Carolyn Cannuscio is an American epidemiologist who is an associate professor at the Perelman School of Medicine. She serves as Director of Research for the Center for Public Health Initiatives. Cannuscio works to improve public health with a specific focus on disadvantaged urban populations.
Carolyn C. Cannuscio; | |
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| Alma mater | Brown University Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Perelman School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Is caregiving hazardous to women's health? : associations between informal care provision and mental health in the Nurses' Health Study (1998) |
Early life and education
editCannuscio was an undergraduate student at Brown University, where she studied health and society.[1] She graduated in 1992 and switched her focus to social epidemiology. She joined the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for her doctoral studies, where she investigated whether caregiving was hazardous to the health of women.[2] After earning her doctorate, Cannuscio joined Merck Group as an epidemiologist. She was appointed the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar at the Perelman School of Medicine in 2006.[citation needed]
Research and career
editIn 2007, Cannuscio joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. Based at the Perelman School of Medicine, Cannuscio has continued to work on epidemiology and health disparities. She has concentrated her efforts on the health of people in Philadelphia, which is the poorest of the largest cities in United States. In an attempt to improve public health, Cannuscio has worked with the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Mural Arts Program.[3][4]
Cannuscio has been part of several projects to improve the evidence-base relating to national public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic, food insecurity and food allergies. She was made Director of Research at the Center for Public Health Initiatives in 2016.[1] She also serves as a member of the Penn Institute for Urban Research.[5]
Cannuscio provided expert commentary to the public throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][8][9][10] Cannuscio investigated how people in the United States felt about sharing health data for controlling the spread of COVID-19 (i.e. contact tracing apps).[11][12] She showed that white conservatives were less likely than liberals or racial minorities to support digital data usage for COVID-19 monitoring.[13] During 2021, Cannuscio studied effective strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake.[14][15][16] By the summer, vaccine supply was exceeding demand, and less than half of Americans had received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.[15] She argued that whilst incentives such as cash or free food/drinks may provide a short-term bump, alternate strategies were essential to increase population immunity. These approaches had to address safety concerns (for example, those of pregnant women) and systemic racism within the medical community.[15][17] She believed that organizations must mandate vaccines for their employees, that activities that involve close contact should only involve vaccinated people (for example, entry to restaurants, gyms) and that health insurance premiums should be increased for people who are unvaccinated.[15] She believed that the pandemic heightened health anxiety and caused people to experience "anticipatory regret," the fear that you may cause harm to others by infecting them with COVID-19.[18][19]
Cannuscio recommended people wear N95 respirator masks if they had to socialize, but to stay home if possible.[20]
Selected publications
edit- Daniel H Solomon; Elizabeth W Karlson; Eric B Rimm; Carolyn C Cannuscio; Lisa A Mandl; JoAnn E Manson; Meir J Stampfer; Gary C Curhan (March 1, 2003). "Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in women diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis". Circulation. 107 (9): 1303–1307. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000054612.26458.B2. ISSN 0009-7322. PMID 12628952. Wikidata Q34182804.
- Jennifer K Pai; Tobias Pischon; Jing Ma; et al. (December 1, 2004). "Inflammatory markers and the risk of coronary heart disease in men and women". The New England Journal of Medicine. 351 (25): 2599–2610. doi:10.1056/NEJMOA040967. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 15602020. Wikidata Q34376967.
- Carolyn Cannuscio; Jason Block; Ichiro Kawachi (September 1, 2003). "Social capital and successful aging: the role of senior housing". Annals of Internal Medicine. 139 (5 Pt 2): 395–399. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-139-5_PART_2-200309021-00003. ISSN 0003-4819. PMID 12965964. Wikidata Q35215892.
References
edit- ^ a b "Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD | Center for Public Health Initiatives | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.cphi.upenn.edu. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ C., Cannuscio, Carolyn. Is caregiving hazardous to women's health? : associations between informal care provision and mental health in the Nurses' Health Study. OCLC 81895103.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Who We Are". Healthy Library Initiative. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "journey2home". Mural Arts Philadelphia. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "People | PennIUR". penniur.upenn.edu. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Bult, Laura (March 23, 2020). "What are the rules of social distancing? We asked an expert". Vox. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Tiffany, Kaitlyn (March 12, 2020). "The Dos and Don'ts of 'Social Distancing'". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "A pandemic pod could help you get through winter, experts say. Here's how to form one". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "What we do and don't know about the novel coronavirus". Penn Today. January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Weekly line: The coronavirus mistakes that people (still) keep making". www.advisory.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Can contact tracing stop the spread of COVID-19?". Penn Today. June 15, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Steinhauer, Jennifer; Goodnough, Abby (July 31, 2020). "Contact Tracing Is Failing in Many States. Here's Why". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. public skeptical of sharing digital data for COVID-19 control". Penn Today. June 2, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "How a children's COVID vaccine could offer a new normal for schools". WHYY. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Volpp, Kevin G.; Cannuscio, Carolyn C. (July 1, 2021). "Incentives for Immunity — Strategies for Increasing Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake". New England Journal of Medicine. 385 (1): e1. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2107719. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 34038633. S2CID 235217853.
- ^ S, BeidasRinad; M, ButtenheimAlison; Feuerstein-SimonRachel; S, KilaruAustin; A, AschDavid; G, VolppKevin; G, LawmanHannah; C, CannuscioCarolyn (June 23, 2020). "Optimizing and Implementing Contact Tracing through Behavioral Economics". NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. doi:10.1056/cat.20.0317 (inactive November 1, 2024).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ "Will Paying People To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Work? What You Need To Know About Colorado's Million Dollar Vaccine Sweepstakes". KUNC. May 27, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Caren, Allyson Chiu and Allie (December 9, 2021). "Before the pandemic, we'd dismiss a scratchy throat. Now, the sniffles can derail plans". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Before the pandemic, we'd dismiss a scratchy throat. Now, the sniffles can derail plans". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Staff, 6abc Digital (January 1, 2022). "Philadelphia health experts urge caution for New Year's Eve celebrations". 6abc Philadelphia. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
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