Hope M. Krebill, MSW, BSN, RN

Hope Krebill, MSW, BSN, RN, is the Executive Director of the Masonic Cancer Alliance, a membership-based clinical trials network located at The University of Kansas Cancer Center. Previously she served as the Program Director of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service Heartland Region. Hope has over 20 years of combined experience in cancer control, research, program management, and evaluation of programs in underserved populations. She has extensive experience in collaborating with community partners to develop and deliver evidence-based public health interventions that address regional cancer health disparities. For the last 18 years, she has provided research support and collaboration to multiple NIH funded research projects. Hope recently served on a National Cancer Institute advisory group to develop strategies to assist cancer control professionals translate research into practice. She also served as a mentor for the NCI Research to Reality program to help build the capacity of cancer control practitioners to utilize evidence-based decision making.

Adapting and implementing an evidence-based sun-safety education program in rural Idaho, 2012. Prev Chronic Dis 2014: 11:130268

“Cancer changes everything!” Exploring the lived experiences of women with metastatic breast cancer. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 20, 334-342.

A collaborative step-wise process to implementing an innovative clinic for adult survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Vol 30 (5), Pages e147-e155

Effective recruitment of rural breast cancer survivors into a lifestyle intervention. Psycho-oncology.

Expanding local cancer clinical trial options: Analysis of the economic impact of the Midwest Cancer Alliance in Kansas. Academic Medicine 92(9): 1274-1279

Increasing information-seeking about HPV vaccination through community partnerships in African American and Hispanic communities. Family and Community Health. Vol 35, No. 1, pp. 1-16

OPTIK: a database for understanding catchment areas to guide mobilization of cancer center assets, Database, Volume 2020

Searching for cures: Inner-City and rural patients’ awareness and perceptions of cancer clinical trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Vol. 5, March 2017, Pages 72-79

Telehospice: A community-engaged model for utilizing mobile tablets to enhance rural hospice care, American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Vol 36(9) 795-800

Understanding the functional late effects and informational needs of adult survivors of childhood cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum 40(3):254-62