STEM Center News

Recruiting participants for health-related research is always a challenge for researchers and often they turn to social media to help. But more regulatory guidance regarding what is acceptable practice is needed. Researchers have developed policies and procedures that can be easily replicated and allow research teams to effectively use social media as a recruitment tool.

Eric Cooks, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center Postdoctoral Associate, is the co-author of “Hostile Media Perception on Twitter: The Effect of Mediated Social Identity Cues on Biased Perception” published in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media on Nov. 11. Cooks and Anneliese…

On Nov. 4, 2021, Janice Krieger and Eric Cooks participated in "What We Know Works: Tools, Resources, and Promising Practices," a webinar sponsored by the Maryland Colorectal Cancer Task Force. 

Janice Krieger, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center director, and a multidisciplinary group of UF researchers were honored for their project ALEX. It was named one of the seven innovations of year at the 4th Annual Standing InnOvation awards event presented by UF Innovate.…

Eric Cooks, Ph.D. 2020, a post-doctoral associate in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center (STCC), is featured in “When Patients Engage with Similar Others, Health Outcomes Improve and Other Conversations about Health Disparities,” an episode of the podcast Revise & Resubmit hosted by…

Janice Krieger, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center director, and a team of researchers has been awarded a National Institute on Aging (NIA) grant to use the virtual health assistant ALEX (Agent Leveraging Empathy for eXams) to recruit older adult minorities for clinical trials.…

Research has found that behavioral lifestyle interventions for adolescent obesity treatment is critical to the success of any program hoping to make a difference in the lives of obese or overweight teens. A new study shows that adolescents affected by obesity believe interventions should avoid focusing on weight loss and instead promote a healthy lifestyle.

The STEM Translational Communication Center (STCC) at the University of Florida today announced that Taylor Ashley has joined the Center as a postbaccalaureate research assistant. The appointment is effective from June 24, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Ashley is joining the Center as part of UF Health Cancer Center’s Postbaccalaureate…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center Director Janice Krieger is quoted in “UF Health Virtual Human Intervention Allows for Colorectal Cancer Screening from Home” published on ufhealth.org on Feb. 15. The article focuses on a new virtual health assistant that gives patients who qualify…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center Director Janice Krieger is a co-author of “An Electronic Tool to Support Patient-Centered Broad Consent: A Multi-Arm Randomized Clinical Trial in Family Medicine” published in the Annals of Family Medicine on Jan. 11. Krieger, Elizabeth Golembiewski, Arch Mainous,…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center Director Janice Krieger is the senior author of “Internet-Based Tailored Virtual Human Health Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening: Design Guidelines from Two Users” published in the Journal of Multimodal User Interfaces on Jan. 2. Krieger, Mohan Zalake,…

Vaughan James Participates in Science for the People Podcast Vaughan James, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student and STEM Translational Communications Center research assistant, is featured in “Science Communication in Creative Places,” an episode of the Science for the People podcast series posted on Oct. 19.…