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Kenneth M. Langa elected to ASCI membership

04/08/2014

Kenneth M. Langa, M.D., Ph.D., professor of internal medicine and health management and policy, and research professor at the Institute of Gerontology and Survey Research Center/Institute for Social Research, was recently elected to the 2014 class of new members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ACSI). ASCI comprises more than 3,000 physician-scientists from all medical specialties who are elected to the society for their outstanding records of scholarly achievement in biomedical research before the age of 50.

Victor Strecher earns award for pioneering work in personalized digital health

04/08/2014

Victor Strecher, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor of health behavior & health education, SPH, and professor of health behavior, Family Medicine, was presented with the 2014 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). The James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation honored Strecher for pioneering the development of computer tailored health programs that have transformed the way people learn about and manage their health.

Beth Tarini, MD, MS featured in IHPI Newsletter

04/08/2014

Beth Tarini is a featured Institute of Health Policy & Innovation member in April’s IHPI Newsletter.

Angela Fagerlin listed as a Shared Decision Making Champion

03/21/2014
Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine Co-Director Angela Fagerlin, Ph.D., has been named one of "25 Champions of Shared Decision Making." According to the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, "Angie has spent her career testing methods for communicating the risks and benefits of treatment options to patients, especially through decision aids. Based on the knowledge she has gained, Angie developed and tested decision aids for prostate cancer and breast cancer prevention. Her work has truly advanced the field of risk communication and patient-physician communication."

Visualizing Health Project launch

03/10/2014
Brian Zikmund-Fisher, Angela Fagerlin, Nicole Exe, and Knoll Larkin have been involved in the Visualizing Health Project, which has recently launched an online style guide for communicating health data. You can check it out at: http://www.vizhealth.org/

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