Logan Hanks

Cancer-prevention and population-science research, grant intelligence, and the road to graduate school.

llhanks2007@gmail.com logan.ink

Education

B.S. (in progress), Population & public health sciences
Utah State University · 2024 – 2028 (expected)

Research

HPV Vaccination Equity in Rural Utah & the Mountain West· Mentored undergraduate engagement in the orbit of Dr. Kepka's HPV vaccination work — learning the research, helping with supporting tasks, and following the coalition's outreach. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]
Improving uptake of the HPV vaccine — a cancer-prevention tool — among rural and underserved communities across the Mountain West, the domain of the coalition Dr. Deanna Kepka founded and leads.
Methods: descriptive epidemiology, survey analysis, community-based participatory research, health communication, logistic regression
Rural Cancer-Prevention Access & Screening Disparities· Mentored undergraduate engagement — reading the rural-disparities literature and learning the data sources behind it, in the orbit of Mountain West cancer-prevention work. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]
Rural communities face higher cancer mortality and lower screening uptake than urban areas; this area studies why, and what closes the gap.
Methods: descriptive epidemiology, BRFSS survey analysis, logistic regression, health-services research
Community-Based Participatory Research in Cancer-Prevention Outreach· Mentored undergraduate engagement — learning CBPR principles and how they shape cancer-prevention outreach, in the orbit of Dr. Kepka's community work. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]
CBPR is an equitable approach where researchers and community members collaborate on every stage of a study — a core method for reducing cancer disparities and the backbone of culturally tailored outreach in the Mountain West.
Methods: community-based participatory research, qualitative methods, community engagement, health communication
Place-Based & Structural Determinants of Cancer-Screening Access· Mentored undergraduate engagement — learning how area-level indices (e.g., SVI) and GIS are used to study cancer-screening access. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]
Where people live shapes whether they can get screened; this area uses GIS and area-level vulnerability indices to map and explain place-based gaps in cancer prevention.
Methods: GIS, social vulnerability index (SVI), spatial analysis, ecological study design, logistic regression

Publications

No peer-reviewed publications yet — working toward a first author credit before graduate applications.

Skills & Methods

Qualitative methods
Quantitative methods
Science communication
R · Python
Systematic review

Research

HPV Vaccination Equity in Rural Utah & the Mountain West· Mentored undergraduate engagement in the orbit of Dr. Kepka's HPV vaccination work — learning the research, helping with supporting tasks, and following the coalition's outreach. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]

Improving uptake of the HPV vaccine — a cancer-prevention tool — among rural and underserved communities across the Mountain West, the domain of the coalition Dr. Deanna Kepka founded and leads.

Methods: descriptive epidemiology, survey analysis, community-based participatory research, health communication, logistic regression

Rural Cancer-Prevention Access & Screening Disparities· Mentored undergraduate engagement — reading the rural-disparities literature and learning the data sources behind it, in the orbit of Mountain West cancer-prevention work. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]

Rural communities face higher cancer mortality and lower screening uptake than urban areas; this area studies why, and what closes the gap.

Methods: descriptive epidemiology, BRFSS survey analysis, logistic regression, health-services research

Community-Based Participatory Research in Cancer-Prevention Outreach· Mentored undergraduate engagement — learning CBPR principles and how they shape cancer-prevention outreach, in the orbit of Dr. Kepka's community work. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]

CBPR is an equitable approach where researchers and community members collaborate on every stage of a study — a core method for reducing cancer disparities and the backbone of culturally tailored outreach in the Mountain West.

Methods: community-based participatory research, qualitative methods, community engagement, health communication

Place-Based & Structural Determinants of Cancer-Screening Access· Mentored undergraduate engagement — learning how area-level indices (e.g., SVI) and GIS are used to study cancer-screening access. [confirm: Logan's specific role/tasks]

Where people live shapes whether they can get screened; this area uses GIS and area-level vulnerability indices to map and explain place-based gaps in cancer prevention.

Methods: GIS, social vulnerability index (SVI), spatial analysis, ecological study design, logistic regression