Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
| Office Location | 801, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-898-0613 |
| kglanz@upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | PIK Professor of Epidemiology, Deparment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania SOM and SON |
| Other Penn Appointment | Professor, School of Nursing |
Additional Positions
Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Research Statement
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH is Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor of Medicine and Nursing and Director of a new Center for Health Behavior Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
She was formerly (2004-2009) Candler Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education; Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Research Scholar; and Director of the Emory Prevention Research Center at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. From 1993 to 2004, she was Professor and Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program at the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i at the University of Hawai'i. From 1979 to 1993 she was a Professor in the Departments of Health Education and Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Glanz received her MPH (1977) and PhD (1979) degrees in health behavior and health education from the University of Michigan.
Her research, funded for over $25 million over the past 15 years, focuses on cancer prevention and control, theories of health behavior, obesity and the built environment, social and health policy, and new health communication technologies. She is currently conducting research on skin cancer prevention, nutrition and chronic disease prevention, compliance with glaucoma medications and colorectal cancer screening. Dr. Glanz and her team are committed to conducting scientific research with promising short-and long-term application to improved community health, health care, and public health services. Dr. Glanz has been recognized with several national awards, and was the 2007 recipient of the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award from the James and Sarah Fries Foundation. She is a member of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, a federally-appointed task force that oversees the Community Guide evidence reviews. Her scholarly contributions consist of more than 300 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Glanz is senior editor of Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (Jossey-Bass Inc., 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008), a widely used text recently published in its fourth edition. She was recognized in 2006 as a Highly Cited Author by ISIHighlyCited.com, in the top 0.5% of authors in her field over a 20-year period.
Selected Publications
Glanz K, Schoenfeld ER, Steffen A. Randomized trial of tailored skin cancer prevention messages for adults: Project SCAPE. In Press, Amer J Public Health 2009.
Stefanek ME, Andrykowski MA, Lerman C, Manne S, Glanz K. Behavioral oncology and the war on cancer: Partnering with biomedicine. In Press, Cancer Research, 2009.
Lewis C, Pignone M, Schild LA, Scott T, Winquist A, Rimer BK, Glanz K. Effectiveness of a patient and practice-level colorectal cancer screening intervention in health plan members: Design and baseline findings of the CHOICE Trial. In Press, Cancer, 2009.
Pignone M, Scott TL, Schild LA, Lewis C, Vazquez R, Glanz K. The yield of claims data and surveys for determining colon cancer screening among health plan members. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 18(3): 726-731, 2009.
Stryker JE, Beck AD, Primo SA, Echt KV, Bundy L, Pretorius GC, Glanz K. An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Glaucoma Treatment Adherence. In Press, Journal of Glaucoma, 2009.
Gies P, Glanz K, O'Riordan D, Elliott T, Nehl E. Measured occupational solar UVR exposures of lifeguards in pool settings. In Press, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2009.
Elliott T, Nehl E, Glanz K. A controlled trial of objective measures of sunscreen and moisturizing lotion. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 18(5), 1399-1402, 2009.
Glanz K, McCarty F, Nehl EJ, O'Riordan DL, Gies P, Bundy L, Locke AE, Hall DM. Validity of Self-Reported Sunscreen Use by Parents, Children and Lifeguards. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36: 63-69, 2009.
Glanz K, Owen N, Wold JA. Perspectives on behavioral sciences research for disease prevention and control in populations. Journal of the National Institute of Public Health (Japan), 58(1): 40-50, 2009.
Sallis JF, Glanz K. Physical activity and food solutions to the obesity epidemic. The Milbank Quarterly, 87(1): 123-154, 2009.
O'Riordan DL, Nehl E, Gies P, Bundy L, Burgess K, Davis E, Glanz K. Validity of covering-up sun protection habits: Association of observations and self-report. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 60(5): 739-744, 2009.
Hall DM, McCarty F, Elliott T, Glanz K. Lifeguards' Sun Protection Habits and Sunburns: Association with Sun-Safe Environments and Skin Cancer Prevention Program Participation. Archives of Dermatology, 145(2): 139-144, 2009.
Painter JE, Borba CP, Hynes M, Mays D, Glanz K. The use of theory in health behavior research from 2000 to 2005: A systematic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2008; 35: 358-362.
Story M, Kaphingst K, Robinson-O'Brien R, Glanz K. Creating healthy food and eating environments: Policy and environmental approaches. Annual Review of Public Health, 2008; 29: 253-272.
Glanz K, Resnicow K, Seymour J, Hoy K, Stewart H, Lyons M, Goldberg J. How major restaurant chains plan their menus: The role of profit, demand, and health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32: 383-388, 2007.
Glanz K, Steffen AD, Taglialatela LA. Effects of colon cancer risk counseling for first-degree relatives. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 16: 1485-1491, 2007.
Dunlop AL, Graham T, Leroy Z, Glanz K, Dunlop BW. The impact of HIPAA authorization on willingness to participate in clinical research. Annals of Epidemiology, 17: 899-905, 2007.
Glanz K, Sallis JF, Saelens BE, Frank LD. Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S): Development and evaluation. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32: 282-289, 2007.
Glanz K, Rimer BK, Viswanath V (Eds.). Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, Fourth Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 2008.
