Linda Burhansstipanov is an American public health educator and researcher. She is a member of the
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and specializes on cancer care and support in
Native American communities. A leader in Native American cancer research, she is the founder and president of the Native American Cancer Research Corporation, a non-profit organization that studies how the unique situations of Native Americans interact with cancer treatment. She is also a member of the
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...
national advisory council on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Native American communities have distinctive cultural beliefs and communicative practices, and are often impacted by
social determinants of health related to poverty and associated public health concerns. Burnhansstipanov has worked on a broad array of research projects related to how such factors shape community's understandings of cancer and treatment. She is also an expert on
Community-based participatory research, which aims to empower communities as equal participants in the research process and has published several articles using this methodology.
After teaching at
California State University, Long Beach for 18 years, she worked for National Institutes of Health from 1989-1993 to develop the Native American Cancer Research Program. After working as a researcher and program advisor for two years, she started the Native American Cancer Research Corporation.
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Living people
American public health doctors
Native American academics
Native American women academics
American women academics
California State University, Long Beach faculty
California State University, Long Beach alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Native American women
20th-century Native Americans
21st-century Native American women
21st-century Native Americans
21st-century American women
Women public health doctors