Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF
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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
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1994-1995
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
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1995-1997
Research Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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1998-1999
Research Intern, Community Health Partnership, Albuquerque, NM
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2000
Instructor, University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology, Spring Semester
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2000-2002
Research Scientist, Refugee and Immigrant Health Promotion Program, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2001
Lecturer, University of Washington, Women's Studies Department, Spring Quarter
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2001
Visiting Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Anthropology, Fall Quarter
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2002
Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Bothell, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
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2002-2004
Research Scientist, Comprehensive Cancer Center Population Sciences, UCSF
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2004-2010
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine/Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco
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2010-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 - 2012
Zero Breast Cancer Honor Thy Healer Community Researcher Award
Selected Publications
- Burke NJ, Do HH, Talbot J, Sos C, Ros S, Taylor VM. Protecting our Khmer daughters: ghosts of the past, uncertain futures, and the human papillomavirus vaccine. Ethn Health. 2014 Jun 6; 1-15.
View on PubMed - Maxwell AE, Bastani R, Glenn BA, Taylor VM, Nguyen TT, Stewart SL, Burke NJ, Chen MS. Developing theoretically based and culturally appropriate interventions to promote hepatitis B testing in 4 asian american populations, 2006-2011. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014; 11:E72.
View on PubMed - Nickell A, Burke NJ, Cohen E, Caprio M, Joseph G. Educating Low-SES and LEP Survivors About Breast Cancer Research: Pilot Test of the Health Research Engagement Intervention. J Cancer Educ. 2014 Apr 18.
View on PubMed - Burke NJ and Barker JC. Health Communication "Noise": Insights from Medical Anthropology. Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication. Hamilton H and Chou WY Eds. 2014; 15-28.
View on PubMed - Tsang IK, Tsoh JY, Wong C, Le K, Cheng JW, Nguyen AN, Nguyen TT, McPhee SJ, Burke NJ. Understanding and use of nicotine replacement therapy and nonpharmacologic smoking cessation strategies among chinese and vietnamese smokers and their families. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014; 11:E26.
View on PubMed - Taylor VM, Burke NJ, Ko LK, Sos C, Liu Q, Do HH, Talbot J, Yasui Y, Bastani R. Understanding HPV Vaccine Uptake Among Cambodian American Girls. J Community Health. 2014 Feb 16.
View on PubMed - Villero O, Macaerag I, Burke NJ. Pakikisama: lessons learned in partnership building with Filipinas with breast cancer for culturally meaningful support. Glob Health Promot. 2014 Mar; 21(1):68-72.
View on PubMed - Adams V, Burke NJ, Whitmarsh I. Slow research: thoughts for a movement in global health. Med Anthropol. 2014; 33(3):179-97.
View on PubMed - Burke NJ. Local biologies and ecologies of breast cancer screening: Tracing the aftereffects of the 'Shanghai study.'. Anthropological Quarterly. 2014; 87(2):497-524.
View on PubMed - Parikh AR, Kaplan CP, Burke NJ, Livaudais-Toman J, Hwang ES, Karliner LS. Ductal carcinoma in situ: knowledge of associated risks and prognosis among Latina and non-Latina white women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Sep; 141(2):261-8.
View on PubMed - Taylor VM, Bastani R, Burke N, Talbot J, Sos C, Liu Q, Do H, Jackson JC, Yasui Y. Evaluation of a hepatitis B lay health worker intervention for Cambodian Americans. J Community Health. 2013 Jun; 38(3):546-53.
View on PubMed - Burke NJ, Ed. Health Travels: Cuban Health(care) on and off the Island. 2013.
View on PubMed - Villero O, Burke NJ. Beyond Coping: Spirituality and Filipina Transnationals with Experience of Breast Cancer. In Chronic Illness, Spirituality and Healing: Diverse Disciplinary, Religious and Cultural Perspectives, Stoltzfus M, Green R, and Schumm D (Eds.). Palgrave. 2013.
View on PubMed - Taylor VM, Burke NJ, Sos C, Do HH, Liu Q, Yasui Y. Community health worker hepatitis B education for Cambodian American men and women. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013; 14(8):4705-9.
View on PubMed - Collins SP, Goldenberg SM, Burke NJ, Bojorquez-Chapela I, Silverman JG, Strathdee SA. Situating HIV risk in the lives of formerly trafficked female sex workers on the Mexico-US border. AIDS Care. 2013; 25(4):459-65.
View on PubMed - Taylor VM, Burke N, Do H, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Bastani R. HPV vaccination uptake among Cambodian mothers. J Cancer Educ. 2012 Mar; 27(1):145-8.
View on PubMed - Taylor VM, Bastani R, Burke N, Talbot J, Sos C, Liu Q, Carey Jackson J, Yasui Y. Factors associated with hepatitis B testing among Cambodian American men and women. J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Feb; 14(1):30-8.
View on PubMed - Wong-Kim E, Burke NJ. A Passage to a Good Death: End of Life Care for Asian Americans. Yoo GJ, Nhung Le M, Oda A, Eds. Handbook of Asian American Health. 2012.
View on PubMed - Burke NJ, Villero O, Guerra C. Passing through: meanings of survivorship and support among Filipinas with breast cancer. Qual Health Res. 2012 Feb; 22(2):189-98.
View on PubMed - Burke NJ, Do HH, Talbot J, Sos C, Svy D, Taylor VM. Chumnguh thleum: understanding liver illness and hepatitis B among Cambodian immigrants. J Community Health. 2011 Feb; 36(1):27-34.
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