Research Highlights

Studying how healthcare workers (HCWs) search for and engage with influenza vaccine information. Read more >

Designing messages to communicate about social determinants of health (SDH). Read more >

Studying pesticide applicators as "accidental risk communicators". Read more >

Welcome to the RCRG

The Cornell RCRG is a forum through which members interested in environmental, health, risk and science communication share expertise and resources. Members engage in risk-related research, publish in relevant journals, present at conferences, and collaborate with scholars from various departments, including Entomology, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Natural Resources, and Veterinary Medicine

A calendar of risk-related events for 2009 and the Fall 2009 Seminar schedule are also available.

Spotlights

** New! As of August 1st 2009, RCRG member and former graduate student Janet Yang will begin an appointment at SUNY-Buffalo as an Assistant Professor of Communication. Click here to view her official profile. Congratulations, Janet!

Congratulations to Katherine McComas, winner of the 2009 Top Faculty Paper Award at the AEJMC Convention. Katherine's co-authors were Craig Trumbo (Colorado State University) and Helen Brown (Cornell University). In this photo, she receives the award from Ron Yaros (left, University of Maryland) and John Besley (center, University of South Carolina)