Kristin Black
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, Mills College
Research areas: Medicine · Oncology · Cancer survivorship and care · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
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About
Kristin Z. Black, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She received her MPH and PhD in Maternal and Child Health from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She also completed the NIH T32-funded Cancer Health Disparities Postdoctoral Program through the Department of Health Behavior at Gillings. Dr. Black is committed to utilizing community-based participatory research, mixed methods, and racial equity approaches to understand and address individual-level and structural inequities in reproductive health and chronic disease outcomes. Her research merges 3 key components. First, Dr. Black explores the connections between reproductive/maternal health and chronic diseases, and if these outcomes differ by race/ethnicity or other social identities. Second, she focuses on understanding what individual- and systems-level factors may hinder or facilitate birthing people’s journey through maternal healthcare services. Third, she is committed to transforming research into action by engaging community stakeholders in implementing and sustaining interventions that tackle health inequities and structural racism. Dr. Black is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Scholar for Action, member of the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative (a community-medical-academic partnership), acting president of the Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues, and Qualitative Research Consultant for ResearchTalk.
Employment
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assistant Professor2024 - Present
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East Carolina University Assistant Professor2018 - 2023
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Health Disparities Postdoctoral Program2016 - 2018
Education
- 2011 - 2016
- 2009 - 2011
- 2001 - 2004
Projects & Funding
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NC Baby Love Plus 2019-2020 North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services2019 - 2020
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My Reproductive and Sexual Health CHART Module UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention and Control Program2017 - 2017
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Cancer Health Disparities Postdoctoral Program National Cancer Institute2016 - 2018
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UNC Dissertation Completion Fellowship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Graduate School2016 - 2016
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Intersection of Race, Class, Gender and Implications for Health in the US and Brazil University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for African American Research2013 - 2014
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Philadelphia Roadmap to Health Equity in MCH W.K. Kellogg Foundation2012 - 2015
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Accountability for Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE) National Cancer Institute2012 - 2017
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MCH Doctoral Training Program in Applied Epidemiology for Addressing Health Inequities Health Resources and Services Administration2011 - 2016
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MCH Doctoral Training Program in Applied Epidemiology for Addressing Health Inequities Health Resources and Services Administration2011 - 2016
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Community Engagement Consulting Models: Taking Them to Scale National Institutes of Health - CTSA Administrative Supplement2011 - 2012
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University Cancer Research Fund Grant Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina2010 - 2016
Publications (17)
- Structural competency in pre-health and health professional learning: A scoping review Save
- The Other Side of Through: Young Breast Cancer Survivors’ Spectrum of Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs Save
- Health care: Antiracism organizing for culture and institutional change in cancer care Save
- The role of patient-physician relationship on health related quality of life and pain in cancer patients Save
- ‘It's like you don't have a roadmap really’: Using an antiracism framework to analyze patients’ encounters in the cancer system Save
- “We black women have to kill a lion everyday”: An intersectional analysis of racism and social determinants of health in Brazil Save
- Childbirth after adolescent and young adult cancer: A population-based study Save
- Establishing new community-based participatory research partnerships using the community-based participatory research charrette model: Lessons from the cancer health accountability for managing pain and symptoms study Save
- Peer support opportunities across the cancer care continuum: A systematic scoping review of recent peer-reviewed literature Save
- Perceived barriers and preferred components for physical activity interventions in African-American survivors of breast or endometrial cancer with type 2 diabetes: The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. framework Save
- Racial differences in symptom management experiences during breast cancer treatment Save
- Partnership, transparency, and accountability: Changing systems to enhance racial equity in cancer care and outcomes Save
- Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and mental health: A review and future directions for social epidemiology Save
- Birth outcomes among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors Save
- Prevalence of preterm, low birthweight, and small for gestational age delivery after breast cancer diagnosis: A population-based study Save
- Community-guided focus group analysis to examine cancer disparities Save
- Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: Increasing equity in CBPR approaches Save