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Judy Y. Ou

Judy Y. Ou, PhD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Pediatrics

Divisions: Hematology/Oncology

Education History

Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Graduate Training Boston University School of Public Health
PhD
Graduate Training Brigham Young University
MPH
Undergraduate Brigham Young University
BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ou JY, Waters AR, Kaddas HK, Warner EL, Lopez PLV, Mann K, Anderson JS, Ray N, Tsukamoto T, Gill D, Linder L, Fair D, Kirchhoff AC (2022). Financial burdens during the COVID-19 pandemic are related to disrupted healthcare utilization among survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers. J Cancer Surviv, 17(6), 1571-1582. (Read full article)
  2. Waters AR, Kaddas HK, van Thiel Berghuijs KM, Vaca Lopez PL, Warner EL, Ou JY, Ramsay JM, Palmer A, Ray N, Tsukamoto T, Fair DB, Lewis MA, Linder L, Gill D, Kirchhoff AC (2023). COVID-19-Related Employment Disruptions and Increased Financial Burden Among Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 12(5), 744-751. (Read full article)
  3. Ou JY, Bennion N, Parker K, Fair D, Hanson HA, Kepka D, Warner EL, Ramsay JM, Kaddas HK, Kirchhoff AC (2022). Risk Factors and Trends for HPV-Associated Subsequent Malignant Neoplasms among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 32(5), 625-633. (Read full article)
  4. Kaddas HK, Ramsay JM, Ou JY, Fair D, Kepka D, Kirchhoff AC (2022). HPV Vaccination Initiation and Completion Among Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivors and a Comparison Population Sample Receiving Primary Care. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 45(2), e236-e243. (Read full article)
  5. Ou JY, Ramsay JM, Lee G, VanDerslice JA, Taddie M, Kirchhoff AC, Divver E, Akerley W, Kepka D, Hanson HA (2022). Patterns of indoor radon concentrations, radon-hazard potential, and radon testing on a small geographic scale in Utah. J Environ Radioact, 256, 107046. (Read full article)
  6. Ramsay JM, Kaddas HK, Ou JY, Kepka D, Kirchhoff AC (2022). Missed opportunities for concomitant HPV vaccination among childhood cancer survivors. Cancer Med, 11(4), 1181-1191. (Read full article)
  7. Waters AR, Warner EL, Vaca Lopez PL, Kirchhoff AC, Ou JY (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. (Read full article)
  8. Waters AR, Kepka D, Ramsay JM, Mann K, Vaca Lopez PL, Anderson JS, Ou JY, Kaddas HK, Palmer A, Ray N, Tsukamoto T, Fair DB, Lewis MA, Kirchhoff AC, Warner EL (2021). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors. JNCI Cancer Spectr, 5(3), Pkab049. (Read full article)
  9. Ou JY, Hanson HA, Ramsay JM, Kaddas HK, Pope CA 3rd, Leiser CL, VanDerslice J, Kirchhoff AC (2020). Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Mortality among Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Patients. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 29(10), 1929-1939. (Read full article)
  10. Davis EA, Ou JY, Chausow C, Verdeja MA, Divver E, Johnston JD, Beard JD (2020). Associations Between School Characteristics and Classroom Radon Concentrations in Utah's Public Schools: A Project Completed by University Environmental Health Students. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(16). (Read full article)
  11. Anderson C, Kaddas HK, Ou JY, Ramsay JM, Trogdon JG, Kirchhoff AC, Nichols HB (2020). Hospitalization after Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer: A Population-Based Study in Utah. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 29(2), 336-342. (Read full article)
  12. Hashibe M, Ou JY, Herget K, Bolton D, McPherson J, Hawley C, Garvin J, Doherty JA, Sweeney C (2019). Feasibility of Capturing Cancer Treatment Data in the Utah All-Payer Claims Database. JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 3, 1-10. (Read full article)
  13. Ou JY, Warner EL, Nam GE, Martel L, Carbajal-Salisbury S, Fuentes V, Wetter DW, Kirchhoff AC, Kepka D (2018). Colorectal cancer knowledge and screening adherence among low-income Hispanic employees. Health Educ Res, 34(4), 400-414. (Read full article)
  14. Warner EL, Martel L, Ou JY, Nam GE, Carbajal-Salisbury S, Fuentes V, Kirchhoff AC, Kepka D (2018). 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. (Read full article)
  15. Ou JY, Hanson HA, Ramsay JM, Leiser CL, Zhang Y, VanDerslice JA, Pope CA 3rd, Kirchhoff AC (2019). Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Healthcare Encounters among Survivors of Childhood Cancers. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 16(6). (Read full article)
  16. Ramsay JM, Ou JY, Fluchel MN, Kirchhoff AC (2018). Respiratory emergency department use from diagnosis through survivorship in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. Cancer, 124(19), 3924-3933. (Read full article)
  17. Ou JY, Peters JL, Levy JI, Bongiovanni R, Rossini A, Scammell MK (2018). Self-rated health and its association with perceived environmental hazards, the social environment, and cultural stressors in an environmental justice population. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 970. (Read full article)
  18. Ou JY, Smits-Seemann RR, Wu YP, Wright J, Kirchhoff AC (2017). An investigation of survivorship clinic attendance among childhood cancer survivors living in a five-state rural region. J Cancer Surviv, 12(2), 196-205. (Read full article)
  19. Ou JY, Fowler B, Ding Q, Kirchhoff AC, Pappas L, Boucher K, Akerley W, Wu Y, Kaphingst K, Harding G, Kepka D (2018). A statewide investigation of geographic lung cancer incidence patterns and radon exposure in a low-smoking population. BMC Cancer, 18(1), 115. (Read full article)
  20. Ou JY, Spraker-Perlman H, Dietz AC, Smits-Seemann RR, Kaul S, Kirchhoff AC (2017). Conditional survival of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult soft tissue sarcoma and bone tumor patients. Cancer Epidemiol, 50(Pt A), 150-157. (Read full article)
  21. Ou JY, Smits-Seemann RR, Kaul S, Fluchel MN, Sweeney C, Kirchhoff AC (2017). Risk of hospitalization among survivors of childhood and adolescent acute lymphoblastic leukemia compared to siblings and a general population sample. Cancer Epidemiol, 49, 216-224. (Read full article)
  22. Kator S, Correll DJ, Ou JY, Levinson R, Noronha GN, Adams CD (2016). Assessment of low-dose i.v. ketamine infusions for adjunctive analgesia. Am J Health Syst Pharm, 73(5 Suppl 1), S22-9. (Read full article)
  23. Ou JY, Levy JI, Peters JL, Bongiovanni R, Garcia-Soto J, Medina R, Scammell MK (2016). A Walk in the Park: The Influence of Urban Parks and Community Violence on Physical Activity in Chelsea, MA. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 13(1). (Read full article)
  24. Ou J, Thygerson SM (2012). Risk factors for work-related injuries among university student employees. Ind Health, 50(5), 445-9. (Read full article)

Editorial

  1. Ou JY, Kirchhoff AC, Hanson HA (2019). Air Pollution across the Cancer Continuum: Extending Our Understanding of the Relationship between Environmental Exposures and Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 29(10), 1876-1879. (Read full article)