Carol D'Onofrio was an American public health researcher who was Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.
13 Facts About Carol D'Onofrio
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Carol D'Onofrio's career focused on improving the health of underserved communities, in particular through curtailing the use of tobacco and alcohol.
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Carol D'Onofrio grew up in Enterprise, Oregon and was a high school student at Walla Walla, Washington.
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Carol D'Onofrio majored in English and education, and was named as one of the university's most outstanding women.
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Carol D'Onofrio joined the University of California, Berkeley for graduate studies, where she worked toward a master's then doctorate in public health.
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Carol D'Onofrio was one of the first students of the UC Berkeley public health program.
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Carol D'Onofrio's research considered the motivational factors that are associated with the acceptance of contraception postpartum.
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Carol D'Onofrio dedicated her career to the creation and assessment of public health programs for people from marginalized communities.
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Carol D'Onofrio studied dependencies on tobacco and alcohol, the availability of breast and cervical cancer screening and the improvement of access to palliative care.
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Carol D'Onofrio led the United States' first randomized controlled trial on preventing young people from smoking or chewing tobacco.
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Together with Joan Bloom, Carol D'Onofrio studied breast cancer in young women, and found that women with disabilities were largely ignored from local breast screening initiatives.
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Carol D'Onofrio found that cake accounted for one in every twelve food appearances.
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Carol D'Onofrio served on the advisory board of the Ethnic Health Institute, with whom she worked on health promotion campaigns that looked to address ethnic disparities.