Cheryl Knott

Cheryl L. Knott, PhD, MA, 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.

Her dissemination/implementation research program looks at organizational factors that influence implementation outcomes, and she is currently evaluating a strategy to integrate or institutionalize evidence-based cancer education in African American churches (Project HEAL 2.0). Dr. Knott's social epidemiology research program examines religious involvement and health among African Americans, in a longitudinal national sample of African Americans (the RHIAA study).

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.