Jean Hunleth, PhD, MPH

Medical School Department Community Health
Research Program Prevention and Control
Jean Hunleth

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Surgery and Anthropology Division of Public Health Sciences, WashU Medicine

Education

  • 2011: PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  • 2011: MPH, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Care giving and treatment seeking among populations marginalized by age, gender and socioeconomic status in southern Africa and the U.S.

Research Publications

Working through cancer: Economic precarity and the social meaning of survival for parent-survivors in the United States.
Authors:

Brown VL, Kaufman L, Ruiz S, one or more additional authors omitted Hunleth J

Journal & Year:

Med Anthropol Q • 2026

Support needs of young people caring for their parents with cancer.
Authors:

Njelesani J, Kaufman L, Ruiz S, Brown VL, Hunleth J

Journal & Year:

J Cancer Surviv • 2025

Where there are no visitors: Improvising care in a pediatric hospital in Zambia.
Authors:

Hunleth J, Kaufman L, Bunkley E, one or more additional authors omitted Asante C

Journal & Year:

Soc Sci Med • 2025

Inequities in childhood cancer research: A scoping review.
Authors:

Hunleth J, Burack S, Kaufman L, one or more additional authors omitted Njelesani J

Journal & Year:

EJC Paediatr Oncol • 2024

The adult in the room: The push and pull of parental involvement in research with children.
Authors:

Wiedenman EM, Lee KMN, Hunleth J

Journal & Year:

Childhood • 2023