Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway
University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE·Public Health & Epidemiology
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Nebraska, and its burden differs across the state's rural, urban and racial and ethnic communities. Nebraska's 1.9 million residents live across 93 counties: 7 urban, 52 rural and 34 'frontier' counties with fewer than 7 people per square mile.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Medicine & Clinical Research
Social Science
- Topics
cancer disparities
community outreach
community engagement
- Grants
- 1 known grant, last ended Aug 2026
What they work on
- Measure and monitor cancer incidence, mortality, risk factors, community needs and disparities across Nebraska's urban, rural and frontier counties over time.
- Enable research relevant to Nebraska's needs and improve access to cancer clinical trials statewide, working with patient navigators to recruit underserved communities.
- Engage Nebraskans in evidence-based actions to reduce cancer risk factors at the population level, and help translate Buffett Cancer Center research into state cancer policy.
More about the research
Each community faces different barriers to cancer screening, prevention and treatment. The core question is how a cancer center can track these needs and link its research and care to the people it serves.
Why it matters
Rural, frontier and racially and ethnically diverse Nebraskans face uneven cancer risk and unequal access to screening, treatment and clinical trials. Tracking these disparities and building community partnerships could guide prevention, widen trial access for underserved groups and inform state cancer policy.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
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Washington University in St Louis, MO·Public Health & Epidemiology
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University of Utah, UT·Public Health & Epidemiology
Address Utah's nation-leading melanoma incidence through sun-safety research, prevention and education efforts.
Rayne Rouce
Baylor College of Medicine, TX·Medicine & Clinical Research
Establish a standing research, education and outreach alliance between the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Texas Southern University, with coordinating offices at both institutions and shared research resources.
The school
University of Nebraska Medical Center: 20 labs on PI Pages, $657M a year on research, 82 research doctorates a year.
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