Annette Maxwell, DrPH

Professor Department of Health Services UCLA School of Public Health Box 956900 Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900 Phone: (310) 794-9282 Fax: (310) 206-3566 Email: amaxwell@ucla.edu

Biographical Information

Dr. Maxwell is Professor in the Department of Health Services. She has received her Dr.P.H. from the UCLA School of Public Health. Since 1990, she has been engaged in a research program broadly focused on cancer health disparities in diverse populations, especially among several Asian ethnic groups. Her research in cancer prevention and control has ranged from cancer screening to follow-up of breast abnormalities, dissemination of evidence-based interventions and smoking. She has partnered with many community based organizations and churches to develop and test intervention programs to increase breast and cervical cancer screening, repeat mammography screening, colorectal cancer screening and hepatitis B testing and vaccination in various ethnic groups. These programs were developed based on a theoretical framework and with extensive community input to ensure that they are culturally appropriate and acceptable to the intended audience. While some of these programs are being pilot tested in small samples, others are evaluated in randomized controlled trials. In conducting this research, Dr. Maxwell and colleagues are using innovative recruitment strategies and research methods that are acceptable to these communities.

Selected Publications

Maxwell AE, Bastani R, Vida P, Warda US (2003). Results of a randomized trial to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income Filipino-American women. Preventive Medicine 37:102-109.

Bastani, R, Maxwell AE, Kagawa-Singer M, Glenn B, Parada K (2005). Stimulating cancer research in Asian communities and training the next generation of scientists: The AANCART-LA experience. Cancer 104 (12 Suppl):2926-30.

Maxwell AE, Garcia GM, Berman BA (2007). Understanding tobacco use among Filipino American men. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 9 (7): 769-776.

Maxwell AE, Danao L, Crespi CM, Antonio C, Garcia GM, Bastani R (2008). Disparities in Receipt of FOBT versus Endoscopy among Filipino American immigrants. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 17(8):1963-7.

Maxwell AE, Jo AM, Chin SY, Lee KS, Bastani R (2008). Impact of a print intervention to increase annual mammography screening among Korean American women enrolled in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Cancer Detection and Prevention 32(3):229-235.

Maxwell AE and Crespi CM (2009). Trends in colorectal cancer screening utilization among ethnic groups in California: Are we closing the gap? Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 18(3):752-759.

Jo AM, Maxwell AE, Yang B, Bastani R (2009). Conducting health research among Korean American churches: Perspectives from church leaders. Journal of Community Health Dec 15.

Bastani R, Glenn BA, Taylor VM, Chen MS Jr, Nguyen TT, Stewart SL, Maxwell AE (2010).  Integrating theory into community interventions to reduce liver cancer disparities: The Health Behavior Framework. Preventive Medicine50:63-67.

Maxwell AE, Bastani R, Danao LL, Antonio C, Garcia GM, Crespi CM. Results of a community-based randomized trial to increase colorectal cancer screening among Filipino Americans. American Journal of Public Health, in press 2010 

Maxwell AE, Wang JH, Young L, Crespi CM, Mistry R, Sudan M, Bastani R. Pilot-test of a peer-led small-group video intervention to promote mammography screening among Chinese American immigrants. Health Promotion Practice, in press 2010.