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Health Care and Rehabilitation in America

Communication in the New Media Landscape

June 18-19, 2007

University of Missouri-Columbia
Life Sciences Building
Glass House Conference Room


This state-of-the-science conference is co-sponsored by the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC), the School of Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. It assembles our nation’s leading experts in the area of health communication, to describe the state of the literature, and to develop an agenda for future research initiatives.
 
Journalism faculty and students have the opportunity to display recently accepted abstracts during an informal poster session from 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., June 18th on the 5th floor atrium of the Life Sciences Building.

Conference topics and presenters:

Jerry C. Parker, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Clinical Research and Development, MU School of Medicine
Eric Hart, Psy.D., post-doctoral fellow, School of Health Professions, UMC

Emerging Demographics and Health Care Trends
Mary Northridge
, Ph.D., MPH, professor, Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and editor-in-chief, American Journal of Public Health
 
Communication Strategies for Reducing
Racial and Cultural Disparities
Maria Len-Rios, Ph.D.,
assistant professor, Missouri School of Journalism

Health Communication: Current Status and Challenges
Mohan J. Dutta, Ph.D.,
associate professor and director, Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, Purdue University
 
Emerging Trends in the New Media Landscape
Esther Thorson, Ph.D., associate dean, Graduate Studies/Research, Missouri School of Journalism
Margaret E. Duffy, Ph.D., associate professor, Missouri School of Journalism

Enhancing Consumer Involvement  in Health Care
Bradford W. Hesse, Ph.D.,
Chief, Health Communication & Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute

Delivering Self-management Strategies for Chronic Disease
Robert L. Glueckauf, Ph.D.,
professor, College of Medicine, Florida State University
Mia Liza A. Lustria, Ph.D., assistant professor, College of Information, Florida State University

Increasing Health-related Social Support
Kevin B. Wright, Ph.D.,
associate professor, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma

Promoting Health-related Advocacy
Janet Marchibroda, MBA,
chief executive officer, eHealth Initiative and the Foundation for eHealth Initiative

Improving Practitioner-Patient Communication
Gregory Worsowicz, M.D., MBA,
chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and associate professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Katherine Downey, M.D., co-chief resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,UMC
Petya Eckler, MA, doctorial candidate, Missouri School of Journalism

Increasing Health Literacy
Christina Zarcadoolas, Ph.D.,
associate clinical professor, Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Multimodal and Artificial Intelligence-based Techniques for Personalizing Health Communication
Javed Mostafa, Ph.D.,
associate professor, School of Library & Information Science, Indiana University

Making the Grade: Identification of
Evidence-based Communication Messages
E. Sally Rogers, Sc.D.
, director of research, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University

New Strategies for Knowledge Translation
Juan D. Rogers, Ph.D.,
associate professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech

International Innovations in Health Communication
Muhiuddin Haider, Ph.D.,
associate professor of Global Health and International Affairs, The George Washington University

New Media Implications for Health Care Research
Glen T. Cameron,
Ph.D. professor, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia
Brian K. Hensel, Ph.D., post doctoral fellow, Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia

New Media Implications for Health Care Policy
Kristofer J. Hagglund, Ph.D.,
associate dean, Health Policy and Professor of Health Psychology, MU School of Medicine

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