Nancy Burke, PhD

Adjunct Professor
M_Humanities & Social Sciences
+1 415 514-9419

Dr. Burke is an affiliated Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine. She is also a member of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center and Co-Director of the UC-Cuba Academic Initiative. In 2015 she became Chair of Public Health at the University of California, Merced. She has conducted research in Cuba and the U.S. on social and cultural processes associated with chronic disease management, clinical trials recruitment and participation, and disparities in cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. Her research program addresses subjectivity, bioethics, and culture. Over the last eight years she has worked in partnership with the Pilipino Senior Resource Center on studies of Filipina breast cancer support disparities and peer navigation. She is currently principal investigator of a study of complex care management clinics in safety net hospitals.

Publications

Sonographic markers of fetal adiposity and risk of Cesarean delivery.

Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Hehir MP, Burke N, Burke G, Turner MJ, Breathnach FM, Mcauliffe FM, Morrison JJ, Dornan S, Higgins J, Cotter A, Geary MP, Mcparland P, Daly S, Cody F, Dicker P, Tully E, Malone FD

The current economic burden of illness of osteoporosis in Canada.

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA

Hopkins RB, Burke N, Von Keyserlingk C, Leslie WD, Morin SN, Adachi JD, Papaioannou A, Bessette L, Brown JP, Pericleous L, Tarride J

Beyond Coping.

Chronic Illness, Spirituality, and Healing

Ofelia O. Villero, Nancy J. Burke

Pap testing adherence among Vietnamese American women.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology

Taylor VM, Yasui Y, Burke N, Nguyen T, Acorda E, Thai H, Qu P, Jackson JC