Kari-Lyn Sakuma, Ph.D., MPH

Kari-Lyn Sakuma, Ph.D., MPH

Associate Professor
karilyn.sakuma@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3835

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Waldo Hall 412

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PDF icon Kari-Lyn Sakuma, Ph.D., MPH (June 2020)

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Biography

PhD in Preventive Medicine with an emphasis in health behavior
MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the University of Southern California

Prior to coming to Oregon State, she was a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Community and Global Health at Claremont Graduate University; she also was a lecturer at the Keck School of Medicine–Preventive Medicine at USC. Previous positions included Research Associate at the Prevention Research Center at Pennsylvania State University.

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A Public Health Crisis: Factors That Impact Your Health Outcomes

Kari-Lyn Sakuma, Ph.D., MPH

There are several factors that affect our ability to live a healthy life. But have you considered your ZIP code as a factor for life expectancy and an indicator of systemic health inequities? Kari-Lyn Sakuma helps us discover these “social determinants of health,” how your ZIP code may be a more important predictor of your health than your genetic code and how we can work together to dismantle systemic health disparity.

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Publications

2018

Journal Article

P. Fagan, Pokhrel, P., Herzog, T. A., Moolchan, E. T., Cassel, K. D., Franke, A. A., Li, X., Pagano, I., Trinidad, D. R., Sakuma, K. - L., Sterling, K., Jorgensen, D., Lynch, T., Kawamoto, C., Guy, M. C., Lagua, I., Hanes, S., Alexander, L. A., Clanton, M. S., Graham-Tutt, C., and Eissenberg, T., “Sugar and Aldehyde Content in Flavored Electronic Cigarette Liquids.”, Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 985-992, 2018.
J. Q. Felicitas-Perkins, Sakuma, K. - L., Blanco, L., Fagan, P., Pérez-Stable, E. J., Bostean, G., Xie, B., and Trinidad, D. R., “Smoking Among Hispanic/Latino Nationality Groups and Whites, Comparisons Between California and the United States.”, Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1085-1094, 2018.

2017

Journal Article

O. J. Lindly, Geldhof, G. J., Acock, A., Sakuma, K. - L., Zuckerman, K. E., and Thorburn, S., “Family-Centered Care Measurement and Associations With Unmet Health Care Need Among US Children.”, Acad Pediatr, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 656-664, 2017.

2016

Journal Article

P. Fagan, Pokhrel, P., Herzog, T. A., Pagano, I. S., Franke, A. A., Clanton, M. S., Alexander, L. A., Trinidad, D. R., Sakuma, K. - L., Johnson, C. A., and Moolchan, E. T., “Nicotine Metabolism in Young Adult Daily Menthol and Nonmenthol Smokers.”, Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 437-46, 2016.
L. A. Alexander, Trinidad, D. R., Sakuma, K. - L., Pokhrel, P., Herzog, T. A., Clanton, M. S., Moolchan, E. T., and Fagan, P., “Why We Must Continue to Investigate Menthol's Role in the African American Smoking Paradox.”, Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 18 Suppl 1, pp. S91-101, 2016.
K. - L. Sakuma, Felicitas-Perkins, J. Quibol, Blanco, L., Fagan, P., Pérez-Stable, E. J., Pulvers, K., Romero, D., and Trinidad, D. R., “Tobacco use disparities by racial/ethnic groups: California compared to the United States.”, Prev Med, vol. 91, pp. 224-232, 2016.
L. C. Halgunseth, Jensen, A. C., Sakuma, K. - L., and McHale, S. M., “The role of mothers' and fathers' religiosity in African American adolescents' religious beliefs and practices.”, Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 386-94, 2016.
M. E. Feinberg, Jones, D. E., Roettger, M. E., Hostetler, M. L., Sakuma, K. - L., Paul, I. M., and Ehrenthal, D. B., “Preventive Effects on Birth Outcomes: Buffering Impact of Maternal Stress, Depression, and Anxiety.”, Matern Child Health J, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 56-65, 2016.

2015

Journal Article

P. Fagan, Moolchan, E. T., Pokhrel, P., Herzog, T., Cassel, K., Pagano, I., Franke, A., Kaholokula, J. Keawe'aimo, Sy, A., Alexander, L. A., Trinidad, D. R., Sakuma, K. - L., Johnson, C. Anderson, Antonio, A. M., Jorgensen, D., Lynch, T., Kawamoto, C., and Clanton, M. S., “Abstract IA47: Resolving the complex problem of tobacco-caused lung cancer disparities in the U.S”, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, vol. 24, no. 10 Supplement, pp. IA47 - IA47, 2015.
K. Pulvers, Romero, D. R., Blanco, L., Sakuma, K. - L., Ahluwalia, J. S., and Trinidad, D. R., “Light and intermittent smoking among California Black, Hispanic/Latino, and non-Hispanic White men and women.”, Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 755-9, 2015.

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