Researcher Background
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine
Training
- 2006 - 2009: Fellow, cancer prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Education
- 2003: MS, psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- 2006: PhD, psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- 2007: MPH, epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
Risk perception, risk communication and decision making about chemopreventative therapies relating to cancer. Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic-based cancer disparities as well as how lay perceptions of genetic risk information influence health behaviors.