicity and Disease 2006; 16: 248-254.

Woodall E, Taylor VM, Yasui Y, Ngo-Metzger Q, Burke NJ, Thai H, Jackson JC. Sources of Health Information Among Vietnamese Men. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2006; 8(3): 263-270.

Choe J, Taylor V, Yasui Y, Burke NJ, Nguyen T, Acorda E, Jackson JC. Health Care Access and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Testing in Vietnamese American Men. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2006; 8(3): 193-201.

Do HH, Taylor VM, Burke NJ, Yasui Y, Schwartz SM, Jackson JC. Knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors, traditional health beliefs, and Pap testing among Vietnamese American women. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health .2007; 9(2)..

Burke NJ. As soon as she stepped off the plane: Understanding and managing migration, chronic illness, and poverty in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Human Organization 2007; 66(4).

Pasick R, Burke NJ. A Critical Review of Theory in Breast Cancer Screening Promotion Across Cultures. Annual Review of Public Health 2008; 29.

2/14/08

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