Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Transcription

1 JOAN R. CATES, Ph.D., M.P.H Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill EDUCATION B.A. Cum Laude, Economics, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967 M.P.H., Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999 Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013-present Co-Director, UNC Interdisciplinary Health Communication (IHC) Program 2012-present Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lecturer, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Consultant, Research Triangle Institute, Division of STD Prevention African American Health Disparities Social Marketing Research (CDC funded project) Guest Lecturer, Using Focus Groups in Mass Communication Research, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Consultant to University of North Carolina joint faculty committee on Interdisciplinary Health Communication initiative and graduate certificate program Visiting Scholar, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Principal Investigator, American Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Project, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice President of Development and Policy, American Social Health Association, Research Triangle Park, NC Director of Advocacy Programs, American Social Health Association, Research Triangle Park, NC Director of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood of Georgia, Atlanta, GA State Coordinator, Georgia Housing Coalition, Atlanta, GA Research Assistant, Environmental Sciences Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Administrator, New Haven Redevelopment Agency, New Haven, CT AWARDS 2013 Training institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (competitively selected) 1

2 2013 Top-rated Translational Research Paper Award, DC Health Communication Conference, George Mason University 2005 Graduate Education Impact Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2004 Freedom of Speech Division's Gregg Phiffer Award and nominated for Robert N. Bostrom Award for top student paper, Southern States Communication Association 2003 Best Student Paper, Law Division, Southeast Colloquium, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 1994 Outstanding Planned Parenthood Affiliate Award for Public Affairs, Atlanta, GA 1987 Poor People s Day at the Capitol Award for Leadership, Atlanta, GA 1984 Interfaith Award for Outstanding Contribution to Low Income Housing, Atlanta, GA 1980 Leadership Atlanta (competitively selected) 1967 Cum Laude in Economics, Smith College PUBLICATIONS Adimora AA, Schoenbach VJ, Cates J.R, et al. Changing Attitudes about Concurrency Among Young African Americans: Results of a Radio Campaign. AIDS Education & Prevention. In press. 2017;29 (4). Francis, D. B., Cates, J. R., Wagner, K. P. G., Zola, T., Fitter, J. E., Coyne-Beasley, T. (2017). Communication technologies to improve HPV vaccination initiation and completion: A systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling. Advanced online publication /j.pec Cates, J.R., Francis, D., Ramirez, C., Brown, J., Fortune, T., Powell, W.A., Schoenbach, V.J., Adimora, A.A. (2015) Reducing concurrent sexual partnerships among African Americans in the rural southeastern United States: Development of narrative messages for a radio campaign. Journal of Health Communication, Published online: 02 Jul doi: / Cates, J.R., Coyne-Beasley T. Social marketing to promote HPV vaccination in pre-teenage children: Talk about a sexually transmitted infection. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2015/02/ ;11(2): Cates, J. R., Ortiz, R. R., North, S., Martin, A., Smith, R., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2014). Partnering with Middle School Students to Design Text Messages about HPV Vaccination. Health Promotion Practice. PMID: Cates, J. R., Diehl, S., Crandell, J., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2014). Intervention effects from a social marketing campaign to promote HPV vaccination in preteen boys. Vaccine, 32, PMID:

3 Cates, J. R., Ortiz, R. R., Shafer, A., Romocki, L. S., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2012). Designing Messages to Motivate Parents to Vaccinate Their Pre-Teen Sons against Human papillomavirus. Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health, 44(1), PMID: Cates, J. R., Shafer, A., Diehl, S. J., & Deal, A. M. (2011). Evaluating a County-Sponsored Social Marketing Campaign to Increase Mothers' Initiation of HPV Vaccine for Their Preteen Daughters in a Primarily Rural Area. Social Marketing Quarterly, 17(1), PMID: Shafer, A., Cates, J. R., Diehl, S., & Hartmann, M. (2011). Asking Mom: Formative Research for an HPV Vaccine Campaign Targeting Mothers of Adolescent Girls. Journal of Health Communication, PMID: Cates, J. R., Shafer, A., Carpentier, F. D., Reiter, P. L., Brewer, N. T., McRee, A.-L., et al. (2010). How Parents Hear about HPV Vaccine: Implications for Uptake. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47(3): Reiter, P.L., Cates, J.R., McRee, A-L.,Gottlieb, S.L., Shafer, A., Smith, J.S., Brewer, N.T. (2010) Statewide HPV vaccine initiation among adolescent females in North Carolina. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 37(9): Hughes, J, Cates, J.R., Liddon, N., Smith, J.S., Gottlieb, S., Brewer, N.T. Disparities in How Parents Are Learning About the HPV Vaccine. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. February 2009;18(2): Cates, J.R., Brewer, N.T., Fazekas, K.I., Mitchell, C.E., Smith, J.S. Racial Differences in HPV Knowledge, HPV Vaccine Acceptability, and Related Beliefs Among Rural, Southern Women Journal of Rural Health. Winter 2009;25(1): Cates J.R. Education on Sexually Transmitted Infections: Finding Common Ground among Youth, Parents, Providers and Policy Advocates. Sex Education, May 2008;8(2): Cates, J.R. (2005). Setting the News Media's Frames on Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: The Circuit of Production, Consumption and Representation. Unpublished Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Cates, J.R., Herndon, N.L., Schulz, S.L., Darroch, J.E. (February, 2004). Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Futures: Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cates, J.R., Apt, B., Walsh, C. (June, 2001). Communication Tools to Promote the HEDIS Measure on Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis. International Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections, ISSTDR/IUSTI, Berlin, Germany, Cates, J.R., Cates, W. Jr. (1999) STD Prevention in the United States: Lessons from History for the New Millennium. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 16(1):

4 Cates, J.R., Alexander, L., Cates,W. Jr. (1998). Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in an Era of Managed Care: The Relevance for Women. Women s Health Issues, 8: PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW Cates, J.R., Fuemmeler, B., Diehl, S.J., Stockton, L., Porter, J., Ihekweazu, C., Gurbani, A, & Coyne-Beasley, T. Developing a serious video game for preteens to motivate HPV vaccination decision-making: Land of Secret Gardens. Revise and Resubmit. Cates JR, Diehl SJ, Crandell JL, Coyne-Beasley T. Intervention to promote HPV vaccination in preteen boys - Social marketing with healthcare providers and parents, Revise and Resubmit. Ortiz, R. R., Shafer, A., Cates, J. R., Downs, S., & Coyne-Beasley, T. Using Social Media To Communicate With Adolescents About HPV Vaccination: Findings from a Pilot Facebook Intervention. Under review. PRESENTATIONS Cates J.R., Diehl SJ, North S, Chung R, Fuemmeler B, Coyne-Beasley T. Protect Them: Evaluation of an Online Course for Providers on Preteen HPV Vaccination. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2017 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 6-9, Cates J.R., Fuemmeler B, Diehl SJ, Stockton L, Fitter J, Coyne-Beasley T. Developing a Serious Video Game for Preteens to Motivate HPV Vaccination Decision-Making: Land of Secret Gardens. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2017 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 6-9, Cates J.R., Diehl SJ, Trogdon, J, Calo Perez, W., Stockton L, Gurbani A., Ihekweazu C, Coyne- Beasley T. Promoting Preteen HPV Vaccination through Primary Care Settings. Oral presentation at the DC Health Communication Conference; April 27-29, 2017; George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Cates J.R., Fuemmeler B, Diehl SJ, Stockton L, Porter J, Ihekweazu C, Coyne-Beasley T. Developing a serious video game for preteens to motivate HPV vaccination decision-making: Land of Secret Gardens. Oral presentation at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine 2017 annual meeting; March 8-11, 2017; New Orleans, LA. Cates J.R., Trogdon J, Diehl SJ, Crandell J, Coyne-Beasley, T. Measuring the Cost of Implementing a Communication Intervention to Promote Preteen HPV Vaccination in Primary Care Practices. Poster presentation at the NIH 9 th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. December 14-16, 2016: Washington, DC. 4

5 Cates J.R., Fuemmeler B, Diehl SJ, Stockton L, Fitter J. Coyne-Beasley T. Developing a Serious Video Game for Preteens to Motivate HPV Vaccination Decision-Making: Land of Secret Gardens. Oral presentation at the 44 th Annual Meeting, North American Primary Care Research Group, Colorado Springs, CO. November Cates J.R., Fuemmeler B, Diehl SJ, Stockton L, Fitter J. Coyne-Beasley T. Developing a Serious Video Game for Preteens to Motivate HPV Vaccination Decision-Making: Land of Secret Gardens. Poster presented at 2016 mhealth@duke Conference; April 20, 2016; Durham, NC. Cates J.R., Fuemmeler B, Diehl SJ, Stockton L, Fitter J, Coyne-Beasley T. Developing a serious video game for preteens to motivate HPV vaccination decision-making: Land of Secret Gardens. Poster presented at: 14th Biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication; April 14-16, 2016; Lexington, KY. Cates J.R., Diehl SJ, Chung R, North S, Coyne-Beasley T. Toward Optimal communication about HPV Vaccination for Preteens. Workshop presented at: Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine 2016 annual Meeting; March 11, 2016; Washington, DC. Cates, J. R., Diehl, S. J., Crandell, J. L., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2015). Dissemination Strategies to Promote HPV Vaccination Among Preteen Boys: Embracing the Transition to Adolescence Through Three-way Conversations Among Provider, Parent and Preteen. Paper presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Ortiz, R. R., Shafer, A., Cates, J. R., Downs, S., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2015). Using Social Media To Communicate With Adolescents About HPV Vaccination: Findings from a Pilot Facebook Intervention. Paper presented at the 2015 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting San Diego, CA. Cates, J. R., Diehl, S. J., Crandell, J. L., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2015). Dissemination strategies to promote HPV vaccination among preteen boys: Embracing the transition to adolescence through three-way conversations among provider, parent and preteen. Paper presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine 2015 annual meeting Los Angeles, CA. Cates, J. R., Diehl, S. J., Crandell, J. L., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2014). Evaluating dissemination strategies to promote preteen HPV vaccination. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health: Transforming Individual and Population Health, Bethesda, MD. Cates, J.R. (February 7, 2014). HPV Vaccination: Time to Normalize. Keynote presentation at launch of HPV vaccine campaign launch. Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA 5

6 Cates, J.R., Diehl, S.J., Crandell, J., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (August 21, 2013). Encouraging HPV vaccination for preteen boys: Response to a social marketing campaign. Paper presented at the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media, Atlanta, GA. Cates J.R., Diehl S.J., Coyne-Beasley T., Crandell J., Brown J.D. (March 29, 2013) Optimizing HPV Vaccination for Boys: Opportunities for Enhanced Communication. Paper presented at DC Health Communication Conference. George Mason University. Cates J.R., Ortiz R.R., North S., et al. (March 29, 2013) Middle School Students Design Text Messages To Raise Awareness of HPV Vaccine. Paper presented at: DC Health Communication Conference. George Mason University. Cates J.R., (February 6, 2013). Optimizing HPV Vaccination: Parents, Providers and Pre-teen Boys, Process of Care Research Branch, National Cancer Institute (invited presentation). Cates, J. R., Ortiz, R. R., Shafer, A., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (April 30, 2011). HPV Vaccine for Males: Designing Messages to Motivate Parents to Vaccinate Their Pre-Teen Sons. Paper presented at the D. C. Health Communication Conference Cates, J. R., Shafer, A., Diehl, S., & Deal, A. (April 23, 2010). Evaluating a county-initiated social marketing campaign to increase uptake of the HPV vaccine among mothers of year old girls. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication. Cates, J. R., Shafer, A., Diehl, S., Gates, H., Brostek, E., Hartmann, M., et al. (June 22, 2009). Mothers and Daughters: Designing a Campaign for HPV Vaccine Uptake. Paper presented at the 18th ISSTDR & BASHH. Diehl, S., Shafer, A., Gates, H., & Cates, J. R. (November 11, 2009). Why so Young? Age and HPV Vaccination Acceptability for Year Old Girls. Paper presented at the 137th Annual American Public Health Association Conference. Cates, J. R., Lu, S., Morrison, L., Peuchaud, S., & Brown, J. D. (August 12, 2008). CDC s Report on High Rates of STIs in Teens: How Newspapers and Wire Services Responded. Paper presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, Atlanta, GA. Cates, J. R., Brewer, N. T., Fazekas, K. I., Mitchell, C. E., & Smith, J. S. (July 29-August 1, 2007). Race-related Differences in Knowledge and Attitudes about HPV Vaccination in the Rural United States. Paper presented at the 17th ISSTDR & 10th IUSTI World Congress, Seattle, WA. Cates, J.R. (July, 2005). The Media s Coverage of Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Framing Analysis. International Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections, ISSTDR/IUSTI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Cates, J. R. (November, 2004). The Man of Color and the White Woman: A Case Study of Interracial Relations in Sex and the City. National Communication Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 6

7 Cates, J.R. (November, 2004). Finding the Words: A Qualitative Study with Four Key Audiences on Shaping Policies on Youth and STDs. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC Cates, J.R. (July, 2004). Mass Media Communication Strategies to Counterbalance the Stigma of HIV/AIDS: A Case of Staying-Alive. XV International AIDS Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, Cates, J.R. (April, 2004). The First amendment and Internet Content Filtering: Has the Supreme Court Spoken its Last Word? Southern States Communication Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, Fl. Cates, J.R., Weinstock, H., Chesson, H., DiClemente, R.J. (March, 2004). Communicating the Facts and Figures about Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Youth. National STD Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Philadelphia, PA. Cates, J.R. (November, 2003). Assessing the American Public s Knowledge and Attitudes about the Reduction of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Youth. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. Cates, J.R. (October, 2003). From New York to North Carolina: Newspaper Coverage of the Birth Control Pill in the 1960s. American Journalism Historians Association Convention, Billings, MO. Cates, J.R., Covert, J., Hust, S., Mollazade, A. (May, 2003). Reflecting Audience Characteristics: The Influence of In-depth Reporting on Newspaper Credibility. American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, Nashville, TN. Cates, J.R., (March, 2003). Where is the Gag? The Elusive Attempt by the United States Congress to Control Sexual Content available to Minors on the Internet. Southeast Colloquium of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Little Rock, AR. Cates, J.R. (December, 2000). Disseminating the 1998 STD Treatment Guidelines: Lessons Learned from North Carolina. National STD Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Milwaukee, WI. Cates, J.R. (December, 2000). Is the HEDIS Measure Living up to its Promise? National STD Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Milwaukee, WI. Cates, J.R. (January, 2000). The National STD Action Plan: A Collaborative Response to the Landmark IOM Report. Department of Health and Human Services National Conference, Washington, DC. Cates, J.R. (December, 1998). Estimating STD Incidence and Cost: A Tool for Political and Public Health Action. National STD Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dallas, TX. 7

8 Cates, J.R. (November, 1998). STD Prevention and Managed Care: The Unfulfilled Promise. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Cates, J.R. (January, 1998). Managed Care, Women and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women s Health National Conference, Washington, DC. Cates, J.R. (December, 1996). Building Partnerships for Advocacy, or All Politics is Local. National STD Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tampa, FL. RESEARCH Ongoing Research Support 1R01AI Cates, Joan R. (PI) 08/15/ /31/2018 NIH NIAID Normalizing preteen HPV vaccination with practice-based communication strategies This multiple baseline design study will deliver and evaluate an intervention using communication strategies in clinical practice settings to motivate healthcare providers, parents and preteen girls and boys to initiate and complete vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). The intervention will include (1) print materials (posters and brochures) for parents; (2) flexible online training for providers; (3) text messaging among providers, parents and preteens (appointment reminders and motivational messages) and (4) web resources that provide games for preteens and educational resources for parents and providers. Role: Principal Investigator 3R01AI S1 Cates, Joan R. (PI) 04/08/ /31/2018 NIH NIAID This supplement is to support diversity in the research staff for the project. Completed Research Support RO1MD Adimora, Adaora A. (PI) 04/01/ /31/2015 NIH NIMHD HIV Prevention among African Americans: A Media Campaign This project developed and evaluated a theoretically based mass communication campaign in 7 rural North Carolina counties to decrease African Americans participation in concurrent sexual partnerships and thereby reduce patterns important in HIV transmission. Specific aims were to (1) construct prevention messages and communication strategies that targeted participation in concurrent partnerships; (2) design and implement a culturally competent eight-month mass communication campaign to inform African Americans about the relationship between concurrency and HIV transmission; and (3) evaluate the campaign s effects on African Americans attitudes, beliefs and norms about concurrency, reported participation in concurrent partnerships and condom use. 8

9 Role: Co-Investigator Investigator initiated Studies Program Coyne-Beasley, Tamera (PI) 07/01/ /30/2014 Merck and Co. This project is a case-control study to compare the effectiveness of an intervention using text messaging and a social networking site to facilitate completion of the 3-dose series of HPV vaccination in males and females. The objectives were to (1) determine the factors that facilitate initiation and completion of the 3-dose series of HPV vaccination in males and females, ages 11-21; (2) develop and test intervention(s) using social media (texting and Facebook) to facilitate completion of the HPV 3-dose vaccination series among males and females (gender neutral vs. gender specific messages); and (3) determine if the social media interventions also facilitate initiation and completion of other recommended adolescent vaccines. Role: Co-Investigator 1R21A A1 Cates, Joan R.(PI) 3/15/12-5/28/14 NIH NIAID Optimizing HPV Vaccination: Parents, Providers and Pre-teen Boys This project used dissemination strategies to stimulate communication about HPV vaccine among parents, healthcare providers and pre-teen boys at a critical time when the vaccine was new to both parents and clinical practice. The intervention in a 13 county region in North Carolina included (1) a social marketing campaign for parents with radio announcements, posters and brochures, and (2) collaboration with healthcare providers of pre-teen boys using posters and brochures to stimulate parent awareness of HPV vaccine for males. The overall objective was to assess the extent to which parents and providers respond to dissemination strategies by deciding on HPV vaccine for pre-teen boys. A Cox proportional hazards model for the NC Immunization Registry data showed an intervention effect (HR=1.34, p=.0024), as the probability of vaccination increased by 34% in the intervention counties relative to control counties during the three months of the intervention. Role: Principal Investigator Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Coyne-Beasley, Tamera (PI) 07/01/ /31/2012 UCRF, UNC-Chapel Hill Reducing HPV-Attributable Cancers through HPV Vaccination an Interactive Technology Based Approach for Adolescents in School Based Health Centers This project examined telemedicine and telephone texting as an interactive intervention in middle schools to increase awareness and knowledge of HPV-related disease and increase HPV vaccination, especially among male students. Two North Carolina rural schools with school based health centers were study sites. The study will lay the groundwork for school based health programs about prevention of HPV infection and associated cancers and disease. Role: Co-Investigator 9

10 University Research Council, Cates, Joan R. (PI) 05/01/ /30/2012 UNC- Chapel Hill HPV Vaccination for Adolescent Boys: Media Messages for Parents This project addressed a rare opportunity to conduct communication research on a medical innovation, HPV vaccine for males. Through intercept surveys with parents of boys ages 9-13, the research refined media messages that will ultimately work to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in HPV-related disease through HPV vaccination in early adolescence. The study will lay the groundwork for communication-based interventions. Role: Principal Investigator 10KR10803 North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) Cates, Joan R. (PI) 3/01/ /28/2010 This project was supported by Award Number UL1RR from the NIH National Center for Research Resources. Addressing Racial and Gender Disparities in HPV Vaccine Acceptability: African American Caregivers of Adolescent Boys This study identified reasons for African American caregivers interest in having their adolescent sons vaccinated against HPV, their preferred communication channels and sources, and reactions to potential media messages about the HPV vaccine for males. Role: Principal Investigator Cates, Joan R. (PI) 01/01/ /30/2006 William T. Grant Foundation Sexually Transmitted Diseases and American Youth: Who is Affected and Why Does it Matter? This research consensus panel summarized the impact and scope of STDs in youth ages for the first time in the United States. Findings were published in a report, Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Futures: Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, the journals, Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Journal of the Royal Institute of Public Health. Role: Principal Investigator Invited Manuscript Reviewer American Journal of Preventive Medicine Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Culture, Health and Sexuality Epidemiology and Community Health Health Education Research International Journal of STD and AIDS 10

11 Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Journal of Adolescent Health Journal of Health Communication Journal of Women s Health Pediatrics Sexually Transmitted Diseases The Lancet Vaccine TEACHING Designed the curriculum for JOMC/HBEH 826 IHC Colloquium and has taught this Interdisciplinary Health Communication (IHC) course in the fall and spring semesters since Students in the course write for and manage the innovative health communication blog forum, This is a required course for IHC certificate and master s track students. Faculty for independent studies. Two PhD and three master s students have completed one semester (3 credits each), since 2013 Guest lecturer on Dissemination and Implementation Science, UNC Gillings School of Global Public health, since 2014 Guest lecturer on conducting focus groups and in depth interviews in the JOMC graduate classes since 2004 Guest lecturer on the role of media in health leadership, Doctoral Program in Health Leadership, UNC Gillings School of Global Public health, May, 2013 Mentorship of students has resulted in award winning presentations and publications (Jessica Hughes, MPH), plus paid internships (Autumn Shafer, PhD and Rebecca Ortiz, PhD) and UNC Graduate Student IMPACT awards (Autumn Shafer and Diane Francis). Committee member for JOMC senior honors student Laura Jasmine, Disability Escape? Facebook Use by High School Students with Developmental Disabilities, Senior Honors Thesis (2012). Committee member for JOMC senior honors student Katherine McIlwain, Silly rabbit, food ads are for kids!" Food advertising and its potential influence on child-parent purchase dynamics, Senior Honors Thesis (2013). Committee member for MA IHC Track student Jaya Mathur, Message Development for a Tailored Text Message-based Smoking and Vaping Cessation Intervention for Dual Users of Conventional and Electronic Cigarettes, Master s Thesis (2014) Chair, committee for MATC student Sarah VanderWalde, The HeelCancer Mobile App: Design and Marketing Plan for a cancer application that guides patients and caregivers through treatment at UNC Lineberger, Master s Thesis (2014) Committee member for MA IHC Track student Stephanie Schmitt, Young Women s Responses to Narrative and Pictorial Messages about Indoor Tanning: A Qualitative Study, Master s thesis,

12 Committee member for MA IHC Track student Kyla Garrett, Emergency Contraception sources of Information among College Women: Implications for Health Communication, Master s thesis, 2014 Committee member for PhD student Diane Francis, Evaluation of an Innovative Condom Distribution Program and Campaign Targeting Young African American Women, Dissertation proposal defense, 2014 Committee member for PhD student Marie Garlock, Department of Communication Studies, Cancer Cultures! The Politics of Performing Transnational Health Activism!!!,Dissertation proposal defense, 2015 Chair, thesis committee for MA IHC Track student Ran Li, Message design for correcting misinformation on HIV/AIDS for Chinese International Students in the US, Master s thesis, 2016 SERVICE Invited member of selection committee for candidates for the 2014 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health, National Institutes of Health, May, 2014 and May, Serve as liaison with the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Information and Library Science, Department of Psychology and other schools and departments on the growing multi-faceted interdisciplinary health communication program led by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Member of team that launched master s track in interdisciplinary health communication Wrote the application for the IHC graduate certificate and guided its approval through The Graduate School Wrote the application for the IHC master s track and guided its approval through The Graduate School Successfully advocated for the inclusion of interdisciplinary health communication in the UNC Tomorrow initiative (2008) Manage ongoing activities of IHC enabling it to function and thrive with no staff. Garnered financial resources for student internships ($7k) and class projects (JOMC 825) ($2k). Led the team that designed IHC s low budget yet functional website, Served as advisor on admissions committee for Master of Arts in Mass Communication IHC Track classes of 2013, 2014, 2015,