The University of Florida has granted center status to the College of Journalism and Communications’ STEM Translational Communication Research program. The new center will be called the STEM Translational Communication Center.

The Center’s mission, as articulated in the proposal to the UF administration, is to “develop innovative strategies for bridging discovery in the basic sciences with interventions to enhance individual and collective well-being in a number of domains, including the environment, technology, engineering, and medicine. The Center will position UF as a global expert in the effective use of messages to move knowledge from ‘bench to behavior.’”

The goals of the Center, which is led by Professor Janice Krieger, are to:

• Conduct world-class research in translational communication science that improves the accessibility, understandability, and usability of STEM research in the public sphere
• Provide outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral training in ethical translational communication science
• Promote social change by translating emerging STEM findings using evidence-based strategies for community outreach.

The College has also been granted matching funds for the addition of three associate professors who would partner with scholars across campus to develop research translation and dissemination strategies.

Posted: April 11, 2016
Category: College News, Research News, STEM Center News
Tagged as: Janice Krieger, STEM Translational Communication Center