Hope M. Krebill, MSW, BSN, RN

Hope Krebill, MSW, BSN, RN, is the Executive Director of the Masonic Cancer Alliance, a membership-based clinical trials network located at The University of Kansas Cancer Center. Previously she served as the Program Director of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service Heartland Region. Hope has over 20 years of combined experience in cancer control, research, program management, and evaluation of programs in underserved populations. She has extensive experience in collaborating with community partners to develop and deliver evidence-based public health interventions that address regional cancer health disparities. For the last 18 years, she has provided research support and collaboration to multiple NIH funded research projects. Hope recently served on a National Cancer Institute advisory group to develop strategies to assist cancer control professionals translate research into practice. She also served as a mentor for the NCI Research to Reality program to help build the capacity of cancer control practitioners to utilize evidence-based decision making.

McClellan, W., Fulbright, J.M., Doolittle, G.C., Alsman, K., Klemp, J.R., Ryan, R., Krebill, H., Al-hihi, E.M. Schuetz, N., Heiman, A., & Lowry, B. (2015). A collaborative step-wise process to implementing an innovative clinic for adult survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Vol 30 (5), Pages e147-e155.

Chen RC, Krebill, H, Kennedy T, Douglas S, Neufeld KL, Welch DR, Jernigan C, Kimminau KS, Johnston K, Hughes J, and Jensen RA. (2023). A community engagement training program for basic and translational cancer researchers. Cancer Causes Control. 2023 Jul 28. doi: 10.1007/s10552-023-01752-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37505316.

Gafford, J.A., Gurley-Calvez, T., Krebill, H., Lai, S.M., Chritiadi, & Doolittle, G.C. (2017) Expanding local cancer clinical trial options: Analysis of the economic impact of the Midwest Cancer Alliance in Kansas. Academic Medicine 92(9): 1274-1279 doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001612.

Klemp, J. R., Knight, C. J., Lowry, B., Long, T., Bush, C., Alsman, K., Krebill, H., Peereboom, D., Overholser, L., & Greiner, K. A. (2022). Informing the delivery of cancer survivorship care in rural primary care practice. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 10.1007/s11764-021-01134-3. Advance online publication.

Burus, T., Martinez, J., DelNero, P., Pepper, S., Ratnayake, I., Oh, D. L., McNair, C., Krebill, H. & Mudaranthakam, D.P. (2024). Interinstitutional approach to advancing geospatial technologies for US cancer centers. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, vol. 8.

Wood, S., Hines, J., Horton, P. Leib, J., Hembruff, S., Krebill, H., Craddock Lee, S., Harlan-Williams, L.M.. (2025).Oncology Workforce: More than Meets the Eye. J Canc Educ

OPTIK: a database for understanding catchment areas to guide mobilization of cancer center assets, Database, Volume 2020

Kimminau KS, Jernigan C, Krebill H, Douglas S, Peltzer J, Hamilton-Reeves J, Chen R, and R Jensen. (2023). Roadmap to engagement: Bringing patient partners into cancer research and beyond. Journal of Clinical & Translational Science, Aug 2 7: e178, 1–7. doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.602

Geana, M., Erba, J., Krebill, H., Doolittle, G.C., Madhusudhana, S., Qasem, A., Malomo, N., & Sharp, D. (2017). Searching for cures: Inner-City and rural patients’ awareness and perceptions of cancer clinical trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Vol. 5, March 2017, Pages 72-79

Nye, L., Knight, C., Williams, A., Pham, A., Banikowski, A., Ragsdale, N., Mudaranthakam, D.P., Chen, R.C., Ismail, A., & Krebill, H. (2024). Using catchment area data to guide a breast cancer health equity task force efforts in the heartland. Preventive Oncology & Epidemiology, 2(1), 2410247. doi:10.1080/28322134.2024.2410247