DrPH
Dean, Gillings School of Global Public Health; Alumni Distinguished Professor of Health Behavior
UNC-Chapel Hill
At Large
Area of interest
- Informed decision making interventions for cancer and other diseases, with special attention to women and older adults
- Interventions to increase adherence to prevention and early detection regimens
- Evidence-based intervention assessment and synthesis of evidence
- Health communication, including use of new communication technologies; health communication about new health care technologies
- HPV testing
Awards and Honors
- 2011 National Leadership Award, Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, National Cancer Institute (NCI), St. Louis, MO
- 2009 Business Leader Magazine’s Women Extraordinaire, Raleigh, NC
- 2009 WCHL Village Pride Award, Chapel Hill, NC
- 2008 Elected to Institute of Medicine (IOM)
- 2008 Elected to Delta Omega Society
- 2004 Healthtrac Foundation Award for Health Education, James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation – presented at the annual meeting, Society of Public Health Education, Washington, D.C.
