Specializing In:
- Nutrition
- Behavioral interventions
- Community-based participatory research
- Health inequities
Biography
Dr. Yeary is a Nutritional Scientist who develops and tests pragmatic dietary behavioral interventions for the primary and secondary prevention of cancer. In the majority of her work, she uses a community-based participatory research approach in collaborating with communities to address health inequities. She also conducts dissemination and implementation science research to scale-up evidence-based interventions. Dr. Yeary's work has included dietary change interventions to prevent cancer recurrence in cancer patients and survivors, obesity treatment strategies to prevent cancer in Black communities of faith, and building community-academic partnerships to facilitate research addressing social determinants of health.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Professor of Oncology
- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Background
Education and Training
- 1999-2003 - PhD - Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Fellowship
- 2003-2005 - Community-based participatory research, W.K. Kellogg Health Post-Doctorate Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Professional Memberships
- Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO)
Clinical Trials
Publications
Yeary KH, Yu H, Kuliszewski MG, Li Q, McCann SE, Pratt R, Saad-Harfouche FG, Wang Z, Clark N, Wang C, DiCarlo E, Tang L (2024). Outcomes of a Dietary Intervention to Reduce Bladder Cancer Recurrence and Progression in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Survivors. JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Feb 26:22(2):e237086
Yeary KH, Johnson D, Harris N, Yu H, Saad-Harfouche FG, Dauphin C, DiCarlo E, Yao S, Varady K, Tang L (2024). An intermittent fasting intervention caused greater reductions in daily energy and fat intake compared to a continuous energy restriction intervention in Black adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Jul 8:S2212-2672(24)00539-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2024.07.003. Online ahead of print.
Yeary KH, Quisenberry A, Hall M, Han Yu, Henry W, Rodriguez E, Zoellner J Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and cancer: A Scoping Review. (2022) Cancer Prevention Research. Jun 2;15(6):377-39.
Yeary KH, Willis D, Yu H, Johnson B*, Mcelfish PA. (2023) Self-Reported Racial Discrimination and Healthy Behaviors in Black Adults Residing in Rural Persistent Poverty Areas. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Aug 9. https://doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01738-8.