Author Biographies
Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D
Laura Carnell Professor of Public Health
Dean, College of Public Health
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Temple University
Research Expertise
Health Communication
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Doctor-Patient communication
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Patient-Family communication
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Informed Consent
Multimethod Research Methods and Development of New Measurement Tools
- Cognitive interviewing
- Survey Development
- Direct Observation methods
- Measures of communication and quality of life
- Coding health communication conversations
Decision-Making and Decision Aids
- Development of new decision aids
- Treatment decision-making for clinical trials and cancer therapy
- Decision-making for organ and tissue donation for transplantation and research
Content Areas
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Cancer
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Organ and tissue donation
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Biobanking
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Bioethics
Heather M. Gardiner, Ph.D
Director, Office of Community Engaged Research and Practice
Director, Health Disparities Research Lab
Associate Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
College of Public Health
Temple University
Research Expertise
Interpersonal Health Communication
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Communication skills
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Training and assessment
Community Engaged Research
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Community engagement
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Community Health Workers
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Engagement assessment
Program Development
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Mixed method approaches
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eHealth
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Program implementation and evaluation
Content Areas
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Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
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Living kidney donation
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Health equity
