Matt Asare, PhD, MPH, MBA, CHES
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health
Matt Asare is an Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Science in the Department of Public Health at Baylor University. Dr. Asare received his PhD in Health Education from the University of Cincinnati in 2011 and simultaneously completed his MPH and a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer control and prevention at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) in 2018, which was funded by the prestigious National Cancer Institute (NCI) R25 Training program.
Dr. Asare’s research interests include cancer health disparities, cancer control and prevention, patient-provider relationships, cultural humility and responsiveness, and sexual education. His scholarship is grounded in implementation science methodologies and frameworks as well as behavioral theories to facilitate pro-health behavior changes at the individual and community levels.
Dr. Asare’s research in the US focuses on racial and ethnic minorities and underserved populations, and his global health research focuses on low and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa. As a principal investigator (PI), Dr. Asare received the NIH R21 grant (R21TW012728) through Fogarty International Center to develop an implementation science toolkit for cervical cancer prevention in Ghana. He is also a PI on the recently awarded NIH U01 Implementation Science grant (U01CA294757) through the NCI to scale up the cervical cancer prevention toolkit and strategies to a larger population, most especially among women living with HIV in Ghana.
Areas of Research Interest
- Cancer health disparities
- Theory based related intervention and cross-sectional research
- Implementation science and cancer prevention
- Mixed Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative)
Current Courses Taught
- PUBH 6322 Advanced Theory and Practice – Behavioral Health II
- PUBH 5315: Theoretical Foundations of Health Behavior and Public Health
- PUBH 4331: Intervention Design
- PUBH 4340: Global Health