Bettina Drake, PhD, MPH

Bettina Drake

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Director, St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice

Training

  • 2009: Alonzo Smythe Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard University T.H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Education

  • 2003: Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center
  • 2006: Doctorate in Epidemiology, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Identifying the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for cancer as well as the at-risk groups for these factors; utilizing epidemiologic methods to understand the interactions between behavioral and biologic determinants of adverse cancer outcomes; and contributing to the translation of epidemiological findings into behavioral interventions at the individual and population level.

Research Publications

A Community-Engaged Approach to Enhancing Participation in Genomic Research in Rare and Understudied Cancer Populations.
Authors:

Khan S, Martin-Giacalone B, Wallace K, one or more additional authors omitted Drake BF

Journal & Year:

Int J Environ Res Public Health • 2025

Where Should the Cancer Control Interventions Target: A Geospatial Hotspot Analysis for Major Cancer Mortality 2018 to 2022 in the United States.
Authors:

Luo C, Khan S, Jin L, one or more additional authors omitted Drake BF

Journal & Year:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev • 2025

Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Make Patient-Partnered Research a Reality.
Authors:

Venkataraman V, Martin-Giacalone BA, Drake BF, one or more additional authors omitted George S

Journal & Year:

J Clin Oncol • 2024

Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants.
Authors:

Wang A, Shen J, Rodriguez AA, one or more additional authors omitted Drake BF, one or more additional authors omitted Haiman CA

Journal & Year:

Nat Genet • 2023

Local Treatment and Treatment-Related Adverse Effects Among Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer.
Authors:

Khan S, Chang SH, Wang M, one or more additional authors omitted Drake BF

Journal & Year:

JAMA Netw Open • 2023

Post-diagnostic metformin and statin use and risk of biochemical recurrence in Veterans diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Authors:

Khan S, Chang SH, Seyerle AA, one or more additional authors omitted Drake BF

Journal & Year:

Prostate • 2023

Adapting a Research and Community Capacity-Building Program to Address Rural Cancer Burden and Facilitate Partnership Development Between Rural Community Stakeholders and an Urban …
Authors:

Lewis-Thames MW, Leahy N, Kruse-Diehr AJ, one or more additional authors omitted Drake BF

Journal & Year:

J Cancer Educ • 2023