Lisa Klesges, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Public Health Sciences
Specialties
- Population health evaluation
- Cancer prevention and control improvement
- Rural health disparities
Meet Dr. Klesges
Dr. Lisa Klesges is an epidemiologist specializing in evidence-based health behavior change.
Her research focuses on multi-level research in the design and evaluation of population health improvement including cancer prevention and control, prevention of childhood obesity, evidence-based health behavior change, and sickle cell disease transitions in care. She has a particular interest in implementation of clinical and community interventions, including mobile health, to address rural health disparities.
Dr. Klesges earned her epidemiology and behavioral epidemiology doctorate from University of Minnesota.
Degrees
Doctorate in Epidemiology and Behavioral Epidemiology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1995
Research interests
Dissemination and implementation research
Evidence-based health behavior change
Research methods in cancer prevention and control
Childhood obesity prevention