Krista Brown, PhD, MBA, MPH
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health
Manager of Special Projects, UNMC Office of the Dean
Krista Brown, PhD, MBA, MPH, joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2012, originally in the Buffett Cancer Center (formerly the Eppley Cancer Institute), and joined the College of Public Health in 2019.
Dr. Brown has worked closely with Nebraska organizations and health departments to provide training and support for public health activities, including preparedness planning, disaster training, and healthcare education. Since 2022, Dr. Brown has co-led a telementoring program that delivers wellness-based interventions and resources to reduce burnout and improve mental health for individuals working in rural and medically underserved areas across Nebraska.
Dr. Brown is a Nebraska native and is focused on research around cancer survivorship and quality of life, cancer epidemiology, mental health and burnout, and public health leadership.
- 2023, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- 2018, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- 2018, MBA, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- 2015, BS, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Cancer Survivorship
- Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health
- Disaster & Emergency Preparedness
- Public Health Management and Evaluation
- Mental Health Support for Healthcare Workers
- Brown, K. A., Cordts, K. P., & Lally, R. M. (2024). Quality of life and unmet needs of late-stage and metastatic colorectal cancer survivors: An integrative review. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1-16.
- Hanish, A., Moore, T., Barton, B., Wattenbach, K., Mathews, T., Dean, L., Keeler, H., Shade, M., Semin, J., Walters, L., Blanchard, E., Brown, K., Hansen, K., Levy, D., Cordts, K., Delizza, A., Wengel., S., & Wysoske, R. Nebraska Collaborative Investment in Nurses: Resiliency, Retention, & Well-being. Building Healthy Academic Communities [abstract]. December 2022 (accepted) TBD 2023.
- Foster, J. M., Patel, A., Zhang, C., Shostrom, V., Brown, K., & Cushman‐Vokoun, A. M. (2020). Investigating the utility of extended mutation analysis in gastrointestinal peritoneal metastasis. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 122(6), 1106-1113
- Zhang, C., Plambeck, B.D., Craig, M.E., Tu, A., Mikus, R.J., Shostrom, V., McDermott, S.P., Igbinigie, I., Brown, K., Cushman‐Vokoun, A. and Foster, J.M., 2021. Exploring the prognostic and therapeutic utility of expanded mutation profiling in appendix peritoneal metastasis managed with CRS/HIPEC.Journal of Surgical Oncology, 123(7), pp.1599-1609.
- Nebraska Cancer Coalition
- Public Health Association of Nebraska
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Public Health Association