Kimber Richter

Professor, Preventive Medicine

Contact Info

krichter@kumc.edu

3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City, KS 66160

Biography —

Public health initiative at KU Medical Center established a smoke-free environment for its campus.

Education —

B.A. in Philosophy, 1984, St. John's College

M.A. in Human Development, University of Kansas, 1994

M.P.H. , University of Kansas, 1996

Ph.D. in Behavioral Psychology, University of Kansas, 1998

Research —

Effects of smoking on Latino populations; pulmonary diseases

Selected Publications —

"Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Treatment in Hospitals." Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 35.11 (2009): 551-7.

"The impact of repeated cycles of pharmacotherapy on smoking cessation: An observational study." Archives of Internal Medicine 169.20 (2009): 1928-9.