Kate Goldade, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medical School Program in Health Disparities Research

Expertise

Medical anthropology

Education

PhD, University of Arizona

Bio

Goldade joined Medical School Program in Health Disparities Research faculty in August 2011. She also holds an adjunct appointment in the Division of Environmental Health Science in the University’s School of Public Health. Her research interests include cancer prevention, smoking cessation, and health disparities, specifically in homeless and Latino populations.

Contact Information

717 Delaware St SE, Ste 166
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-625-5474
kgoldade@umn.edu

Current Grants

2010-15, NIH NCI, co-investigator, “Minnesota Community Networks Center for Eliminating Cancer Disparities”

2012-14, American Cancer Society, co-investigator, “Colorectal Cancer Screen Among Somalis in Minnesota Using CBPR”

2011-12, Programa de Investigaciones en Migracion y Salud, PI, “Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Two National Contexts: Migration, Gender, and Efficacy to Implement Home Smoking Restrictions”

2011-12, University of Minnesota CTSI, co-PI, “Addressing Smoking Cessation in Persons with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness”

Recent Publications

Goldade K, Okuyemi KS. Deservingness to state health services for South-South migrants: A preliminary study of Costa Rican providers' views. Soc Sci Med. 2012;74(6):882-6.

Goldade K, Whembolua GL, Thomas J, Eischen S, Gelberg L, Des Jarlais D, et al. Designing a smoking cessation trial for the unique needs of homeless persons: A community based randomized clinical trial. Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials. 2011;8:744-54.

Goldade K. Mothers in two places: Reproductive health, limitations and contradictions for Nicaraguan labor migrants in Costa Rica. In: Garcia CS, ed. Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books; 2011.

Berg C, Lessard L, Parelkar P, Thrasher J, Kegler M, Escoffery C, Goldade K, et al. College students’ attitudes regarding smoking bans in public, on campus, and at home. Health Education Research. 2011;26(1):106-18.

Goldade K, Sidhwani S, Patel S, Brendt L, Kasiske B, Ahluwalia J, et al. Kidney transplant patients’ ethnicity, perceptions, beliefs, and barriers related to regular nephrology outpatient visits. American Journal of Kidney Disease. 2011;57(1):11-20.