Ulrike Boehmer
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Ulrike Boehmer, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-1537
boehmer@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Dr. Ulrike Boehmer is an Associate Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Boehmer received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Boston College and graduate degrees in Political Science and History from Technische Hochschule in Germany.

Dr. Boehmer’s research interests are in the areas of health disparities, women’s health, LGBT health, and cancer prevention and control. For the past several years, she received funding from the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society and other funding agencies to investigate differences in quality of life, cancer prevalence, cancer mortality, and health-related decision-making, while examining disparities due to sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. One primary research area focuses on overcoming the absence of sexual orientation data in the context of population surveillance by applying novel methodologies. Her ongoing research program focuses on expanding the available data on health disparities in sexual minorities and working towards intervention to reduce the disease burden.

Dr. Boehmer is recognized as a leader in LGBT health, especially in the context of cancer. Recently she edited a book entitled, Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique perspectives from Risk to Survivorship, which is the first book ever written on cancer in LGBT communities. Since 2014, she has been appointed as a voting member to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women for a 2-year term.

Other Positions

  • Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center - Boston University

Education

  • Boston College, PhD Field of Study: Sociology
  • Boston College, MA Field of Study: Sociology

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 11/18/2022

    Kano M, Tamí-Maury I, Pratt-Chapman ML, Chang S, Kosich M, Quinn GP, Poteat T, Kanetsky PA, Elk R, Boehmer U, Sanchez J, Kamen C, Sanchez NF. Piloting the Sexual and Gender Minority Cancer Curricular Advances for Research and Education (SGM Cancer CARE) Workshop: Research Training in the Service of SGM Cancer Health Equity. J Cancer Educ. 2022 Nov 18; 1-11. PMID: 36399283.

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  • Published on 9/8/2022

    Boehmer U, Clark MA, Winter M, Berklein F, Ozonoff A. Sexual minority-specific experiences of colorectal cancer survivors. Health Psychol. 2022 Nov; 41(11):884-892. PMID: 36074595.

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  • Published on 10/26/2021

    Boehmer U, Ozonoff A, Winter M, Berklein F, Potter J, Ceballos RM, Clark MA. Anxiety and depression in colorectal cancer survivors: Are there differences by sexual orientation? Psychooncology. 2022 03; 31(3):521-531. PMID: 34672050.

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  • Published on 9/9/2021

    Boehmer U, Jesdale BM, Streed CG, Agénor M. Intersectionality and cancer survivorship: Sexual orientation and racial/ethnic differences in physical and mental health outcomes among female and male cancer survivors. Cancer. 2022 01 15; 128(2):284-291. PMID: 34499367.

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  • Published on 7/8/2021

    Boehmer U, Ozonoff A, Winter M, Berklein F, Potter J, Hartshorn KL, Ward KC, Ceballos RM, Clark MA. Health-related quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors of diverse sexual orientations. Cancer. 2021 10 15; 127(20):3847-3855. PMID: 34237147.

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  • Published on 4/14/2021

    Boehmer U, Potter J, Clark MA, Winter M, Berklein F, Ceballos RM, Hartshorn K, Ozonoff A. Follow-up surveillance among colorectal cancer survivors of different sexual orientations. J Cancer Surviv. 2022 Apr; 16(2):445-454. PMID: 33851339.

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  • Published on 3/19/2021

    Boehmer U, Potter J, Clark MA, Ozonoff A, Winter M, Berklein F, Ward KC, Hartshorn K. Assessing the relationship between symptoms and health care utilization in colorectal cancer survivors of different sexual orientations. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Oct; 29(10):5821-5830. PMID: 33742243.

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  • Published on 9/1/2020

    Boehmer U, Clark MA, Ozonoff A, Winter M, Potter J. Survivors' Perceptions of Quality of Colorectal Cancer Care by Sexual Orientation. Am J Clin Oncol. 2020 09; 43(9):660-666. PMID: 32889837.

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  • Published on 6/26/2020

    Boehmer U, Clark MA, Ozonoff A, Winter M, Potter J. Survivors' Perceptions of Quality of Colorectal Cancer Care by Sexual Orientation. Am J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun 26. PMID: 32604161.

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  • Published on 3/5/2020

    Boehmer U, Gereige J, Winter M, Ozonoff A, Scout N. Transgender individuals' cancer survivorship: Results of a cross-sectional study. Cancer. 2020 06 15; 126(12):2829-2836. PMID: 32134515.

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