Echo Lyn Warner
· Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Utah · Hematology & Oncology
Active 1993–2026
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About
Dr. Echo Lyn Warner is a professor at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, primarily in the Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Hematology/Oncology. As a first-generation college student from a frontier rural community, she is passionate about public health research aimed at improving wellbeing among underrepresented communities. Her research program in cancer health disparities focuses on leveraging social technology, digital health, and artificial intelligence to enhance psychosocial and health outcomes for cancer patients and caregivers, with particular emphasis on adolescents and young adults. Her current work promotes equity in online cancer communication and information seeking through community engagement and patient navigation interventions that utilize social media. Dr. Warner studied young adult cancer caregivers' use of social media for social support during her doctoral studies at the University of Utah, supported by national fellowships including the NCI Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award and the Jonas Philanthropies Jonas Scholar Fellowship. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona Cancer Center on an NCI-funded T32 program, focusing on the interpretation and spread of cancer and vaccine misinformation on social media, especially among racial and ethnic minorities. Since rejoining the University of Utah as an Assistant Professor and Associate member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, she has been…
Research topics
- Internal medicine
- Medicine
- Computer Science
- Natural Language Processing
- Family medicine
- Gerontology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Immunology
- Environmental health
- Virology
Selected publications
JNCI Cancer Spectrum · 2023 · 288 citations
Data about the quality of cancer information that chatbots and other artificial intelligence systems provide are limited. Here, we evaluate the accuracy of cancer information on ChatGPT compared with the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) answers by using the questions on the "Common Cancer Myths and Misconceptions" web page. The NCI's answers and ChatGPT answers to each question were blinded, and then evaluated for accuracy (accurate: yes vs no). Ratings were evaluated independently for each q…
Frontiers in Oncology · 2022 · 37 citations
Background: In the United States, the cost of cancer treatment can lead to severe financial burden for cancer survivors. The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic compound cancer survivors' financial challenges. Financial burden may be particularly challenging for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) survivors. LGBTQIA+ survivors who are adolescent and young adults (AYA) may face elevated financial burden due to multipl…
Cancer Control · 2025-06-14 · 3 citations
articleOpen accessIntroductionEmployment changes among cancer caregivers are common and can result in financial hardship. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other identities outside of cisgender heterosexual (LGBTQ+) individuals are more likely to live in poverty and experience workplace discrimination than non-LGBTQ+ individuals. This study aimed to assess the impact of caregiving-related employment changes and anti-LGBTQ+ stigma on financial hardship and describe lived experiences with financial ha…
Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025-06-14 · 1 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorJournal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology · 2026-03-30
articleWe explored how sociodemographics and health insurance literacy (HIL) are associated with financial toxicity (FT) among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients using linear regression. Participants ( N = 86; ages: 18–39) diagnosed with cancer in the past year completed baseline surveys of an intervention trial assessing HIL (range: 4–36, lower scores = worse literacy) and the COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST; range: 0–44, lower scores = higher toxicity). Policyholders ha…
Recent grants
Frequent coauthors
- 256 shared
Anne C. Kirchhoff
- 119 shared
Deanna Kepka
- 89 shared
Austin R. Waters
University of Utah
- 71 shared
Douglas Fair
University of Utah
- 70 shared
Karen Kuhlthau
Walsh University
- 69 shared
Heydon K. Kaddas
- 68 shared
Kevin C. Oeffinger
- 68 shared
Karen Donelan
Brandeis University
Education
Ph.D., Public Health
University of Utah
Other, Public Health
University of Utah
B.A., Biology
University of Utah
Awards & honors
- National Cancer Institute's Ruth L. Kirchstein National Rese…
- Jonas Philanthropies Jonas Scholar Fellowship
- two-year fellowship from the Jonas Center for Nursing Excell…
- NCI-funded T32 in Cancer Prevention and Control Health Dispa…
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