Research
RCRG members are involved in a variety of risk communication research projects, in areas such as nanotechnology, cancer clusters, infectious diseases, vaccination, clinical trials, and breast cancer. This page has information on both faculty projects and student thesis/dissertation research.
Current Projects
Improving Methods for Patient Accrual to Clinical Trials (IMPACT)
Risk Communication and Public Participation During the Investigation of Cancer Clusters
Media Coverage of the Autism-Vaccine Controversy (AVC)
Risk Communication and Lung Cancer Screening (info TBA)
Past Projects
Breast Cancer Environmental Risk Factor (BCERF) project
Climate Information for Mosquito Control and Public Health Officials
Student Thesis/Dissertation
Seeking and Processing Information about Influenza Vaccination: A Study of Healthcare Worker (Chris Clarke)
Why the Grass is Always Greener: Understanding Commercial Pesticide Applicators as Accidental Risk Communicators (Laura Rickard)