Researcher Background
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences in the Department of Medicine, WashU Medicine
Training
- 2003 - 2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Education
- 1999: MA, University of Houston, Houston, TX
- 2002: PhD, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
Applying social psychology and health behavior theory to the development, implementation and evaluation of behavioral interventions designed to increase individuals’ preventative behaviors, specifically in breast and colorectal cancer screening. Understanding the casual mechanisms underlying the inter-relations between health behaviors and cognitive, psychosocial and environmental determinants. Other interests include patient-physician communication, patient adherence, health risk communication and quantitative methods inclouding casual modeling, meta-analysis and psychometrics.
Research Publications