STEM Center News

Janice Krieger, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications  STEM Translational Communication Center director, was one of six contributors to a research paper referenced in “When the Teenager Asks, ‘Did You Smoke Weed?’” published in The New York Times on Oct. 19. The paper, Parental Messages about Substance Use…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications  STEM Translational Communication Center Director Janice Krieger, along with Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., R.N., will lead the Cancer Population Sciences (CPS) program at the UF Health Cancer Center. The program will host monthly meetings to focus on conducting person centered, family-focused, clinician engaged…

Yulia Strekalova, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications research assistant professor and director of Grants Development and Janice Krieger, UF STEM Translational Communication Center director, co-authored, “Beyond Words: Amplification of Cancer Risk Communication on Social Media,” published in The Journal of Health Communication on Sept. 28. In the…

Dr. Carma Bylund, a distinguished cancer communication scholar,  will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center (STCC) in August. She will be the latest preeminence faculty member to join the College. Bylund is currently associate director, Medical Education at the Hamad Medical Corporation…

University of Florida alumnus Jordan Alpert will join the University’s College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Department this summer as an assistant professor specializing in media planning. Alpert’s research focuses on how technology, such as electronic health records and patient portals, can facilitate communication between patients and providers. He also…

University of Florida STEM Translational Communication Center Director Janice Krieger and a team of researchers have been awarded a $3.04 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test the efficacy of using virtual technology to increase colorectal cancer screening among rural and minority patients. This is…

Janice Krieger, UF College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center Director, and Yulia Strekalova, UF CJC Director of Grants Development, collaborated with two ShadowHealth researchers to publish an online article in Wolters Kluwer Health Nurse Educator. The Aug. 3 article, “Empathic Communication in Virtual Education for Nursing Students:…

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…

Dr. Janice Krieger, director of the CJC STEM Translational Communication Research program, is the recipient of the 2015 UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professorship. The professorship, one of two awarded by the Foundation, recognizes extraordinary accomplishments by individuals and the prestige they bring to the University. The designation includes a $25,000…

An expert on health and interpersonal communication will join the University of Florida to direct the development of the STEM Translational Communication Program at the College of Journalism and Communications, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. Janice L. Krieger is being hired as part of UF Rising, the university’s push to…