International Doctoral Fellow at CBSSM

In early April 2008, CBSSM welcomed itsfirst doctoral fellow, Teresa Gavaruzzi.Ms. Gavaruzzi holdsdegrees in cognitive psychology and experimental psychology and is currently adoctoral student in cognitive psychology at the University of Padua in Italy. Under the mentorship of AngelaFagerlin, PhD, Teresa is participating especially in CBDSM research groupsrelated to patient decision making. For her doctoral dissertation, she’s examining factorsaffecting the perception and understanding of risks in medical choices and theimplications for informed consent, especially in screening for colorectalcancer and prostate cancer. An important part of her work is studying theeffects of message framing and format on behaviors.