Specializing In:
- Cancer prevention efforts among racial/ethnic minority populations
- Culturally tailored behavioral intervention development and efficacy
- Screening and access for medically underserved
- Health care delivery to underserved populations in urban/rural U.S.
- Psychosocial and behavioral factors that influence minority health status
- Health outcomes related to chronic disease conditions
- Health systems research and implementation science
- Integrative oncology and traditional medicine systems
- Cancer survivorship and quality of life
Research Interests:
- Cancer screening and early detection
- Cancer health disparities
- Cancer survivorship
- Complementary and integrative medicine
- Integrative yoga therapy and Ayurveda
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control and joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2016. I earned a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2015.
I am a medical anthropologist advancing research directed toward reducing, eliminating and preventing health disparities. I am currently working on expanding cancer screening and patient navigation services at Roswell Park with a goal of reducing cancer health disparities.
My research focuses on health disparities related to chronic illness including cancer, particularly the illness experience, prevention, access to care, and utilization of medical systems. My work has primarily focused on underserved communities with an emphasis on under-resourced populations.
As co-leader of the Cancer Screening and Survivorship Program, I focus on two main areas of the cancer continuum, early detection/screening and survivorship care. My work with local Federally Qualified Health Centers investigates implementing evidence-based guidelines for cancer screening using both practice facilitation and patient education/navigation to increase cancer screening rates in underserved populations. My current efforts in the survivorship program have highlighted the importance of symptom management for cancer survivors and support for their caregivers through wellness programs, with a specific focus on integrative oncology such as yoga therapy. Additionally, I am a board-certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor through the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Program Leader
- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
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Community Health Center Outreach and Patient Navigation
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Associate Member - Roswell Park Graduate Division
Background
Education and Training
- 2015 - PhD - Cultural Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 2009 - MA - Cultural Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Board Certification
- Ayurvedic Health Counselor - The National Ayurvedic Medical Association
Clinical Trials
Featured on CancerTalk
Publications
- Fox CH, Swanson A, Kahn LS, Glaser K, Murray BM. Improving Chronic Kidney Disease Care in Primary Care Practices: An Upstate New York Practice-based Research Network (UNYNET) Study. J Am Board Fam Med 2008; 21(6):522-30
- Wentworth AL, Fox CH, Kahn LS, Glaser K, Cadzow R. Two Years After a Quality Improvement Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease Care in a Primary Care Office. American Journal of Medical Quality 2011; 26(3):200-5 Kahn LS, Glaser K, Fox CH, Patterson A. Diabetes Educators in Safety-Net Practices: A Qualitative Study. DiabetesEduc 2011; 26(3):200-5
- Kahn L S, Tumiel-Berhalter L, D'Aniello R, Danzo A, Fox CH, Taylor J, Holland S, Glaser K, Patel V, Glick M. The impacts of "growing our own": a pilot project to address health disparities by training health professionals to become certified diabetes educators in safety net practices. Diabetes Educator 2012; 38(1):86-93.
- Kahn LS, Vest BM, Karl R, Tumiel-Berhalter L, Taylor R, Schuster RC, Glaser K, Danakas A, Fox CH. Living with diabetes on Buffalo, New York's culturally diverse West Side. Chronic Illness 2012; 9(1):43-56.
- Vest BM, Kahn LS, Danzo A, Tumiel-Berhalter L, Schuster RC, Karl R, Taylor R, Glaser K, Danakas A, Fox CH. Diabetes Self-management in a Low-income Population: Impacts of social support and relationships with the health care system. Chronic Illness 2013; 9(2):145-155.
- Glaser KM, Nichols C, Wangai S, Lawton B, Reid ME, Erwin DO. If you understand the gut of a goat, does it help prepare for a colonoscopy? Practicing Anthropology 2016; 38(4): 46-48.
- Glaser, KM, McDaniel, DC, Hess, SM, Flores, TF, Rokitka, DA, & Reid, ME. (2019). Implementing an Integrative Survivorship Program at a Comprehensive Cancer Center: A Multimodal Approach to Life after Cancer. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 25 (S1):S106-S111.
- Flores, T, Glaser, KM., McDaniel, D, Rokitka, D, Amato, KA, & Reid, ME (2019). Building a comprehensive cancer survivorship program. Ecancermedicalscience 13.
- Glaser, KM (2020). The Many Forks in the Road: A Nontraditional Journey as a Medical Anthropologist. Practicing Anthropology, 42(1), 26-30.
- Dauphin C, Clark N, Cadzow R, Saad-Harfouche F, Rodriguez E, Glaser K, Kiviniemi M, Keller M, Erwin D. (2020). #BlackBreastsMatter: Process Evaluation of Recruitment and Engagement of Pregnant African American Women for a Social Media Intervention Study to Increase Breastfeeding. J Med Internet Res, 22(8):e16239.