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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