Casey Pinto, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Casey Pinto, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Epidemiology
Division of Epidemiology
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Recent Publications
2025
Moss, JL, Pinto, CN & Shen, C 2025, 'Prevalence of cancer risk behaviors by county-level persistent poverty', Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 94, 102735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2024.102735
Bai, P, Brignone, E, Jiang, B, Pinto, C & Wang, L 2025, 'Use of telehealth by US adults with depression or anxiety disorder: Results from 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey', Digital Health, vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251321999
Llavona-Ortiz, JY, Van Scoy, LJ, Fogel, B, Pinto, C, Graham, J & Calo, WA 2025, '“The big topic is COVID”: A qualitative study about changes in HPV vaccine conversations between parents and primary care team members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic', Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, vol. 21, no. 1, 2460844. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2460844
2024
Azqul, MM, Griner, SB & Pinto, CN 2025, 'Congenital Syphilis in the US: A Narrative Review', Sexually transmitted diseases, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 211-216. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002094
Hearn, M, Pinto, C & Moss, JL 2024, 'Evaluating the Connection Between Rural Travel Time and Health: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Older Adults Living in the Northeast United States', Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, vol. 15. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319241266114
Pinto, CN 2024, 'Finding a Home as a Nurse Practitioner in the STI Field', Sexually transmitted diseases, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 630. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002007
Pinto, C, Risher, K, Calo, WA, Kraschnewski, J, Heilbrunn, E & Paules, CI 2024, 'Mpox Knowledge and Vaccine Willingness among a Representative Analysis of Adults in Pennsylvania', Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, vol. 32, no. 1, e1303. https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0000000000001303
D'Souza, GC, Pinto, CN, Exten, CL, Yingst, JM, Foulds, J, Anderson, J, Allen, R & Calo, WA 2024, 'Understanding factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory', American journal of infection control, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 509-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.11.019
2023
Manca, E, Van Der Pol, B, Exten, C & Pinto, CN 2023, 'A Review of the Scope of Direct-to-Consumer Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Services Offered on the Internet', Sexually transmitted diseases, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 323-328. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001783
Pinto, CN, Jung, M, Wimmer, M, Goldblatt, C, Sweeney, N, Broache, M & Van Der Pol, B 2023, 'Differential Screening for Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections by Type of Vaginitis Testing', Sexually transmitted diseases, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 531-535. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001820
Moss, JL, Hearn, M, Cuffee, YL, Wardecker, BM, Kitt-Lewis, E & Pinto, CN 2023, 'The role of social cohesion in explaining rural/urban differences in healthcare access and health status among older adults in the mid-Atlantic United States', Preventive Medicine, vol. 173, 107588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107588
Sood, R, Entenman, J, Kitt-Lewis, E, Lennon, RP, Pinto, CN & Moss, JL 2024, 'We are all in this together: Rurality, Social cohesion, and COVID-19 prevention behaviors', Journal of Rural Health, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12781
2022
Yin, X, Dudley, EG, Pinto, CN & M'ikanatha, NM 2022, 'Corrigendum to ‘Fluoroquinolone sales in food animals and quinolone resistance in non-typhoidal Salmonella from retail meats: United States, 2009–2018’ [Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 29 (2022) 163-167, (Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2022) 29(163-167) (S2213716522000595), (10.1016/j.jgar.2022.03.005))', Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 30, pp. 489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2022.07.016
Richardson, CL, Wright, MS & Pinto, CN 2022, 'Covid-19 vaccine dissemination: A public health ethical evaluation of Pennsylvania's plan during Phase 1A', Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 24, 100815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2022.100815
Moss, JL, Pinto, CN, Srinivasan, S, Cronin, KA & Croyle, RT 2022, 'Enduring Cancer Disparities by Persistent Poverty, Rurality, and Race: 1990-1992 to 2014-2018', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 114, no. 6, pp. 829-836. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djac038
Yin, X, Dudley, EG, Pinto, CN & M'ikanatha, NM 2022, 'Fluoroquinolone sales in food animals and quinolone resistance in non-typhoidal Salmonella from retail meats: United States, 2009–2018', Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 29, pp. 163-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2022.03.005
Yin, X, Fu, Y, Tate, H, Pinto, C, Dudley, EG & M'ikanatha, NM 2022, 'Genomic analysis of Salmonella Typhimurium from humans and food sources accurately predicts phenotypic multi-drug resistance', Food Microbiology, vol. 103, 103957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2021.103957
Yin, X, Dudley, EG, Pinto, CN & M'ikanatha, NM 2022, 'Increase in quinolone resistance among salmonella isolates from retail meat samples is driven by Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella infantis', Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 30, pp. 487-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2022.06.032
Van Gerwen, O, Griner, S, Davis, A, Footman, A, Pinto, CN, Melendez, JH, Tuddenham, S, Exten, C, Soge, OO, Chakraborty, P, Nenninger, A, Marlowe, EM, Joseph, AM, McGowin, CL, Seña, AC, Fortenberry, JD, Ghanem, KG & Van Der Pol, B 2022, 'Summary of the Fourth Annual American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association Workshop on Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Efforts Through Cross-Sector Collaboration', Sexually transmitted diseases, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001651
2021
Exten, C, Pinto, CN, Gaynor, AM, Meyerson, B, Griner, SB & Van Der Pol, B 2021, 'Direct-to-Consumer Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Services: A Position Statement from the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association', Sexually transmitted diseases, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. E155-E159. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001475
Pinto, CN, Niles, JK, Kaufman, HW, Marlowe, EM, Alagia, DP, Chi, G & Van Der Pol, B 2021, 'Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening in the U.S', American Journal of Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.03.009