Research Statement
Since 2012, I have been immersed in research on adolescent and young adult (AYA) patient and caregiver cancer experiences, with a special emphasis on social media use. As a doctoral student I studied how AYA cancer caregivers use social media for social support, including the prevalence and change in five types of social support on Facebook and Instagram over the first six months of caregiving. My research received recognition as a top rated abstract and is now published in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. This work catalyzed my research expertise setting the stage for my dissertation research (NCI 1F31CA221000) and a prestigious two-year fellowship from the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence. These opportunities facilitated my specialized research skillset in social media data collection and analysis. I gained a conceptual understanding of social networks and cancer-related discourse on social media, which fostered my commitment to studying cancer misinformation online.
As a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in their T32 Cancer Prevention and Control Health Disparities Research Program (NCI T32CA078447) my research focused on the interpretation and spread of cancer misinformation and vaccine misinformation on social media, including on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter with an emphasis on health literacy among racial and ethnic minorities. My current research encompasses a range of social media data collection methods and analytic procedures which I have honed over more than a decade of research experiences.
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Warner EL Barbati JL (03/01/2022). Vaccine misinformation types and properties in Russian troll tweets. Vaccine, 40, 953-960.
- Warner EL Kirchhoff AC Wilson A Cloyes KG (03/01/2022). Social support enactments on social media during the first 6 months of young adult cancer caregiving. J Cancer Surviv, 16, 61-72.
- Waters AR Mann K Warner EL Vaca Lopez PL Kaddas HK Ray N (02/01/2022). "I thought there would be more I understood": health insurance literacy among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. 30, 4457-4464.
- Waters AR Kepka D Ramsay JM Mann K Vaca Lopez PL Anderson JS Ou JY (02/01/2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors. 5(3), Pkab049.
- Yan K Barbati JL (01/01/2022). Russian Troll Vaccine Misinformation Dissemination on Twitter: The Role of Political Partisanship. Health Commun, 1-10.
- Waters AR Gren LH (11/01/2021). Qualitative inquiry of cancer caregiving during young adulthood: responsibilities, challenges, teamwork, and social support. 3(4).
- Warner EL Waters AR (11/01/2021). Young adult cancer caregivers' exposure to cancer misinformation on social media. Cancer, 127(8), 1318-1324.
- Waters AR Zamora ER Fluchel M Warner EL (10/01/2021). A qualitative inquiry of communication based barriers to the diagnosis of pediatric cancer: Perceptions of primarily Spanish-speaking caregivers. Patient Educ Couns, 105, 1503-1509.
- Waters AR Warner EL (10/01/2021). Perceptions and knowledge of air pollution and its health effects among caregivers of childhood cancer survivors: a qualitative study. BMC Cancer, 21(1), 1070.
- Kirchhoff AC Spraker-Perlman HL McFadden M (10/01/2021). Sociodemographic Disparities in Quality of Life for Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 3(2), 66-74.
- Warner EL Wilson A Ellington L Sun Y (08/01/2021). Cancer content and social media platform influence young adult cancer caregivers' social support on social media. J Psychosoc Oncol, 1-8.
- Warner EL Wilson AR (08/01/2021). Employment of Young Adult Cancer Caregivers, Other Disease Caregivers, and Non-Caregiving Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(14).
- Rains SA Leroy G (05/01/2021). Psycholinguistic Markers of COVID-19 Conspiracy Tweets and Predictors of Tweet Dissemination. Health Commun, 1-10.
- Kaddas HK Pannier ST Mann K Waters AR Salmon S (03/01/2021). Age-Related Differences in Financial Toxicity and Unmet Resource Needs Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 9(1), 105-110.
- Warner EL Vaca Lopez PL Kepka D Mann K Kaddas HK (02/01/2021). Influence of provider recommendations to restart vaccines after childhood cancer on caregiver intention to vaccinate. J Cancer Surviv, 14(5), 757-767.
- Mann K Wu YP Pannier ST Hacking C Warner EL (02/01/2021). Healthcare provider perspectives on pediatric cancer survivorship care plans: a single institution pilot study. 29(2), 697-706.
- Warner EL Kirchhoff AC Ellington L (12/01/2020). Young adult cancer caregivers' use of social media for social support. Psychooncology, 29(7), 1185-1192.
- Reblin M Wu YP Pok J Kane L Colman H (09/01/2020). Development of the Electronic Social Network Assessment Program Using the Center for eHealth and Wellbeing Research Roadmap. JMIR Hum Factors, 4(3), e23.
- Warner EL Ding Q Pappas L Bodson J (09/01/2020). Health Care Providers' Knowledge of HPV Vaccination, Barriers, and Strategies in a State With Low HPV Vaccine Receipt: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer, 3(2), e12.
- Ou JY Warner EL Nam GE Martel L (05/01/2020). Colorectal cancer knowledge and screening adherence among low-income Hispanic employees. Health Educ Res, 34(4), 400-414.
- Pannier ST Mann K Warner EL Rosen S Acharya A (05/01/2020). Survivorship care plan experiences among childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients and their families. BMC Pediatr, 19(1), 111.
- Warner EL Martel L Ou JY Nam GE (04/01/2020). A Workplace-Based Intervention to Improve Awareness, Knowledge, and Utilization of Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings Among Latino Service and Manual Labor Employees in Utah. J Community Health, 44(2), 256-264.
- Pannier ST Warner EL Fowler B (04/01/2020). Age-Specific Patient Navigation Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer. 34(2), 242-251.
- Kirchhoff AC Mann K Warner EL Kaddas HK (03/01/2020). HPV vaccination knowledge, intentions, and practices among caregivers of childhood cancer survivors. Hum Vaccin Immunother, 15(7-8), 1767-1775.
- Warner EL Fowler B Pannier ST Salmon SK (09/01/2019). Patient Navigation Preferences for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Services by Distance to Treatment Location. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 7(4), 438-444.
- Martin S Warner EL Kirchhoff AC (09/01/2019). An Electronic Medical Record Alert Intervention to Improve HPV Vaccination Among Eligible Male College Students at a University Student Health Center. J Community Health, 43(4), 756-760.
- Kirchhoff AC Nipp R Warner EL Kuhlthau K Leisenring WM Donelan K (09/01/2019). "Job Lock" Among Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. JAMA Oncol, 4(5), 707-711.
- Warner EL Ellington L (08/01/2019). Acquisition of Social Support and Linguistic Characteristics of Social Media Posts About Young Adult Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 7(2), 196-203.
- Warner EL Bodson J Mooney R (05/01/2019). Latinas' Colorectal Cancer Screening Knowledge, Barriers to Receipt, and Feasibility of Home-Based Fecal Immunochemical Testing. J Immigr Minor Health, 20(4), 981-990.
- Warner EL Fowler B (10/01/2018). Improving HPV Vaccination Through a Diverse Multi-state Coalition. J Community Health, 42(5), 911-920.
- Lai D Bodson J Warner EL (08/01/2018). Younger Age and Health Beliefs Associated with Being Overdue for Pap Testing among Utah Latinas who were Non-Adherent to Cancer Screening Guidelines. J Immigr Minor Health, 19(5), 1088-1099.
- Kirchhoff AC Fowler B Warner EL Pannier ST Fair D (07/01/2018). Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: Oncology Provider Perceptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Unmet Needs. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 6(4), 519-523.
- Warner EL Ding Q (06/01/2018). White, affluent, educated parents are least likely to choose HPV vaccination for their children: a cross-sectional study of the National Immunization Study - teen. BMC Pediatr, 17(1), 200.
- Smits-Seemann RR Yi J (06/01/2018). A Qualitative Inquiry of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivors' Perspectives of Independence. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 6(1), 91-95.
- Bodson J Ding Q Warner EL (03/01/2018). Sub-Regional Assessment of HPV Vaccination Among Female Adolescents in the Intermountain West and Implications for Intervention Opportunities. Matern Child Health J, 21(7), 1500-1511.
- Kepka D Spigarelli MG Warner EL (02/01/2018). Statewide analysis of missed opportunities for human papillomavirus vaccination using vaccine registry data. 2, 128-132.
- Warner EL Kirchhoff AC (02/01/2018). Financial Burden of Pediatric Cancer for Patients and Their Families. J Oncol Pract, 11(1), 12-8.
- Henry KA Swiecki-Sikora AL (01/01/2018). Area-based socioeconomic factors and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among teen boys in the United States. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 19.
- Fowler B Bodson J (01/01/2018). Poor HPV vaccine-related awareness and knowledge among Utah Latinas overdue for recommended cancer screenings. J Community Health, 41(4), 825-37.
- Bodson J (11/01/2017). Moderate Awareness and Limited Knowledge Relating to Cervical Cancer, HPV, and the HPV Vaccine Among Hispanics/Latinos in Utah. Health Promot Pract, 17(4), 548-56.
- Bodson J Wilson A (10/01/2017). Religion and HPV vaccine-related awareness, knowledge, and receipt among insured women aged 18-26 in Utah. PLoS One, 12(8), e0183725.
- Zamora ER Yi J Akter J (10/01/2017). 'Having cancer was awful but also something good came out': Post-traumatic growth among adult survivors of pediatric and adolescent cancer. 28, 21-27.
- Nam GE Warner EL Morreall DK (09/01/2017). Understanding psychological distress among pediatric cancer caregivers. 24(7), 3147-55.
- Lai D Ding Q (03/01/2017). Factors Associated with Increased HPV Vaccine Use in Rural-Frontier U.S. States. 33(4), 283-94.
- Henry KA Stroup AM (12/01/2016). Geographic Factors and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Initiation among Adolescent Girls in the United States. 25(2), 309-17.
- Warner EL Nam GE Zhang Y McFadden M (11/01/2016). Health behaviors, quality of life, and psychosocial health among survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers. J Cancer Surviv, 10(2), 280-90.
- Kepka D Warner EL (11/01/2016). Low human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine knowledge among Latino parents in Utah. J Immigr Minor Health, 17(1), 125-31.
- Warner EL Wu YP Hacking CC (09/01/2016). An Assessment to Inform Pediatric Cancer Provider Development and Delivery of Survivor Care Plans. 30(4), 677-84.
- Kepka D Ding Q (09/01/2016). Latino Parents' Awareness and Receipt of the HPV Vaccine for Sons and Daughters in a State with Low Three-Dose Completion. 30(4), 808-12.
- Warner EL Kent EE Trevino KM (08/01/2016). Social well-being among adolescents and young adults with cancer: A systematic review. Cancer, 122(7), 1029-37.
- Kepka D Ding Q (07/01/2016). Factors associated with early adoption of the HPV vaccine in US male adolescents include Hispanic ethnicity and receipt of other vaccines. Prev Med Rep, 4, 98-102.
- Warner EL Montenegro RE (05/01/2016). Health care concerns of rural childhood cancer survivors. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 25(2), 901-12.
- Kepka D Ding Q (02/01/2016). High school females and those with other vaccinations most likely to complete the Human Papillomavirus vaccine. Prev Med Rep, 2, 79-83.
- Warner EL Lai D Carbajal-Salisbury S (02/01/2016). Latino Parents' Perceptions of the HPV Vaccine for Sons and Daughters. J Community Health, 40, 387-94.
- Kirchhoff AC Parsons HM Kuhlthau KA Leisenring W Donelan K (06/01/2015). Supplemental security income and social security disability insurance coverage among long-term childhood cancer survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst, 107(6), djv057.
- Simonsen SE Kepka D Thompson J (11/01/2014). Preventive health care among HIV positive women in a Utah HIV/AIDS clinic: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Womens Health, 14(1), 37.
- Kirchhoff AC Montenegro RE Warner EL Wright J (07/01/2014). Childhood cancer survivors' primary care and follow-up experiences. 22(6), 1629-35.
Newspaper
- Utz RL (03/01/2022). Caregiver burden among diverse caregivers. Cancer.