Kimberley Shoaf

Kimberley Shoaf, DrPH, MPH

Languages spoken: Spanish, French, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Family & Preventive Medicine

Divisions: Public Health

Dr. Kimberley I. Shoaf is a Professor in the Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Director of the Rocky Mountains & High Plains Center for Emergency Public Health. During her academic career, she has focused her research, teaching, and service on the field of emergency public health and health workforce development. She has particular expertise in program planning and evaluation applicable to both general public heath practice and emergency public health. Dr. Shoaf received her Master of Public Health degree in Population and Family Health and a DrPH in Community Health Science from the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Research Statement

Over the course of my academic career, I have been a practice-based public health systems and services researcher utilizing mixed-methods. Much of my research has focused on the field of emergency public health and the development of the health workforce. Over the past 20 years, I have been the PI or Co-PI on numerous grants conducting both research and training activities relevant to public health emergencies and disasters both domestically and internationally. My research has focused on two main areas, identifying and quantifying the health impacts of a variety of hazards and connecting the various sectors working to protect the health of populations, including the public health system, health care system, other governmental agencies, and community based organizations, and community members themselves. Methodologically, my expertise lies in mixed methods projects, particularly combining surveys and qualitative interviewing (both Key Informants and Focus Groups).

Education History

Undergraduate University of Utah
 BS
Graduate Training University of California, Los Angeles
 MPH
Doctoral Training University of California, Los Angeles
 DrPH

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Rainey E, Simonsen S, Stanford J, Shoaf K, Baayd (2017). Utah obstetricians' opinions of planned home birth and conflicting NICE/ACOG guidelines: A qualitative study. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), 44(2), 137-144. (Read full article)
  2. Shoaf KI, Peek-Asa (2000). Survey research in disaster public health. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 15(1), 57-63. (Read full article)
  3. Shoaf K, Osorio de Castro CG, Miranda E (2014). Hospital preparedness in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 29(4), 409-12. (Read full article)
  4. Adelaine SA, Shoaf K, Harvey (2016). An Assessment of Collaboration and Disasters: A Hospital Perspective. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 31(2), 121-5. (Read full article)
  5. Ocier K, Abdelaziz S, Kim S, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh VG, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith KR, Porucznik CA, Shoaf K, Stanford JB, Lee CJ, Hashibe (2021). Age-Related Disease Risks in Younger versus Older B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivors. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 30, 2268-2277. (Read full article)
  6. Shoaf KI, Kelley MM, O'Keefe K, Arrington KD, Prelip M (2014). Enhancing emergency preparedness and response systems: correlates of collaboration between local health departments and school districts. Public health reports (Washington, D.C., 129 Suppl 4, 107-13. (Read full article)
  7. Freitas CF, Osorio-de-Castro CG, Shoaf KI, Silva RS, Miranda E (2016). Preparedness for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: hospital treatment capacity in georeferenced areas. Cadernos de saude publica, 32(7), (Read full article)
  8. Miranda ES, Shoaf K, Silva RSD, Freitas CF, Osorio-de-Castro CG (2017). Expected hazards and hospital beds in host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Cadernos de saude publica, 33(5), e00010616. (Read full article)
  9. Potter MA, Houck OC, Miner K, Shoaf (2013). Data for preparedness metrics: legal, economic, and operational. Journal of public health management and practice, 19 Suppl 2, S22-7. (Read full article)
  10. Qeadan F, Honda T, Gren LH, Dailey-Provost J, Benson LS, VanDerslice JA, Porucznik CA, Waters AB, Lacey S, Shoaf (2020). Naive Forecast for COVID-19 in Utah Based on the South Korea and Italy Models-the Fluctuation between Two Extremes. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(8), (Read full article)
  11. Qeadan F, Akofua Mensah N, Tingey B, Bern R, Rees T, Talboys S, Pal Singh T, Lacey S, Shoaf (2020). What Protective Health Measures Are Americans Taking in Response to COVID-19? Results from the COVID Impact Survey. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(17), (Read full article)
  12. Errett NA, Howarth M, Shoaf K, Couture M, Ramsey S, Rosselli R, Webb S, Bennett A, Miller (2020). Developing an Environmental Health Sciences COVID-19 Research Agenda: Results from the NIEHS Disaster Research Response (DR2) Work Group's Modified Delphi Method. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(18), (Read full article)
  13. Shoaf (2014). Organizing the health sector for response to disasters. Ciencia & saude coletiva, 19(9), 3705-15. (Read full article)
  14. Ocier K, Abdelaziz S, Kim S, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith K, Porucznik CA, Shoaf K, Stanford JB, Lee CJ, Hashibe (2021). Cardiovascular disease risks in younger versus older adult B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors. Cancer medicine, 10(12), 4117-4126. (Read full article)
  15. Kaitlin A. O'Keefe, Katharine D. Arrington, Michael Prelip, and Kimberley I. Shoa (2015). Examining Perceptions of School System and Local Health Department Collaborations in Emergency Preparedness and Response. Frontiers in public health services & systems research, 4(1), 22-28.
  16. O'Keefe KA, Shafir SC, Shoaf K (2013). Local health department epidemiologic capacity: a stratified cross-sectional assessment describing the quantity, education, training, and perceived competencies of epidemiologic staff. Frontiers in public health, 1, 64. (Read full article)
  17. Orr K, Ta Z, Shoaf K, Halliday TM, Tobin S, Baron K (2022). Sleep, Diet, Physical Activity, and Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 12(3), (Read full article)
  18. Nguyen LH,Shoaf KI,Rottman SJ,Bourque L (1997). Examining self-perceived first-aid abilities after the Northridge earthquake. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 12(4), 60-66. (Read full article)
  19. Shoaf K,Sareen H,Nguyen L,Bourque (1998). Injuries as a result of California earthquakes in the past decade. Disasters, 22(3), 218-235. (Read full article)
  20. Shoaf K,Rottman (2000). Public health impact of disasters. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 15(3), 58-63. (Read full article)
  21. Sareen H,Shoaf K (2000). Impact of the 1994 northridge earthquake on the utilization and difficulties associated with prescription medications and health aids. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 15(4), 47-54. (Read full article)
  22. Bourque L,Siegel J,Shoaf (2002). Psychological distress following urban Earthquakes in California. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 17(2), 81-90. (Read full article)
  23. Siegel J,Shoaf K,Afifi A,Bourque (2003). Surviving two disasters: Does reaction to the first predict response to the second?. Environment and behavior, 35(5), 637-654. (Read full article)
  24. Shoaf K,Sauter C,Bourque LB,Giangreco C,Weiss (2004). Suicides in Los Angeles County in relation to the Northridge earthquake. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 19(4), 307-310. (Read full article)
  25. Porter K,Shoaf K,Seligson (2006). Value of injuries in the Northridge earthquake. Earthquake spectra, 22(2), 555-563. (Read full article)
  26. Perry S,Cox D,Jones L,Bernknopf R,Goltz J,Hudnut K,Mileti D,Ponti D,Porter K,Reichle M,Seligson H,Shoaf K,Treiman J,Wein (2008). The shakeout earthquake scenario-A story that Southern Californians are writing. US Geological Survey Circular, (1324), 1-24. (Read full article)
  27. Porter K,Jones L,Cox D,Goltz J,Hudnut K,Mileti D,Perry S,Ponti D,Reichle M,Rose AZ,Scawthorn CR,Seligson HA,Shoaf KI,Treiman J,Wein (2011). The ShakeOut scenario: A hypothetical Mw7.8 earthquake on the Southern San Andreas Fault. Earthquake spectra, 27(2), 239-261. (Read full article)
  28. Wood N,Wilson R,Jones J,Peters J,MacMullan E,Krebs T,Shoaf K,Miller (2017). Community disruptions and business costs for distant tsunami evacuations using maximum versus scenario-based zones. Natural hazards (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 86(2), 619-643. (Read full article)
  29. Hartsell J,Wilson FA,Shoaf K,Dunn A,Samore MH,Janes Staes (2024). An economic evaluation of the expansion of electronic case reporting in an academic healthcare setting. JAMIA open, 7(1), (Read full article)
  30. Esquivel-Mendoza J,Burgess HJ,Gren LH,Shoaf K,Baron K (2023). What a difference a year makes: Objective rest/activity patterns, circadian phase markers, and sleep quality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sleep health, 9(4), 544-550. (Read full article)
  31. Ocier K,Abdelaziz S,Kim S,Rowe K,Snyder J,Deshmukh V,Newman M,Fraser A,Smith K,Porucznik C,Shoaf K,Stanford J,Lee C,Hashibe (2023). Contributions of cancer treatment, comorbidities, and obesity to aging-related disease risks among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Cancer causes & control, 34(2), 171-180. (Read full article)
  32. Ocran B,Talboys S,Shoaf (2022). Conflicting HIV/AIDS Sex Education Policies and Mixed Messaging among Educators and Students in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Ghana. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(23), (Read full article)
  33. Hartsell JD,Staes C,Allen KS,Dunn AC,Wilson FA,Samore MH,Shoaf (2024). Navigating the Landscape: Barriers and Facilitators in Electronic Case Reporting Implementation Across Public Health Agencies. Journal of public health management and practice, 30(3), E102-E111. (Read full article)
  34. Crouch SJ, Allen KS, Thornton D, Hartsell J, Weybright EH, Szymczak JE, Shoaf K (2025). Assessing Public Health Capacity for Infectious Disease Modeling: A Qualitative Study of State and Local Agencies. International journal of environmental research and public health, 22(8), (Read full article)
  35. Nicholls C, Shoaf K, Halliday T, Prather AA, Baucom BRW, Baron K (2026). Testing the Daily Bidirectional Relationships Between Stress and Sleep Using Bivariate Multilevel Autoregressive Modeling. Biopsychosocial science and medicine, 88(2), 191-199. (Read full article)
  36. Chang CE, Knox D, Yu ZD, Shoaf K, Talboys SL, Hashibe (2026). COVID-19 outcomes among individuals with substance use disorders. Public health, 252, 106156. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Shoaf K,Peek-Asa (2000). Survey research in disaster public health. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 15(1), 65-71. (Read full article)
  2. Shoaf K,Argothy V,Boruff B,Cubbin L,Miller (2003). Societal impacts. Earthquake spectra, 19(SUPPL.), 155-165. (Read full article)

Book Chapter

  1. Shoaf KI, Seligson H (2011). Estimating Casualties for the Southern California Shakeout.
  2. Seligson HA,Shoaf K (2002). Human impacts of earthquakes. Earthquake Engineering Handbook, 28-1-28-29. (Read full article)
  3. Jones LM,Bernknopf R,Cox D,Goltz J,Hudnut K,Mileti D,Perry S,Ponti D,Porter K,Reichle M,Seligson H,Shoaf K,Treiman J,Wein (2010). The ShakeOut Scenario. The Big Shake: Implications of a Major Earthquake in California, 31-306. (Read full article)
  4. Shoaf K,Seligson (2011). Estimating casualties for the Southern California ShakeOut. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 29, 125-137. (Read full article)
  5. Shoaf (2022). Disaster risk assessment: A Primer. Public Health Emergencies: Case Studies, Competencies, and Essential Services of Public Health, 57-73. (Read full article)

Conference Proceedings

  1. Shoaf K,Seligson H,Rottman (2006). Hazard risk assessment for earthquakes from a public health perspective. 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006, 3, 1773-1778. (Read full article)
  2. Seligson HA,Shoaf KI,Kano (2006). Development of casualty models for non-ductile concrete frame structures for use in peer's performance-based earthquake engineering framework. 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006, 9, 5532-5541. (Read full article)

Editorial

  1. Degutis LC, Shoaf K, Aragón TJ, Atchison C, Dyjack D, Hites L, Links J, Olson D, Potter M, Thompson J, Turnock (2021). The Urgent Need for Public Health Preparedness Funding and Support. American journal of public health, 111(3), 363-365. (Read full article)
  2. Shoaf K,Rottman (2000). The role of public health in disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 15(4), 144-146. (Read full article)
  3. Shoaf K,Rottman (2000). The role of public health in disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 15(4), 18-20. (Read full article)

Abstract

  1. E.S. Miranda, A. Esher, L. Baetscher, K.I. Shoaf, C. Osorio-de-Castr (2015). The appropriation of cultural aspects by healthcare preparedness in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil.19th World Congress on Disaster & Emergency Medicine (WCDEM). Prehospital and disaster medicine, 30(S1),
  2. Miranda ES, Freitas CF, Osorio-de-Castro C, Shoaf KI, Andrade C (2015). Hospital response capacity and hospital treatment capacity for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th World Congress on Disaster & Emergency Medicine (WCDEM). Prehospital and disaster medicine, 30(Suppl 1),
  3. Miranda ES, Shoaf KI, Freitas C, Osorio-de-Castro, CG (2017). Organization of Health Services and Risk Preparedness during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 32(S!), S138.
  4. Kaitlin O'Keefe, MPH , Melissa M. Kelley, MS , Katie Arrington, MPH , Michael Prelip, MPH, DPA , Kimberley Shoaf, DrPH (2013). Utilizing existing successful public health collaborations between local health departments and school districts as models for future joint program development.
  5. Bliss J, Shoaf KI, Anderson L (2016). Utilization of an Online Toolkit to Enhance Collaboration for Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters.
  6. Gren L, Shoaf KI, Willardson S, Hatch (2015). Electronic Dashboard for Automatic Daily Sharing of Absenteeism as a Surveillance System.
  7. Shoaf KI, Anderson L, Kohler (2015). Hospital Perspectives on Collaboration with Public Health for Emergency Preparedness.
  8. Katharine Arrington, MPH, Melissa M. Kelley, MS , Kaitlin O'Keefe, MPH , Kimberley Shoaf, DrPH , Michael Prelip, MPH, DP (2013). Building better collaborations: A local health department and school district perspective.
  9. Alexander J, Rottman S, Shoaf (2005). Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness for Health Professions Students: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
  10. Kuljian S, Shoaf K, Dorian A, Rottman (2005). Evaluating Disaster Preparedness Training Activities.
  11. Curran JA, Georgis T, Kuljian SL, Shoaf K (2007). Modified two-stage cluster sampling: Methodology for post-Katrina health outcomes research.
  12. Shoaf KI, Flores R, Seidman RL, Oxendine J, Bliss JC, Yontz (2008). Improving the public health workforce in California, Hawaii, Utah, and Nevada: Training initiatives of the Pacific Public Health Training Center (PPHTC).
  13. Seidman RL, Oxendine J, Flores R, Shoaf KI, Bliss J (2008). Increasing graduate public health education by underrepresented groups: Evidence from California.
  14. Ogaz A, Shoaf KI, Aumack K (1992). Smoking Cessation and Prevention: Education Through Entertaining and Culturally Sensitive Videos.
  15. Bourque LB, Shoaf KI, Russell LA, Goltz J (1994). Injury Following the Whittier Narrows and Loma Prieta Earthquakes.
  16. Shoaf KI, Johnson E (1989). Colorado Lay Health Promoters: A Pilot Project for Migrant Farmworkers.
  17. Shoaf K (2001). Bioterrorism: Role of Academic Public Health.
  18. Riopelle DD, Kano M, Shoaf KI, Rottman S (2002). Disseminating bioterrorism training materials to physicians via the Internet.
  19. Melissa M. Kelley, MS, Kaitlin O'Keefe, MPH , Katharine Arrington, MPH , Michael Prelip, Kimberley Shoaf, DrP (2013). Emergency preparedness in school districts: Findings from a national survey.
  20. Katharine Arrington, MPH, Kaitlin O'Keefe, PhD, Kimberley Shoaf, DrP (2014). Evaluation of the Pilot Implementation of the Collaboration Toolkit for Local Health Departments and School Districts.
  21. Shoaf, KI Anderson L Bliss, (2016). Toolkit to Improve Coordination Between Public Health, Health Care, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency Management.
  22. Shoaf KI, Clark A, Lewis B, Cova (2018). Should We Stay or Should We go: Hospital Decision-Making for Evacuation in Hurricane Harvey.
  23. Talboys S., Hipol, F.A. Shoaf KI, Godin S. Nilson L (2020). Qualitative findings from a statewide assessment of maternal and child health.
  24. Erret N., Seage M., Pedersen K., McGinty M., Shoaf, K (2020). Health care decision-making post-earthquake: When to close, when to open.
  25. Erret N., Seage M., Pedersen K., McGinty M., Shoaf, K (2020). Understanding and Informing Healthcare Facility Administrator Decision-making and Information Needs About Closure, Evacuation, Reopening and Reentry Following Disasters.

Report

  1. Potter MA, Houck OC, Miner K, Shoaf (2012). The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Opportunity and Challenges: A White Paper Prepared by the CDC -Funded Preparedness & Emergency Response Research Centers.
  2. Petal M, Baral S, Giri S, Rajbanshi S, Gajurel S, Green RP, Pandey B, Shoaf K (2017). Causes of Deaths and Injuries in the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
  3. Wood N, Ratliff J, Peters J, Shoaf (2013). Population vulnerability and evacuation challenges in California for the SAFRR tsunami scenario. 50.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Perry S, Cox D, Jones L, Bernknopf R, Glotz J, Hudnut K, Mileti D, Ponti D, Porter K, Reichle M, Seligson HA, Shoaf KI, Treiman J, Wein (2008). The ShakeOut Scenario: U.S. Geographical Survey Open-File Report 2008-1150 and California Geographical Survey Preliminary Report 25.
  2. Shoaf KI, Jesse Bliss, Lauren Anderson, Justin McDermott, Andrea Baxte (2017). Online Toolkit to Enhance Collaboration for Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Making Disasters Less Disastrous: Public Health, Healthcare Executives, and Emergency Management Working Together.