Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, is co-leader of the Cancer Control and Population Science Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute and an associate professor in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is an epidemiologist with a clinical background as a nurse practitioner.
Research Interests
In her research, she applies a combination of epidemiology, behavioral science, and clinical perspectives to study cancer-related issues. Her overarching research focus is to understand variation in health outcomes and attitudes, and to use this information to develop effective interventions that facilitate informed decision making and positive changes in health behaviors. Kinney is particularly interested in studying these issues in socially and geographically underserved populations.
Kinney earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania followed by a PhD degree in epidemiology from the University of Texas. Following a National Cancer Institute-funded postdoctoral research fellowship in cancer control and epidemiology at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she joined the University of Utah faculty in 1998. She has been an investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute since 2000.
Select Publications
Ellington L, Maxwel A, Baty BJ, Roter D, Dudley WN, Kinney AY. Genetic counseling communication with an African American BRCA1 kindred. Soc Sci Med. 2007 Feb;64(3):724-34. Epub 2006 Nov 1.
Baty BJ, Dudley WN, Musters A, Kinney AY. Uncertainty in BRCA1 cancer susceptibility testing. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2006 Nov 15;142(4):241-50.
Lindor NM, Petersen GM, Hadley DW, Kinney AY, Miesfeldt S, Lu KH, Lynch P, Burke W, Press N. Recommendations for the care of individuals with an inherited predisposition to Lynch syndrome: a systematic review. JAMA. 2006 Sep 27;296(12):1507-17. Review.
Kinney AY, Simonsen SE, Baty BJ, Mandal D, Neuhausen SL, Seggar K, Holubkov R, Bloor L, Smith K. Risk reduction behaviors and provider communication following genetic counseling and BRCA1 mutation testing in an African American kindred. J Genet Couns. 2006 Aug;15(4):293-305.
Kinney AY, Harrell J, Slattery M, Martin C, Sandler RS. Rural-urban differences in colon cancer risk in blacks and whites: the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. J Rural Health. 2006 Spring;22(2):124-30.
Kinney AY, Simonsen SE, Baty BJ, Mandal D, Neuhausen SL, Seggar K, Holubkov R, Smith K.
Acceptance of genetic testing for hereditary breast ovarian cancer among study enrollees from an African American kindred. Am J Med Genet A. 2006 Apr 15;140(8):813-26. |
