Jean Hunleth, PhD, MPH

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences

Research Interest

Care giving and treatment seeking among populations marginalized by age, gender and socioeconomic status in southern Africa and the U.S.

Education

2011: PhD, anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
2011: MPH, Northwestern University, Chicago

Selected Research Publications

Working through cancer: Economic precarity and the social meaning of survival for parent-survivors in the United States.

Brown VL, Kaufman L, Ruiz S, [...] Hunleth J
Med Anthropol Q 2026

Support needs of young people caring for their parents with cancer.

Njelesani J, Kaufman L, Ruiz S, Brown VL, Hunleth J
J Cancer Surviv 2025

Where there are no visitors: Improvising care in a pediatric hospital in Zambia.

Hunleth J, Kaufman L, Bunkley E, [...] Asante C
Soc Sci Med 2025

Inequities in childhood cancer research: A scoping review.

Hunleth J, Burack S, Kaufman L, [...] Njelesani J
EJC Paediatr Oncol 2024

The adult in the room: The push and pull of parental involvement in research with children.

Wiedenman EM, Lee KMN, Hunleth J
Childhood 2023

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