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
Research Interests
Dr. Casey Pinto's research focuses on rural/urban disparities in the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents. She is specifically interested in the behavioral and/or social environmental factors that are associated with STI prevalence and how these vary between rural/urban populations.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Gonorrhea
- Food
- Chlamydia
- Neoplasms
- Education
- Meat
- Students
- Fluoroquinolones
- Stroke
- Young Adult
- Poverty
Recent Publications
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
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
Board of Directors of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association 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
2020
Pinto, C, Adebayo, OW, Agbese, E, Turner, A & Exten, C 2020, 'Annual Out-of-project and Total Healthcare Costs for STD Treatment and Screening', STD Prevention Conference, 9/1/20.
Font, SA, Miyamoto, S & Pinto, C 2020, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in Pennsylvania. Center for Rural Pennsylvania. <https://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/Child-Sexual-Abuse-and-Exploitation-2020.pdf>
Wright, WF, Palisoc, K, Pinto, C, Lease, J & Baghli, S 2020, 'Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Acalculous Cholecystitis and Review of the Literature', Clinical Medicine and Research, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 33-36. <http://www.clinmedres.org/content/18/1/33.full#aff-4>
Moss, JL, Pinto, CN, Srinivasan, S, Cronin, KA & Croyle, RT 2020, 'Persistent poverty and cancer mortality rates: An analysis of county-level poverty designations', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 1949-1954. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0007
Moss, JL, Pinto, CN, Mama, SK, Rincon, M, Kent, EE, Yu, M & Cronin, KA 2021, 'Rural–urban differences in health-related quality of life: patterns for cancer survivors compared to other older adults', Quality of Life Research, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1131-1143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-020-02683-3
2019
Sinha, R, Tashakor, E & Pinto, C 2019, 'Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking in Central Pennsylvania: A Survey of Health-Care Professionals and Students', Journal of Human Trafficking, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2018.1448956
Pinto, C, Sneeringer, K & Muller, A 2019, 'Syphilis screening practices of family care providers', Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 201-204. https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0000000000000728
Wright, WF, Pinto, CN, Palisoc, K & Baghli, S 2019, 'Viral (aseptic) meningitis: A review', Journal of the neurological sciences, vol. 398, pp. 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2019.01.050