Jaron Hoani King

I am the Director of Research and Planning for Cancer Programs at the South Carolina Department of Public Health. At the state health department, my team and I evaluate grant activities for three statewide programs under a federal grant in excess of $12 million annually.

I studied Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health, as a Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) scholar. I received my Master of Science in Environmental Health Science from the Arnold School, and my Bachelor of Science in Public Health (emphasis in Environmental/Occupational Health) at Brigham Young University.

My dissertation focused on substance use and identity by focusing on tobacco harm reduction through vaping (e-cigarettes).

I'm concerned with improving the health of all people by advocating for ethically informed public health policy. I love my family, my faith, and helping people live longer and better than ever before.

- Social Media -
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/JHKingPhD/
Twitter: @_JHKing

Select Publications

Equitable implementation of lung cancer screening: avoiding its potential to mirror existing inequities among people who use tobacco

Emily Bilenduke, Shacoria L. Anderson, Alison T Brenner, J. Currier, J. Eberth, Jaron King, Stephanie R Land, B. Risendal, J. Shannon, Leeann N Siegel, Mary Wangen, Austin Waters, W. Zahnd, Jamie L Studts

Cancer Causes and Control, 2023

Tobacco—not for the body: epidemiologic understanding of tobacco use among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a Mormon perspective

J. King

Journal of Public Health and Emergency, 2023

Health Communication Blindspot: A Case Study of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South Atlantic States

J. King

Journal of South Carolina water resources, 2021

Family-Focused Public Health: Supporting Homes and Families in Policy and Practice

C. Hanson, A. Crandall, M. Barnes, Brianna M. Magnusson, M. L. Novilla, Jaron King

Front. Public Health, 2019

Intra-urban patterns of neighborhood-level social capital: a pilot study

Jaron King, C. Hine, Trace Washburn, Hunter Montgomery, Robert A. Chaney