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The Lab is a multidisciplinary setting dedicated to studying medical decision making. We pursue theoretical questions that have real world implications for the public’s health. People Director Noel Brewer, PhD, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC School of Public Health Post-doc Paul Reiter, PhD, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC School of Public Health Students Annie-Laurie McRee, MPH, doctoral student, Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC School of Public Health Ed Morrill, MA, doctoral student, UNC Department of Psychology Playing bocce at the semi-annual Lab party Alison Reed, master’s student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC School of Public Health Talya Salz, doctoral student, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC School of Public Health Janice Tzeng, master’s student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC School of Public Health Carmina Valle, MPH, doctoral student, Department of Nutrition, UNC School of Public Health Alumni Yuli Chang, MPH Alrick Edwards Eugenio Facci Steve Hackbarth Jessica Hughes, MPH Katie Keating, MPH Sarah E. Lillie, MPH Christina Ludema Karah I. Fazekas, MPH Cicely Mitchell Nina Sperber, MPH Karen Ziarnowski, MPH Playing Cranium at the semi-annual Lab party

Accomplishments New student pubs (students’ names bolded) Keating, K., Brewer, N. T., Gottlieb, S., Liddon, N., Ludema, C., & Smith, J. S. Potential barriers to HPV vaccine provision among medical practices in an area with high rates of cervical cancer. Journal of Adolescent Health. In press. Jessica Hughes (right) presenting a poster at the American Public Health Assn. convention in San Diego. Hughes, J., Cates, J., Liddon, N., Smith, J. S., Gottlieb, S. L., & Brewer, N. T. HPV Disparities in how parents are hearing about the HPV vaccine. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. In press. Fazekas, K. I., Brewer, N. T., & Smith, J. S. HPV vaccine acceptability in a rural, Sothern area. Journal of Women’s Health. Download pdf Morrill, E.F., Brewer, N. T., O’Neill, S. C., Lillie, S. E., Dees, E. C., Carey, L. A, & Rimer, B. K. (in press). The interaction of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms in predicting depressive symptoms and quality of life. Psycho-Oncology. Download pdf 2008 student pubs Sperber, N. R., Brewer, N. T., and Smith, J. S. (2008). Influence of parent characteristics and disease outcome framing on HPV vaccine acceptability among rural, Southern women. Cancer Causes & Control, 19, 115-118. Download pdf 2007 student pubs Brewer, N. T., Salz, T., Lillie, S. E. (2007). The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms: A systematic review. Annals of Internal Medicine, 146, 502-510. Download pdf Noel Brewer, Suzanne O’Neill and Sarah Lillie at a Lab poster at the Society for Behavioral Medicine annual meeting in Washington DC. Brewer, N. T., Salz, T., Lillie, S. E. (2007). The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals of Internal Medicine, 147, 739-740. [Letter] Lillie, S. E., Brewer, N. T., Rimer, B. K., O’Neill, S. C., Morrill, E. F., Dees, E. C., & Carey, L. A.. (2007). Retention and use of breast cancer recurrence risk information from genomic tests: The role of health literacy. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 16. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., & Fazekas, K. I. (2007). Predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability: A theory-informed systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 45, 107-114. Download pdf O’Neill, S. C., Brewer, N. T., Rimer, B. K., Lillie, S. E., Morrill, E. F., Carey, L. A.., & Dees, E. C. (2007). Patient interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence risk. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25, 4628-4634. Download pdf 2006 student pubs Brewer, N. T., Lillie, S.E., & Hallman, W. K. (2006). Why people believe they were exposed to biological or chemical warfare: Reports from Gulf War veterans. Risk Analysis, 26, 337-345. Download pdf

Recent awards Recent grants, awards and honors for students. Janice Tzeng – fellowship, UNC University Cancer Research Fund, 2008-2009 Alison Reed – fellowship, UNC University Cancer Research Fund, 2008-2009 Alrick Edwards – fellowship, UNC University Cancer Research Fund, 2008-2009 Sarah Lillie and Talya Salz win awards at the Society for Behavioral Medicine annual meeting in San Francisco. Janice Tzeng – fellowship, UCSF-NCI Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research, 2008 Alrick Edwards – fellowship, UCLA-NCI Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research, 2008 Jessica Hughes – first place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2008 Ed Morrill – dissertation fellowship, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2008-2009 Alrick Edwards – Barnhill-Hatch award, 2007-2008 Talya Salz – dissertation fellowship, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, 2007-2008 Sarah Lillie – meritorious student abstract award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2006 Talya Salz – meritorious student abstract award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2006 Sarah Lillie – second place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2006 Karah Fazekas – Lucy Morgan fellowship, 2006 Talya Salz – dissertation fellowship, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2005-2007 Contact info Lab Health Cognition & Behavioral Lab Bank of America Building 137 Franklin St., 2nd Floor, #18 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (919) 843-3105 Noel Brewer ntb1xunc.edu (change x to @)

Last updated August 23, 2008