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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
ANNA M. NÁPOLES-SPRINGER, PHD

Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine, UCSF

CONTACT

ans@medicine.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-6290 (voice)
(415) 502-8291 (fax)

Box 0856, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0856

EDUCATION

Pomona College, Claremont, CA, B.A., 1980, Psychology
University of California, Berkeley, CA, M.P.H., 1983, Public Health Admin.
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Ph.D., 1998, Epidemiology
OBSSR/NIH Summer Training Institute for Randomized Clinical Trials of Behavioral Interventions, Fellow, 2001, Randomized Controlled Trials of Behavioral Interventions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1976-1980

Research Assistant, Pomona College Psychology Department. Planned and implemented research projects related to Latina and white women's reproductive health decision-making.

1980-1982

Research Assistant, UC Berkeley. Collected and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data for congressional committee hearings on bilingual education.

1982-1983

Administrative Intern, La Clinica de la Raza. Compiled and analyzed patient visit and provider productivity statistics for ambulatory care center. Developed and analyzed patient satisfaction survey.

1983-1985

Vocational Consultant, RORR. Analyzed data to support individualized vocational rehabilitation plans and presented findings to attorneys, insurers, employers, injured workers, and state agency.

1985-1989

Branch Manager, CONSERVCO, Travelers Insurance Company. Managed accounting, inventory, marketing, personnel, and operations for three offices providing disability management services to self-insured corporations, insurance carriers and third party administrators.

1990-1993

Sr. Research Associate, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF. Planned and executed research projects to assess the impact of sociocultural factors on the medical outcomes of Latino patients.

1993-2000

Project Director, National Hispanic Leadership Initiative on Cancer, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF. Responsible for community intervention to promote cancer prevention and early detection in the Latino community of San Francisco.

1993-2001

Assistant Director, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UCSF. Develop and coordinate cancer core research projects. Responsible for day-to-day operations of Center.

1998-2001

Research Specialist, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF. Identify, assess, and disseminate culturally and psychometrically adequate epidemiologic and psychosocial measurement tools and methods for use in diverse populations.

2001-present

Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley (UCB).

2001-present

Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

HONORS & AWARDS

1980

Chicana of the Year, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA

1995-97

Graduate Division Fellowships, University of California, Berkeley

1997

School of Public Health Alumni Association Award, University of California, Berkeley

1997 & 1998

Northern California Cancer Center, Cancer Information Service, Northern California and Nevada Region, Certificate of Appreciation

1998

Northern California Cancer Center, Cancer Information Service, Northern California and Nevada Region, 5th Year Anniversary Special Recognition Award

1999

On Lok's 30th Street Senior Center 20th Anniversary Recognition Award

2000

Nominee, UCSF Chancellor's Award for Public Service

2003

Redes En Acción: The National Hispanic/Latino Cancer Network 2003 Rising Star in Cancer Research Award

2003

The Robert H. Crede Award for Excellence in Community Service, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Chang SW, Kerlikowske K, Nápoles-Springer AM, Posner SF, Sickles EA, Pérez-Stable EJ. Racial differences in timeliness of follow-up after abnormal screening mammography. Cancer 1996; 78(7):1395-1402.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Sabogal F, Nápoles-Springer AM. Pathways to early cancer detection for Latinas: En Acción Contra el Cáncer. Hlth Educ Qtrly 1996; 23(suppl):S41-59.

Nápoles-Springer AM, Pérez-Stable EJ, Washington E. Risk factors for invasive cervical cancer in Latino women. Journal of Medical Systems 1996; 20(5):277-293.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Nápoles-Springer AM, Miramontes JM. The effects of ethnicity and language on medical outcomes of patients with hypertension or diabetes. Medical Care 1997; 35(12):1212-1219.

Stewart A, Nápoles-Springer AM, Posner SF, Pérez-Stable EJ, Bindman AB, Pinderhughes H, Washington AE. Interpersonal processes of care in diverse populations, Milbank Quarterly 1999; 77(3):305-339.

Stewart AL, Nápoles-Springer AM. Health-related quality of life assessments in diverse population groups in the United States, Medical Care 2000; 38(9 Suppl. II):II-102  II-124..

Nápoles-Springer AM, Grumbach K, Alexander M, Moreno-John G, Forté D, Rangel-Lugo M, Pérez-Stable EJ. Clinical research in older African Americans and Latinos: Perspectives from the community, Research on Aging 2000; 22(6):668-691.

Kaplan CP, Nápoles-Springer AM, Stewart SL, Pérez-Stable EJ. Smoking acquisition among adolescents and young Latinas: the role of socio-environmental and personal factors, Addictive Behaviors 2001; 26(4):531-50.

Nápoles-Springer AM, Stewart AL. Use of health-related quality of life measures in older and ethnically diverse U.S. populations, Mental Health & Aging 2001; 7(1):173-179.

Washington AE, Nápoles-Springer A, Forté DA, Alexander M, Pérez-Stable EJ. Establishing Centers to Address Treatment Effectiveness in Diverse Ethnic Groups: the MEDTEP Experience. Ethnicity & Health, 2002;7(4):231-42.

Cabral, DN, Nápoles-Springer AM, Miike R, McMillan A, Sison JD, Wrensch MR, Pérez-Stable EJ, Wiencke JK. Population and community-based recruitment of African Americans and Latinos: The San Francisco Bay Area Lung Cancer Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003;158:272-9.

Stewart AL, Nápoles-Springer AM. Advancing health disparities research: can we afford to ignore measurement issues? Medical Care 2003;41(11):1207-20.

Nápoles-Springer AM, Fongwa MN, Stewart AL, Pérez-Stable EJ. The effectiveness of an advance notice letter on the recruitment of African Americans and Whites for a mail satisfaction survey. Journal of Aging and Health 2004;16(55):1-13.

Moreno-John G, Gachie A, Fleming CM, Nápoles-Springer A, Mutran E, Manson SM, Pérez-Stable EJ. Ethnic minority older adults participating in clinical research: developing trust. Journal of Aging and Health (in press).

Nápoles-Springer AM, Santoyo J, Stewart AL. Cognitive pretesting of an interpersonal processes of care survey in diverse patients. Medical Care (in press).

Nápoles-Springer AM, Stewart AL. Overview of qualitative methods in research with diverse populations: making research reflect the population. Medical Care (in press).

Nápoles-Springer AM, Santoyo J, Houston K, Pérez-Stable EJ, Stewart AL. Patients' perceptions of cultural factors affecting the quality of their medical encounters. Health Expectations (in press).

10/15/04

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