Annette Maxwell, Dr.P.H.

Associate 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 Associate 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

Bastani R, Gallardo NV, Maxwell AE (2001). Barriers to colorectal cancer screening among ethnically diverse high and average risk individuals. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 19:65-84, 2001.

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-America women. Preventive Medicine 37:102-109.

Maxwell AE, Bastani R, Vida P, Warda US (2005). Strategies to recruit and retain older Filipino-American Immigrants for a cancer screening study. Journal of Community Health 30(3):167-179.

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, Bernaards CA, McCarthy WJ (2005). Smoking prevalence and correlates among Chinese- and Filipino-American adults: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. Preventive Medicine 41:693-699.

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

Bastani R, Glenn BA, Maxwell AE, Jo AM (2007). Hepatitis B Testing for Liver Cancer Control among Korean Americans. Ethnicity and Disease 17:356-373.

Jo AM, Maxwell AE, Wong WK, Bastani R (2008). Colorectal Cancer Screening among Underserved Korean Americans in Los Angeles County. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 10(2):119-26.

Bastani R, Glenn BA, Maxwell AE, Ganz PA, Mojica CM, Chang LC (2008). Validation of self-reported colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in a study of ethnically diverse first-degree relatives of CRC cases. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 17(4):791-8.

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.