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I am a health communication researcher who focuses on reducing and eventually eliminating health disparities through community –engaged and community-based participatory approaches. My research shows a track record of work dedicated to addressing health disparities among African Americans and other minority and underserved populations. I have continued to build a strong program of health communication research focused on reducing health disparities. I have led and contributed to several publications that emphasize the importance of effective health communication targeted to minority and underserved populations and the role it plays in positive health behavior outcome.

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• Lumpkins, C.Y., Chen, Y (2026). – In Press: Book chapter “COVID 19 and Community Voices: A Look at How Trusted Community Members Inform Public Health Preparedness and Effective Communication Strategies,” The Palgrave Handbook of Communication and Health Disparities.

• Murray NZ, Lumpkins CY, Al Awamlh BAH, Wallis C, Diehl C, Barocas DA, Beskow LM, O'Neil B. Drivers Influencing Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision making - A Qualitative Analysis of Underrepresented Men across the US. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. (2025) Nov 17; doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02748-4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41249763.

• Lumpkins, C.Y., Miller, L, Twizele, Z., Philp, A., Nelson, K. & Cooper, E.  (2025) – The Black Church and Opportunities to Address Cancer Disparities through Cancer-Related Genetic Risk Assessment Software Technology. University of Missouri Press - https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826223258/confluences/ 

• Lumpkins, C. Y., Kaphingst, K. A., Miller, L. R., Cooper, E., Smith, M., Belshe, K., Lumpkins, G., Peltzer, J., Adsul, P., & Wray, R. (2025). Exploring the Role of Communication Asset Mapping (CAM) as a Strategy to Promote Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Information Within African American Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(1), 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22010075

• Lumpkins C.Y., Nelson R, Twizele Z, Ramírez M, Kimminau KS, Philp A (2023), Mustafa RA, Godwin AK. Communicating risk and the landscape of cancer prevention — an exploratory study that examines perceptions of cancer-related genetic counseling and testing among African Americans and Latinos in the Midwest. Journal of Community Genetics. 2023. doi: 10.1007/s12687-022-00629-5

• Lumpkins, C.Y., Kimminau, K., Ramirez-Mantilla, M., Mustafa, Jackson, N., Vazquez, Y., Jones, K., Philp, A., Godwin, A. (2023) Not About Us, Without Us - An Exploratory Study of Underserved and Minority Patients’ Views of Cancer-Related Genetic Counseling andTesting Communication, Special Health Disparities Issue of Journal of Community Genetics 

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