Katharine Amato
PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Topics
Cancer survivorship; tobacco cessation; health communications
Selected Publications
- Amato KA, Reid ME, Ochs-Balcom HM, Giovino GA, Bansal-Travers M, Warren GW, Mahoney MC, Hyland AJ. Evaluation of a Dedicated Tobacco Cessation Support Service for Thoracic Cancer Center Patients. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2018 Sep/Oct;24(5):E12-E19. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000674. PubMed PMID: 29278577; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6014867.
- Amato KA, Reid ME, Bansal-Travers M, Ochs-Balcom HM, Cummings K, et al. Volume 13, Issue 2 June 2018 , pp. 78-86 Patient Cessation Activity after Automatic Referral to a Dedicated Cessation Support Service. Journal of smoking cessation. 2018 June; 13(2):78-86.
- Dobson Amato KA, Hyland A, Reed R, Mahoney MC, Marshall J, Giovino G, Bansal-Travers M, Ochs-Balcom HM, Zevon MA, Cummings KM, et al. Tobacco Cessation May Improve Lung Cancer Patient Survival. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Jul;10(7):1014-9. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000578. PubMed PMID: 26102442; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4494894.
- Warren GW, Marshall JR, Cummings KM, Zevon MA, Reed R, Hysert P, Mahoney MC, Hyland AJ, Nwogu C, Demmy T, Dexter E, Kelly M, O'Connor RJ, Houstin T, Jenkins D, Germain P, Singh AK, Epstein J, Dobson Amato KA, Reid ME. Automated tobacco assessment and cessation support for cancer patients. Cancer. 2014 Feb 15;120(4):562-9. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28440. Epub 2013 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 24496870; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4482255.
- Dobson Amato KA, Rivard C, Lipsher J, Hyland A. Five years after the Hawai'i smoke-free law: tourism and hospitality economic indicators appear unharmed. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2013 Oct;72(10):355-61. PubMed PMID: 24167770; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3796785.