Mack Ruffin, MD, MPH - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Mack Ruffin, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Recent Publications
2025
Reiter, PL, Shoben, AB, Cooper, S, Ashcraft, AM, Mitchell, EMK, Dignan, M, Cromo, M, Walunis, J, Flinner, D, Boatman, D, Hauser, L, Ruffin, MT, Belinson, JL, Anderson, RT, Kennedy-Rea, S, Paskett, ED & Katz, ML 2025, 'A Mail-Based HPV Self-Collection Program to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening in Appalachia: Results of a Group Randomized Trial', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0999
Clebak, KT, Partin, MT, Newman, R, Dambro, A, Anderson, A, Lehman, E, Taylor, M, Keen, M & Ruffin, MT 2025, 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption, Policies, and Goals in Family Medicine: A Survey of Department Chairs', Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 740-744. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250003R1
Moss, JL, Bernacchi, VE, Entenman, J, Costigan, H, Stuckey, HL & Ruffin, MT 2025, 'Follow-Up After Receiving Abnormal Results From Self-Sampled Colorectal and Cervical Cancer Screening Tests Among Underserved Patients', Cancer medicine, vol. 14, no. 19, e71283. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.71283
Katz, ML, Shoben, A, Ashcraft, AM, Mitchell, E, Dignan, M, Cooper, S, Cromo, M, Walunis, J, Flinner, D, Boatman, D, Hauser, L, Ruffin, MT & Reiter, PL 2025, 'Results of a Human Papillomavirus Self-Collection Educational Intervention for Health Care Providers in Appalachia', Women's Health Reports, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 113-121. https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2024.0121
Ewaisha, R, Ruffin, MT, Williams, S, Chung, Y, DeGraffinreid, CR, Paskett, ED, Reiter, PL, Qiu, J, Brenner, DE & Anderson, KS 2025, 'Serum profiling of the antibody response to HPV in women with or without abnormal cervical cytology undergoing cervical cancer screening', Frontiers in immunology, vol. 16, 1612761. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1612761
2024
Scott, AM, Jodi Van Scoy, L, Chinchilli, VM, Ruffin, MT, Wasserman, E & Jimbo, M 2024, 'Communication quality predicts patients’ colorectal cancer screening behavior', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 358, 117199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117199
Wong, A, Morgis, R, Entenman, J, Ramirez, SI, Hays, AL, Wright, TS, Scartozzi, CM, Ruffin, MT & Moss, JL 2024, 'Exploratory Analysis of Concordance Between Clinician-Collected and Self-Sampled Human Papillomavirus Tests in a Small Cohort of Average- and High-Risk Patients', Women's Health Reports, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2024.0004
Moss, JL, Entenman, J, Stoltzfus, K, Liao, J, Onega, T, Reiter, PL, Klesges, LM, Garrow, G & Ruffin, MT 2024, 'Self-sampling tools to increase cancer screening among underserved patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial', JNCI Cancer Spectrum, vol. 8, no. 1, pkad103. https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkad103
2023
Calo, WA, Shah, PD, Fogel, BN, Ruffin IV, MT, Moss, JL, Hausman, BL, Segel, JE, Francis, E, Schaefer, E, Bufalini, CM, Johnston, N, Hogentogler, E & Kraschnewski, JL 2023, 'Increasing the adoption of evidence-based communication practices for HPV vaccination in primary care clinics: The HPV ECHO study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial', Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 131, 107266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107266
2022
Moss, JL, Leach, K, Stoltzfus, KC, Granzow, M, Reiter, PL, Onega, T, Klesges, LM & Ruffin, MT 2022, 'Multilevel Associations with Cancer Screening Among Women in Rural, Segregated Communities Within the Northeastern USA: a Mixed-Methods Study', Journal of Cancer Education, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1982-1992. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02069-0
Calo, WA, Lennon, RP, Ruffin IV, MT, Keller, C, Spanos, K, D'Souza, G & Kraschnewski, JL 2022, 'Support for HPV vaccine school-entry requirements in the United States: The role of exemption policies', Vaccine, vol. 40, no. 51, pp. 7426-7432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.019
Shen, C, Kwon, M, Moss, JL, Schaefer, E, Zhou, S, Dodge, D & Ruffin, MT 2022, 'Utilization of Mammography During the Last Year of Life Among Older Breast Cancer Survivors', Journal of Women's Health, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 941-948. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0517