Noel T. Brewer, PhD

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Positions Associate Professor, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Adjunct Professor, UNC Psychology Department Director, Cervical Cancer-Free NC Affiliations UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative of North Carolina (4CNC) Interdisciplinary Health Communication Bio Vita - NIH biosketch (HPV) Contact information ntbxunc.edu (change x to @) Department of Health Behavior Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina 325A Rosenau Hall, CB 7440 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 T: 919.966.3282 F: 919.966.2921

Research I study the psychology of decisions about medical tests and vaccines. My research happens in the Health Cognition & Behavior Lab. We pursue theoretical questions that have real world implications for the public’s health. Harms from tests Few realize that abnormal cancer test results are often errors that can lead to overtreatment and unnecessary anxiety. We are looking at how to reduce use of common medical tests that have more harm than benefit. Communicating results of genomic tests We are examining how to communicate about genomic tests for breast cancer recurrence risk. HPV vaccination We study reasons why people get HPV vaccines and interventions to increase uptake. HPV papers and surveys. I also direct Cervical Cancer-Free NC, an initiative to end or substantially reduce cervical cancer in North Carolina.

New Book FDA’s free guide to risk communication that I co-edited. Download it here. Featured Articles Direct-to-consumer genomewide profiling. In New England Journal of Medicine.  Download pdf Predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability: A theory-informed systematic review. In Preventive Medicine, 2007. Download pdf Parents’ health beliefs and HPV vaccination of their adolescent daughters. In Social Science & Medicine, 2009. Download pdf Perspectives on theories of health behavior that focus on individuals. In Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice. Download pdf Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination. In Health Psychology, 2007. Download pdf Systematic Review: The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. In Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007. Download pdf More articles

Last updated April 11, 2012