Lucy A. Peipins, PhD
Lucy A. Peipins, PhD, is a senior epidemiologist in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control’s Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch (EARB). She first came to CDC in 1993 as an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Cincinnati and has worked as an epidemiologist and Assistant Director for Science at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. She has also worked as Director of the Division of Waterborne Hazards Control in the Virginia Department of Health and as an assistant professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Dr. Peipins received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York College at Buffalo, a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a PhD in epidemiology at the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Peipins has conducted research and published on topics related to environmental health, breast cancer screening, risk perception and medical decision-making. Her work in the EARB has included a study of cognitive and affective influences on perceived risk of cancer, an investigation of transportation barriers to cancer screening and treatment using geographic information systems, an analysis of the role of paid sick leave in cancer screening, and a study of barriers to communicating cancer risk within families. The most recent articles Dr. Peipins has first-authored include—
- 2018 Communicating with daughters about familial risk of breast cancer: individual, family, and provider influences on women’s knowledge of cancer risk.external icon
- 2014 Cognitive and affective influences on perceived risk of ovarian cancer.external icon
- 2013 Racial disparities in travel time to radiotherapy facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area.external icon
- 2012 Characteristics of U.S. counties with no mammography capacity.external icon
- 2012 The lack of paid sick leave as a barrier to cancer screening and medical care-seeking: results from the National Health Interview Survey.external icon
- 2011 Time and distance barriers to mammography facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area.external icon
- 2006 Impact of women’s experiences during mammography on adherence to rescreening.external icon
- 2003 Radiographic abnormalities and exposure to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in the community of Libby, Montana, USA.external icon