Dr. Hope Landrine is Director of the ECU Center for Health Disparities, and Professor of Psychology and of Public Health. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rhode Island, postdoctoral training in Social Psychology at Stanford University, and postdoctoral training in Cancer Prevention and Control as a National Cancer Institute Fellow at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Her research focuses on disparities in cancer and cancer-related health behaviors. She has published more than 105 articles and books on these topics, obtained more than $10 million in research grants, and has received seven national awards for her research, including the 2012 American Psychological Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished, Lifetime Contributions to Research on Ethnic Minorities. Prior joining ECU in 2010, she was the Director of Multicultural Research at the American Cancer Society. Her current projects address the role of racial discrimination, residential segregation, and sociocultural factors in cancer and other health disparities among African- and Latino-Americans. Her most recent textbook, Cancer Disparities (New York: Springer & American Cancer Society, 2012) is the first comprehensive text on cancer disparities, and includes several novel, evidence-based interventions for reducing those disparities.
Education
- BA Psychology, Westminster College
- Ph.D. Psychology, University of Rhode Island
Areas of Interests
- Cancer disparities
- Residential segregation
- Racial and healthcare discrimination
- Immigration and acculturation
- Disparities in cigarette smoking and cancer screening
- Disparities in obesity and physical activity
