Dr. Dhitinut (DT) Ratnapradipa is Professor in the Public Health Program at Creighton University. Prior to his appointment at Creighton, he was a tenured professor at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX and at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL, where he served as the graduate director and MD/MPH Co-Director of the concurrent degree program with the SIU School of Medicine. Dr. Ratnapradipa was also clinical faculty at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and was adjunct faculty in the Department of Public Health Sciences, New Mexico State University, La Cruses, NM. Prior to academia, he, supervised the Health Promotion and Emerging Risks Program at the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Dr. Ratnapradipa’s research interest is environmental health promotion using risk communication and organizational behavior approaches. His current study is on environmental health risk perceptions among residents living in flood plains, funded by Creighton’s Health Science Strategic Investment Funds. He has served on NIH and US EPA grant review panels, and has secured grants from the US EPA, CDC, HRSA and the states of Illinois. He completed fellowships with the Northeast Public Health Leadership Institute, the CDC/ATSDR Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute, the National Environmental Health Association/UL Ambassador Exchange, the ASTHO Environmental Public Health Peer-to-Peer Tracking Program, and the Visiting Partners Program in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety at the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering.
Dr. Ratnapradipa served on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Healthy Homes. His professional contributions have been recognized by several organizations including National Environmental Health Association and the Society for Public Health Education. He is a technical editor for the Journal of Environmental Health and Associate Editor for Journal of International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research and Health Behavior and Policy Reviews.
Health behavior and policy review Hotalling Danielle, McGaha Amy, Boes Kevin, Piotrowski Megan, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Taylor Jack, Guetterman Timothy, Analyzing Flood Risk Behaviors and Preparation in the Midwest Using the Health Belief Model 2025
FP essentials (Online) Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Environment and Health: Water and Soil Contamination 545, p. 19 2024
FP essentials (Online) Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Environment and Health: Heavy Metal Toxicity 545, p. 13 2024
FP essentials (Online) Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Environment and Health: Poisoning Management 545, p. 7 2024
Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.) Boes Kevin, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Guetterman Timothy C., Developing a survey instrument to assess flood health beliefs among residents of river flood zones in the Heartland 20:4, p. 333 - 345 2023
Journal of environmental health Cardinal Christine, Scarbrough Amanda, Robins Anthony, Boes Kevin, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Extreme Winter Storms 84:7, p. 12 - 19 2022
American Journal of Health Studies Abrams Thereasa, Becker Jennifer, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Ross Amanda, Neumeister Michael, Recurring Themes of Network Support Exhibited by Adult Burn Survivors: A Qualitative Investigation 31:1, p. 10 - Jan 2021
Journal of Cancer Education Ratnapradipa Kendra L., Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Xie Yue, Factors Associated with Having Ever Considered a Cancer Research Career 36:3, p. 630 - 638 2021
Journal of Emergency Management Cardinal Christine, Davis Patrick, Scarbrough Amanda, Martinez Jesus, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Communication strategies to facilitate emergency preparedness for Generation Z and college food pantries 19:7, p. 99 - 107 2021
American journal of health studies Wilken Peggy, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Presely Dennis, Wodika Alicia, An Evaluation of the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation System of Rural Southern Illinois 29:2 2020
American journal of health studies Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, McDaniel Justin, Climatic Exposure Risk Associated With Skin Cancer 30:1 2020
Health Behavior and Policy Review Xie Yue, Newman Ray G., Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, How extensively are tobacco use policies implemented at behavioral health and substance treatment facilities? A pilot investigation 7:5, p. 440 - 451 2020
Health Behavior and Policy Review Cardinal Christine, Ratnapradipa Kendra, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Griffith Seth, College students’ perceptions of vaping and vaping policy 7:5, p. 397 - 406 2020
Health Educator Scarbrough Amanda W, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Xie Yue, Experiential Learning Using Graphic Information System to Promote Healthy College Eating Habits 51:1, p. 19 2019
Health behavior and policy review Cardinal Christine, Scarbrough Amanda, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Health Policy Considerations in Texas Measles Outbreaks Past and Present 6:5, p. 472 - 479 2019
Social Work in Health Care Abrams Thereasa E., Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Tillewein Heather, Lloyd Alison A., Resiliency in burn recovery 57:9, p. 774 - 793 2018
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Cardinal Christine, Ratnapradipa Kendra L., Scarbrough Amanda, Xie Yue, Implications of hurricane harvey on environmental public health in Harris County, Texas 81:2, p. 24 - 32 2018
Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, McDaniel Justin Tyler, Barger Alexandra, Social vulnerability and Lyme disease incidence 14:2 2017
Burns Abrams Thereasa E., Ogletree Roberta J., Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Neumeister Michael W., Adult survivors' lived experience of burns and post-burn health 42:1, p. 152 - 162 2016
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Brown Stephen L., Preihs Kristin, Middleton Wendi K., Wodika Alicia B., What does the public know about environmental health? A qualitative approach to refining an environmental health awareness instrument 77:8, p. 22 - 28 2015
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, 2012 NEHA/UL sabbatical report 76:8, p. 28 - 33 2014
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Robins Anthony G., Ratnapradipa Kendra, Preschool children's environmental exposures 76:4, p. 12 - 17 2013
Journal of environmental health King Ewa, Shih Grace, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Quilliam Daniela N., Morton John, Magee Susanna R., Mercury, lead, and cadmium in umbilical cord blood 75:6, p. 38 - 43 2013
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Conder James, Ruffing Ami, White Victor, The 2011 Japanese earthquake 74:6, p. 42 - 50 2012
American Journal of Health Education Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Ritzel Dale O., Haseeb Abdul, Dundulis William P., The role of health education in addressing uncertainty about health and cell phone use—a commentary 43:1, p. 5 - 7 2012
Health Educator Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Brown Stephen L, Middleton Wendi K, Wodika Alicia B, Measuring Environmental Health Perception among College Students 43:2, p. 13 2011
American Journal of Health Education Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Brown Stephen L., Wodika Alicia B., Examining the breadth and depth of environmental health through a modified delphi technique 42:1, p. 50 - 57 2011
American Journal of Health Education Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Ritzel Dale O., Haramis Linn D., Bliss Kadi R., Bed bug epidemic 42:4, p. 245 - 251 2011
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Quilliam Daniela, Wier Lauren, Rhodes Darson L., Food safety education 73:6, p. 70 - 75 2011
Health Educator Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Rhodes Darson L, An Introductory Lesson to Environmental Health: Media Analysis and Risk Reduction 42:1, p. 12 2010
Applied Environmental Education and Communication Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Panzara Anthony D., Esposito Valerie, Wodika Alicia B., Getz Thomas D., Zarcadoolas Christina, Caron Colleen, Migliore Beverly, Quilliam Daniela N., Environmental health risk communication 9:4, p. 251 - 261 2010
Journal of environmental health Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Quilliam Daniela, Wier Lauren M., Migliore Beverly, Dundulis William, Assessing consumer awareness about mercury in fish 72:5, p. 16 - 21 2009
Medicine and health, Rhode Island Magee Susanna R., King Ewa, Shih Grace, Ratnapradipa Dhitinut, Quilliam Daniela, Morton John, Biomonitoring in Rhode Island. 91:3, p. 88 - 90 2008