Linda Burhansstipanov
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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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burhansstipanov, Linda 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