health communication

New preference scale

Being able to directly capture preferences for (un)certain science information is an important step toward better public science communication. It paves the way for research that uncovers the factors shaping...

Do people understand ‘preprints’?

My collaborators and I have a new paper out in Health Communication on public understanding of scientific preprints. In this study, we found that people noticed when a study’s preprint...

New framework paper

In this paper, we propose a process-oriented framework for testing the effects of communicating uncertain science to the public.

Communicating Covid Uncertainty

Pandemics are characterized by extreme uncertainty and effective communication is critical to help the public manage this uncertainty. We summarized scholarship on public communication related to uncertainty during the COVID-19...

Digital Health Engagement Trends

My colleagues and I have a new brief report in American Journal of Public Health! The main takeaway: Data from NCI’s HINTS shows #eHealth engagement varies by type and among...

Summer at Huntsman Cancer Institute

This summer I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant in Dr. Kimberly Kaphingst’s lab at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City. I helped with research...

Meta-analysis wins ‘Top Four’ in health comm @ ICA Prague

This past May at the International Communication Association‘s annual meeting, I got to present the latest version of a meta-analysis of studies examining the potential for narrative messages to lower...

Challenges in precision medicine communication

Repost of University of Utah’s Communication Dept. announcement: Communication Dept. Scholars Publish on the Critical Role of Communication in the “Precision Medicine Era” Precision medicine is the notion of a...