STEM Center News

Benjamin Johnson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor and interim director of the STEM Translational Communication Center, will join an editors’ panel and give a research presentation at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) in Santiago, Chile, from Jan. 15-19. Johnson will participate…

Benjamin Johnson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor and interim director of the STEM Translational Communication Center, will give a research presentation and workshop at Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from Oct. 3-8. On Oct. 4, Johnson will present his research, “Relatable, Independent,…

Yang Feng, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor in artificial intelligence (AI), is the author of “Blending Theory and Practice: Igniting Curiosity and Enhancing Learning in Social Media Advertising Analytics Through Cutting-Edge Tools” published in the American Academy of Advertising September 2023 newsletter. Feng…

Benjamin Johnson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor and interim director of the STEM Translational Communication Center, was quoted in the UF News article “Social Media and Mental Health: Considerations from Experts This Mental Health Awareness Month” published on May 17, 2023. In the article,…

Debbie Treise, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising professor and former senior associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research, will retire from the College after a 31-year tenure. While at UFCJC, she has served as an assistant professor and ascended to associate professor in 1997 and…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Advertising Associate Professor Benjamin Johnson has been named the interim director of the College’s STEM Translational Communication Center (STCC), effective immediately. Johnson’s research is focused on why and how people select and share messages in new media…

Carrie A. Miller, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of Public Relations in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, has received a $166,000 two-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to study how young adults can help increase colorectal cancer screening in rural settings. The project…

Elizabeth Flood-Grady, visiting assistant professor in the STEM Translational Communication Center at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and manager of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Recruitment Center, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) grant from the Health…

New research explores how to develop virtual human clinicians that individuals highly identified with rurality find attractive. 

Janice Krieger, director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center, will serve as principal investigator on a $3.5 million U01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to use virtual human technology to increase racial and ethnic minority representation in cancer clinical trials. The…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Dr. Carrie Miller will join the College this fall as Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Relations and will be playing an active role in the College’s  STEM Translational Communication Center and the UF Health Cancer Center.…

Matching Black patients with a Black virtual clinician may increase patient willingness to get screened for colon cancer, according to a new study. The findings by Eric Cooks, postdoctoral fellow for the STEM Translational Communication Center (STCC) at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and Janice Krieger,…