Noel T. Brewer, PhD

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Affiliations UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health UNC Psychology Department Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Interdisciplinary Health Communication Bio Vita NIH biosketch - NIH other support NSF biographical sketch Links Applied Research Methods Course Medical Decision Making Lab Contact info ntb1xunc.edu (change x to @) UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 325 Rosenau Hall, CB# 7440 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 919-966-3282 off 919-966-2921 fax Media 2.09. Parents learn about HPV vaccine mostly from drug company ads. UNC press release. 10.07. Patients want genomic test for breast cancer recurrence. UNC press release. Story by ASPH Friday News. 6.07. HPV vaccine unlikely to lead teens to have more sex. UNC press release. Stories by USA Today and UPI. 4.07. False positive mammograms have long-term consequences. UNC press release. Stories by Fox News and Reuters. 11.06. Half of people at high risk don’t know they need a flu shot. UNC press release. Stories by the Washington Post and the FDA.

Research The psychology of medical decision making is my primary area of research. Examples of my research include risk perception and risk communication in the context of vaccination decisions as well as the effects of false positive medical testing. Lab My research happens in the Health Cognition & Behavior Lab, a multidisciplinary setting dedicated to studying medical decision making. We pursue theoretical questions that have real world implications for the public’s health. HPV vaccination We have several ongoing studies related to HPV vaccine in the US and abroad. Download scales and papers from our studies. Communicating genomic test results With support of a five year grant from the American Cancer Society, we are examining how to communicate with women about new genomic tests that assess breast cancer recurrence risk. More research

Featured Articles The symmetry rule: A seven year study of symptoms and explanatory labels among Gulf War veterans. In Risk Analysis, 2009. 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 Predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability: A theory-informed systematic review. In Preventive Medicine, 2008. 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 Patient interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence risk. In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007. Download pdf More publications

Last updated July 17, 2009