Adjunct Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Associate Director, Community Education and Outreach; and Leader, Society, Diversity, and Disparities Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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rena.pasick@ucsf.edu Box 0981, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0981 |
| EDUCATION | |
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.S., Dental Hygiene, 1972
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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1977-1979 |
Health Policy Consultant (F/T), Office of Health Information and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. |
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1981-1984 |
Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, Dept. of Social & Admin. Health Sciences, UC Berkeley |
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1985-1987 |
Project Director, Health Promotion for Minorities in California, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley |
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1985-1988 |
Lecturer (Health Promotion and Aging), Dept of Social and Administrative Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley |
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1987-1988 |
Project Coordinator, Community and Home Injury Prevention Project for Seniors, San Francisco Department of Health |
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1989-1991 |
Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Health and Aging, UC San Francisco |
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1989-2002 |
Assistant Director, Prevention Sciences, Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA, 1989-1993; Associate Director, 1993-1998; Director, 1998-2002 |
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2002-2007 |
Associate Professor of Medicine; University of California, San Francisco |
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2002-present |
Associate Director for Community Education and Outreach, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |
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2007-present |
Adjunct Professor of Medicine; University of California, San Francisco |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Pasick RJ, D'Onofrio CN, Otero-Sabogal R: Similarities and differences across cultures: questions to inform a third generation for health promotion research. Health Educ Q 23(S):S142-S161, 1996. | |
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McBride M, Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Tuason N, Sabogal F, Duenas G: Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among Filipino women in California. Asian Amer & Pacific Island J Health. 1998; 6(2):358-367. | |
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Wagner TH, Hu TW, Duenas G, Pasick RJ. Willingness to pay for mammography: Item development and testing among five ethnic groups. Health Policy. 2000; 53:105-121. | |
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Engelstad L, Stewart SL, Nguyen B BedeianK, Rubin M, Pasick RJ, Hiatt RA. Abnormal Pap smear follow-up in a high risk population. Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers & Prev. 2001; 10:1015-1020. | |
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Wagner TH, Hu TW, Duenas GV, Kaplan CP, Nguyen GH, Pasick RJ. Does willingness to pay vary by race/ethnicity? An analysis in mammography among low-income women. Health Policy. 2001;58(3):275-288. | |
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Hiatt RA, Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Bloom J, Davis P, Gardiner P, Johnston M, et al. Community-based cancer screening for underserved women: Design and baseline findings from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention Study (BACCIS). Prev Med. 2001; 33:190-203. | |
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Pasick RJ. Response to Kreuter and Skinner. Health Educ Res. 2001; 16(4):503-505. | |
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Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Bird JA, D'Onofrio CN: Data Quality in Multi-Ethnic Health Surveys. Pub Hlth Rep. 2001; 116: 223-243. | |
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Pasick RJ, Kagawa-Singer M. Cultural Norms. In: Encyclopedia of Public Health. L. Breslow (ed.); New York: Macmillan Press, 2001. | |
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McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT, Shema SJ, Nguyen B, Somkin C, Vo P, Pasick RJ. Validation of Recall of Breast and Cervical Screening by Women in an Ethnically Diverse Population. Prev Med. 2002; 35:463-473. | |
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Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Otero-Sabogal R, Bird J, Davis P, Tuason N, Lee F. Outcome of a Tailored Print and Phone Counseling Trial to Increase Cancer Screening in 5 Ethnic Groups. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention: (abstract) Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prev 2003 Feb; 12:181. | |
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Pasick RJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Nacionales MCB, Banks PJ. Increasing Ethnic Diversity in Cancer Control Research: Description and Impact of a Model Training Program. Jrnl Cancer Education 2003; 18 (2):73-77. | |
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Hoggatt KJ, Stewart SL, Pasick RJ, Sabogal F, Tuason N, McBride MR, Duenas GV, Horn-Ross PL. Comparison of Methods for Identifying a Population-based Sample of Filipina Women for a Health Survey. Ethnicity & Disease. 2004; 14:21-25. | |
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Somkin CP, McPhee SJ, Nguyen T, Shema SJ, Nguyen B, Pasick RJ. The Effect of Access and Satisfaction on Regular Mammogram and Pap Smear Screening in a Multiethnic Population. Medical Care. 2004; 42:914-926. | |
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Pasick RJ, Hiatt RA, Paskett E. Lessons Learned from Community-Based Cancer Screening Intervention Research. Cancer. 2004; 101: (5 Supp) 1146-64. | |
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Pasick RJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Stewart SL. Tailoring Print Material for Five Ethnic and Four Language Groups. Psycho-Oncology-Abstracts of the 7th World Congress of Psycho-Onocology 2004; 13(8):S101-2. | |
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Liang W, Yuan E, Mandelblatt JS, Pasick RJ. How Do Older Chinese Women View Health and Cancer Screening? Results from Focus Groups and Implications for Interventions. Ethnicity and Health 9: (3)283-304, 2004. | |
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Juarbe T, Kaplan CP, Somkin C, Pasick RJ, Gildengorin G, Perez-Stable EJ. Are Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Associated with Follow-up Procedures in Diverse Women with Abnormal Mammography? Cancer Causes Control 16(3):245-253, April, 2005. | |
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Karliner LS, Kaplan CP, Juarbe T, Pasick RJ, Perez-Stable EJ. Poor Patient Comprehension of Abnormal Mammography Results. J Gen Int Med 20(5):432-7, May, 2005. | |
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Engelstad L, Stewart S Otero-Sabogal R, Leung M, Davis P, Pasick RJ. The Effectiveness of a Community Outreach Worker Intervention to Improve Follow-Up Among Underserved Women at Highest Risk For Cervical Cancer. Prev Med 41:741-748, 2005. | |
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Alderete E, Juarbe TC, Kaplan CP, Pasick RJ, Perez-Stable EJ. Ethnic Differences in Depressive Symptoms among Women with an Abnormal Mammogram. Psycho-oncology 2006; 15(1):66-78. |
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Pasick RJ, Burke NJ. A Critical Review of Theory in Breast Cancer Screening Promotion across Cultures. Annual Review of Public Health. 29:4.1-4.18. 2008. |
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11/28/07 |
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photo: Chris T. Anderson |
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