Rena Pasick, DrPH

Education
DrPH, 1986 - Public Health, University of California
MPH, 1980 - Public Health, University of California
MA, 1978 - Health Care Administration, George Washington University
BS, 1972 - Dental Hygiene, University of Michigan
Honors and Awards
  • 75 Most Influential Graduates, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 2018
  • Martin Luther King, Jr Award for Diversity, UCSF Faculty Award, 2014
  • Woman of the Year, Women Health Care Executives, 2014
  • Excellence in Community Partnerships, UCSF Faculty Award, 2013
  • National Scholar, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 2010-2018
  • Robert F. Allen Symbol of Hope Award, American Journal of Health Promotion with funding from the California Wellness Foundation, WK Kellog, 2009
  • Program Excellence Award, Society of Public Health Education, 2004
Websites
Publications

  1. Wang K, Wong J, Avilez L, Olazo K, Olanrewaju S, McCulloch CE, Pasick R, Patel S, Somsouk M, Sarkar U.. Multilevel intervention for follow-up of abnormal FIT in the safety-net: IMProving Adherence to Colonoscopy through Teams and Technology (IMPACTT). Contemporary clinical trials 2025. PMID: 39809342


  2. Andemeskel G, Palmer NR, Pasick R, Van Blarigan EL, Kenfield SA, Graff RE, Shaw M, Yu W, Sanchez M, Hernandez R, Washington SL, Shariff-Marco S, Rhoads KF, Chan JM.. Engaging communities to inform the development of a diverse cohort of cancer survivors: formative research for the eat move sleep study (EMOVES). Research involvement and engagement 2023. PMID: 38082391


  3. Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Venkatesh B, Cheng J, Dixit N, Fox R, Ling P, Nguyen T, Oh D, Palmer NR, Pasick RJ, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, Vijayaraghavan M, Ashworth A.. From Cancer Epidemiology to Policy and Practice: the Role of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Current epidemiology reports 2022. PMID: 35342686


  4. Lee R, Frick M, Joseph G, Guerra C, Stewart S, Kaplan C, Dixit N, Tsoh JY, Flores S, Pasick RJ.. Research to reduce inequities in cancer risk services: Insights for remote genetic counseling in a pandemic and beyond. Journal of genetic counseling 2021. PMID: 34687478


  5. Palmer NR, Shim JK, Kaplan CP, Schillinger D, Blaschko SD, Breyer BN, Pasick RJ.. Ethnographic investigation of patient-provider communication among African American men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer: a study protocol. BMJ open 2020. PMID: 32759241


  6. Rivadeneira NA, Hoskote M, Le GM, Nguyen TT, Nápoles AM, Pasick RJ, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA.. Advancing Cancer Control in San Francisco: Cancer Screening in Under-Represented Populations. American journal of preventive medicine 2020. PMID: 31862104


  7. Ramirez AG, Gallion KJ, Perez A, Adeigbe RT, Munoz E, Pasick RJ.. Éxito!: Making an Impact in Training Latinos for Doctorates and Cancer Research. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2019. PMID: 30014170


  8. Lyson HC, Le GM, Zhang J, Rivadeneira N, Lyles C, Radcliffe K, Pasick RJ, Sawaya G, Sarkar U, Centola D.. Social Media as a Tool to Promote Health Awareness: Results from an Online Cervical Cancer Prevention Study. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2019. PMID: 29948924


  9. Zhang J, Le G, Larochelle D, Pasick R, Sawaya GF, Sarkar U, Centola D.. Facts or stories? How to use social media for cervical cancer prevention: A multi-method study of the effects of sender type and content type on increased message sharing. Preventive medicine 2019. PMID: 31226342


  10. Le GM, Radcliffe K, Lyles C, Lyson HC, Wallace B, Sawaya G, Pasick R, Centola D, Sarkar U.. Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention on Twitter uncovered by different sampling strategies. PloS one 2019. PMID: 30742683


  11. Joseph G, Lee R, Pasick RJ, Guerra C, Schillinger D, Rubin S.. Effective communication in the era of precision medicine: A pilot intervention with low health literacy patients to improve genetic counseling communication. European journal of medical genetics 2018. PMID: 30553023


  12. Jih J, Nguyen MP, Ly I, Tsoh JY, Le GM, Woo K, Chan E, Gildengorin G, Stewart SL, Burke A, Pasick R, McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT.. The Role of Physician Recommendation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Receipt Among Immigrant Chinese Americans. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2018. PMID: 29168060


  13. Ozanne E, Karliner LS, Tice JA, Haas JS, Livaudais-Toman J, Pasick RJ, Kaplan CP.. An Intervention Tool to Increase Patient-Physician Discussion of Lifestyle Risk Factors for Breast Cancer. Journal of women's health (2002) 2018. PMID: 30222505


  14. Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Fejerman L, Glantz S, Nguyen T, Pasick R, Palmer N, Perkins A, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, van 't Veer LJ, Ashworth A.. The San Francisco Cancer Initiative: A Community Effort To Reduce The Population Burden Of Cancer. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018. PMID: 29309234


  15. Cheng JKY, Guerra C, Pasick RJ, Schillinger D, Luce J, Joseph G.. Cancer genetic counseling communication with low-income Chinese immigrants. Journal of community genetics 2017. PMID: 29197036


  16. Joseph G, Pasick RJ, Schillinger D, Luce J, Guerra C, Cheng JKY.. Erratum to: Information Mismatch: Cancer Risk Counseling with Diverse Underserved Patients. Journal of genetic counseling 2017. PMID: 28432537


  17. Nguyen KH, Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Kerlikowske K, Karliner LS.. Disparities in abnormal mammogram follow-up time for Asian women compared with non-Hispanic white women and between Asian ethnic groups. Cancer 2017. PMID: 28603859


  18. Joseph G, Pasick RJ, Schillinger D, Luce J, Guerra C, Cheng JKY.. Information Mismatch: Cancer Risk Counseling with Diverse Underserved Patients. Journal of genetic counseling 2017. PMID: 28289853


  19. Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY, Woo K, Stewart SL, Le GM, Burke A, Gildengorin G, Pasick RJ, Wang J, Chan E, Fung LC, Jih J, McPhee SJ.. Colorectal Cancer Screening and Chinese Americans: Efficacy of Lay Health Worker Outreach and Print Materials. American journal of preventive medicine 2016. PMID: 27986352


  20. Stewart SL, Kaplan CP, Lee R, Joseph G, Karliner L, Livaudais-Toman J, Pasick RJ.. Validation of an Efficient Screening Tool to Identify Low-Income Women at High Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer. Public health genomics 2016. PMID: 27788513


  21. Pasick RJ, Joseph G, Stewart S, Kaplan C, Lee R, Luce J, Davis S, Marquez T, Nguyen T, Guerra C.. Effective Referral of Low-Income Women at Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer to Genetic Counseling: A Randomized Delayed Intervention Control Trial. American journal of public health 2016. PMID: 27552275


  22. Tsoh JY, Sentell T, Gildengorin G, Le GM, Chan E, Fung LC, Pasick RJ, Stewart S, Wong C, Woo K, Burke A, Wang J, McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT.. Healthcare Communication Barriers and Self-Rated Health in Older Chinese American Immigrants. Journal of community health 2016. PMID: 26746205


  23. Jih J, Le G, Woo K, Tsoh JY, Stewart S, Gildengorin G, Burke A, Wong C, Chan E, Fung LC, Yu F, Pasick R, McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT.. Educational Interventions to Promote Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Among Older Chinese Americans: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. American journal of public health 2016. PMID: 26985605


  24. Kaplan CP, Nápoles A, Davis S, Lopez M, Pasick RJ, Livaudais-Toman J, Pérez-Stable EJ.. Latinos and Cancer Information: Perspectives of Patients, Health Professionals and Telephone Cancer Information Specialists. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2016. PMID: 27642542


  25. Tieu L, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Ralston JD, Ratanawongsa N, Pasick R, Lyles CR.. Barriers and Facilitators to Online Portal Use Among Patients and Caregivers in a Safety Net Health Care System: A Qualitative Study. Journal of medical Internet research 2015. PMID: 26681155


  26. Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner LS, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Gregorich S, Pérez-Stable EJ, Pasick RJ, Chen A, Quinn J, Kaplan CP.. Impact of a primary care based intervention on breast cancer knowledge, risk perception and concern: A randomized, controlled trial. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2015. PMID: 26476466


  27. Goetzel RZ, Parker E, Terry PE, Pasick RJ, Burton WN, Green L, Hunnicutt D, Palma-Davis L, Eng E, Schulz AJ, Minkler M, Anderson DR, Strecher VJ, Katz D, Serxner S, Whitsel L, Pronk NP, Wallerstein N, Loeppke R, Resnicow K, Linnan L, Israel B.. Twenty-Two Health Promotion Pioneers. American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2015. PMID: 26325123


  28. Kaplan CP, Livaudais-Toman J, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ, Pasick RJ, Chen A, Quinn J, Karliner LS.. A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion of breast cancer in primary care. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2014. PMID: 24762560


  29. Yoo GJ, Levine EG, Pasick R.. Breast cancer and coping among women of color: a systematic review of the literature. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2014. PMID: 24389825


  30. Joseph G, Nguyen K, Nguyen T, Stewart S, Davis S, Kevany S, Marquez T, Pasick R.. Efficient identification of low-income Asian American women at high risk for hepatitis B. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2013. PMID: 24185165


  31. Wang JH, Adams IF, Pasick RJ, Gomez SL, Allen L, Ma GX, Lee MX, Huang E.. Perceptions, expectations, and attitudes about communication with physicians among Chinese American and non-Hispanic white women with early stage breast cancer. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2013. PMID: 23903797


  32. Wang JH, Adams IF, Tucker-Seeley R, Gomez SL, Allen L, Huang E, Wang Y, Pasick RJ.. A mixed method exploration of survivorship among Chinese American and non-Hispanic White breast cancer survivors: the role of socioeconomic well-being. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2013. PMID: 23591710


  33. Lyles CR, López A, Pasick R, Sarkar U.. "5 mins of uncomfyness is better than dealing with cancer 4 a lifetime": an exploratory qualitative analysis of cervical and breast cancer screening dialogue on Twitter. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2013. PMID: 23132231


  34. Pérez-Stable EJ, Afable-Munsuz A, Kaplan CP, Pace L, Samayoa C, Somkin C, Nickleach D, Lee M, Márquez-Magaña L, Juarbe T, Pasick RJ.. Factors influencing time to diagnosis after abnormal mammography in diverse women. Journal of women's health (2002) 2013. PMID: 23350859


  35. Pasick RJ, Kagawa-Singer M, Stewart SL, Pradhan A, Kidd SC.. The Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research: impact and outcome over 12 years. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2012. PMID: 22661253


  36. Joseph G, Kaplan C, Luce J, Lee R, Stewart S, Guerra C, Pasick R.. Efficient identification and referral of low-income women at high risk for hereditary breast cancer: a practice-based approach. Public health genomics 2012. PMID: 22488460


  37. Afable-Munsuz A, Pasick R, Nguyen, KH, Perez-Stable, EJ... Understanding Filipina women's health orientation and the implications for colorectal cancer screening Diversity in Health and Care 2011. PMID:


  38. Walsh JM, Salazar R, Nguyen TT, Kaplan C, Nguyen LK, Hwang J, McPhee SJ, Pasick RJ.. Healthy colon, healthy life: a novel colorectal cancer screening intervention. American journal of preventive medicine 2010. PMID: 20547275


  39. Walsh JM, Karliner L, Burke N, Somkin CP, Pham LA, Pasick R.. Physicians' approaches to recommending colorectal cancer screening: a qualitative study. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2010. PMID: 20204571


  40. Walsh JM, Salazar R, Kaplan C, Nguyen L, Hwang J, Pasick RJ.. Healthy colon, healthy life (colon sano, vida sana): colorectal cancer screening among Latinos in Santa Clara, California. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2010. PMID: 20094827


  41. Washington PK, Burke NJ, Joseph G, Guerra C, Pasick RJ.. Adult daughters' influence on mothers' health-related decision making: an expansion of the subjective norms construct. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805795


  42. Stewart SL, Rakowski W, Pasick RJ.. Behavioral constructs and mammography in five ethnic groups. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805790


  43. Pasick RJ, Burke NJ, Barker JC, Joseph G, Bird JA, Otero-Sabogal R, Tuason N, Stewart SL, Rakowski W, Clark MA, Washington PK, Guerra C.. Behavioral theory in a diverse society: like a compass on Mars. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805789


  44. Pasick RJ, Burke NJ.. In Memoriam: Sabra F. Woolley, PhD. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805788


  45. Pasick RJ, Barker JC, Otero-Sabogal R, Burke NJ, Joseph G, Guerra C.. Intention, subjective norms, and cancer screening in the context of relational culture. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805793


  46. Joseph G, Burke NJ, Tuason N, Barker JC, Pasick RJ.. Perceived susceptibility to illness and perceived benefits of preventive care: an exploration of behavioral theory constructs in a transcultural context. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805792


  47. Burke NJ, Bird JA, Clark MA, Rakowski W, Guerra C, Barker JC, Pasick RJ.. Social and cultural meanings of self-efficacy. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805794


  48. Burke NJ, Joseph G, Pasick RJ, Barker JC.. Theorizing social context: rethinking behavioral theory. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009. PMID: 19805791


  49. Burke N, Somkin CP, Pasick R.. Considering culture in physician-- patient communication during colorectal cancer screening. Qualitative health research 2009. PMID: 19363141


  50. Walsh J, Nguyen T, Nguyen L, Pasick R, McPhee SJ.. Healthy Colon, Healthy Life (Ruot Lành, Song Khoe): patient and physician factors associated with colorectal cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans in a county medical care system. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2009. PMID: 19202248


  51. Hiatt RA, Pasick RJ, Stewart S, Bloom J, Davis P, Gardiner P, Luce J.. Cancer screening for underserved women: the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2008. PMID: 18708383


  52. Pasick RJ, Burke NJ.. A critical review of theory in breast cancer screening promotion across cultures. Annual review of public health 2008. PMID: 17914932


  53. Joseph G, Kaplan CP, Pasick RJ.. Recruiting low-income healthy women to research: an exploratory study. Ethnicity & health 2007. PMID: 17978946


  54. Liang W, Wang JH, Chen MY, Lee M, Schwartz MD, Pasick RJ, Mandelblatt JS.. Developing and validating a measure of Chinese cultural views of health and cancer. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2007. PMID: 17602102


  55. Wagner TH, Engelstad LP, McPhee SJ, Pasick RJ.. The costs of an outreach intervention for low-income women with abnormal Pap smears. Preventing chronic disease 2006. PMID: 17173719


  56. Otero-Sabogal R, Stewart S, Shema SJ, Pasick RJ.. Ethnic differences in decisional balance and stages of mammography adoption. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2006. PMID: 16891624


  57. Alderete E, Juarbe TC, Kaplan CP, Pasick R, Pérez-Stable EJ.. Depressive symptoms among women with an abnormal mammogram. Psycho-oncology 2006. PMID: 15816053


  58. Yancey AK, Kagawa-Singer M, Ratliff P, Valdez A, Jiménez L, Banks P, Stewart S, Roe KM, Pasick RJ.. Progress in the pipeline: replication of the minority training program in cancer control research. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2006. PMID: 17542715


  59. Engelstad LP, Stewart S, Otero-Sabogal R, Leung MS, Davis PI, Pasick RJ.. The effectiveness of a community outreach intervention to improve follow-up among underserved women at highest risk for cervical cancer. Preventive medicine 2005. PMID: 16125761


  60. Karliner LS, Patricia Kaplan C, Juarbe T, Pasick R, Pérez-Stable EJ.. Poor patient comprehension of abnormal mammography results. Journal of general internal medicine 2005. PMID: 15963167


  61. Juarbe TC, Kaplan CP, Somkin CP, Pasick R, Gildengorin G, Pérez-Stable EJ.. Are risk factors for breast cancer associated with follow-up procedures in diverse women with abnormal mammography? Cancer causes & control : CCC 2005. PMID: 15947876


  62. Pasick RJ, Hiatt RA, Paskett ED.. Lessons learned from community-based cancer screening intervention research. Cancer 2004. PMID: 15316912


  63. Somkin CP, McPhee SJ, Nguyen T, Stewart S, Shema SJ, Nguyen B, Pasick R.. The effect of access and satisfaction on regular mammogram and Papanicolaou test screening in a multiethnic population. Medical care 2004. PMID: 15319618


  64. Liang W, Yuan E, Mandelblatt JS, Pasick RJ.. How do older Chinese women view health and cancer screening? Results from focus groups and implications for interventions. Ethnicity & health 2004. PMID: 15370001


  65. Hoggatt KJ, Stewart SL, Pasick R, Sabogal F, Tuason N, McBride MR, Duenas GV, Horn-Ross PL.. Comparison of methods for identifying a population-based sample of Filipina women for a health survey. Ethnicity & disease 2004. PMID: 15002919


  66. Pasick RJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Nacionales MC, Banks PJ.. Increasing ethnic diversity in cancer control research: description and impact of a model training program. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2003. PMID: 12888379


  67. McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT, Shema SJ, Nguyen B, Somkin C, Vo P, Pasick R.. Validation of recall of breast and cervical cancer screening by women in an ethnically diverse population. Preventive medicine 2002. PMID: 12431895


  68. Wagner TH, Hu T, Dueñas GV, Kaplan CP, Nguyen BH, Pasick RJ.. Does willingness to pay vary by race/ethnicity? An analysis using mammography among low-income women. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2001. PMID: 11641004


  69. Engelstad LP, Stewart SL, Nguyen BH, Bedeian KL, Rubin MM, Pasick RJ, Hiatt RA.. Abnormal Pap smear follow-up in a high-risk population. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2001. PMID: 11588126


  70. Hiatt RA, Pasick RJ, Stewart S, Bloom J, Davis P, Gardiner P, Johnston M, Luce J, Schorr K, Brunner W, Stroud F.. Community-based cancer screening for underserved women: design and baseline findings from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention Study. Preventive medicine 2001. PMID: 11522160


  71. Pasick RJ.. Response to Kreuter and Skinner: consensus regarding use of the terms targeting and tailoring. Health education research 2001. PMID: 11525396


  72. Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Bird JA, D'Onofrio CN.. Quality of data in multiethnic health surveys. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2001. PMID: 11889288


  73. Wagner TH, Hu TW, Dueñas GV, Pasick RJ.. Willingness to pay for mammography: item development and testing among five ethnic groups. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2000. PMID: 11014787


  74. Engelstad L, Bedian K, Stewart S, Rubin M, Koo J, Pasick R, Hiatt R.. Follow-up for abnormal papanicolaou smears in a high-risk population. Journal of lower genital tract disease 1999. PMID: 25950312


  75. McBride MR, Pasick RJ, Stewart S, Tuason N, Sabogal F, Dueñas G.. Factors Associated with Cervical Cancer Screening among Filipino Women in California. Asian American and Pacific Islander journal of health 1998. PMID: 11567462


  76. Hiatt RA, Pasick RJ.. Unsolved problems in early breast cancer detection: focus on the underserved. Breast cancer research and treatment 1996. PMID: 8888151


  77. Pasick RJ, Wallack L.. Mass media in health promotion: a compilation of expert opinion. International quarterly of community health education 1988. PMID: 20841287


  78. Alcalay R, Pasick RJ.. Psycho-social factors and the technologies of work. Social science & medicine (1982) 1983. PMID: 6623115


  79. Fullarton JE, Pasick RJ.. Obesity: a new social policy perspective. International journal of obesity 1978. PMID: 101474