Jeanine M. Genkinger
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About
Jeanine M. Genkinger is a leading epidemiologist whose research focuses on cancer disparities, surgical innovation, and health equity. Her major contributions center on uncovering how race and ethnicity shape access to and outcomes from advanced surgical technologies, particularly robot-assisted surgery for pelvic cancers. In a landmark systematic review (2023), she synthesized evidence showing that minimally invasive and robot-assisted procedures are adopted unevenly across racial and ethnic groups, perpetuating inequities in cancer care quality. Her subsequent work on prostate cancer patients (2023) demonstrated that Black and Hispanic men are less likely to receive robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and experience poorer post-surgical outcomes—even after accounting for clinical factors. Most recently (2024), she tested two physician-level mechanisms—segregated and differential treatment—to explain these disparities, advancing a rigorous framework for understanding how provider behavior contributes to inequity. With over 12 citations across these key papers, Genkinger’s research is shaping policy discussions on equitable surgical innovation. Her work is essential reading for students and researchers committed to dismantling structural barriers in cancer care and ensuring that technological advances benefit all populations equally.
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