Cheryl Knott

Cheryl L. Knott, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, as well as Co-Leader of the Population Science Program and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal, Translational Behavioral Medicine.

She is the founding Director of the Community Health Awareness, Messages, and Prevention (CHAMP) research lab. Dr. Knott holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Knott's interventional research examines implementation, adaptation, and sustainability of evidence-based cancer control interventions in community-based settings, with a focus on cancer disparities impacting African Americans. She also studies organizational factors that influence outcomes across the implementation continuum. In a recent study, she evaluated implementation strategies to institutionalize evidence-based cancer education in African American church settings.

Her social epidemiology research examines multi-level factors (e.g., individual, interpersonal, neighborhood) that play a role in cancer control behaviors in African Americans, with an emphasis on social justice and structural racism. Dr. Knott's research program has generated more than $13 million in extramural support as Principal Investigator, from sources such as the NIH, CDC, and ACS. The program has resulted in more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, most including student co-authors.