Consultants

Purpose. Senior scholars from a variety of backgrounds collaborate with Center investigators, helping to inform and challenge study design, content, methodology, and analysis.

Membership. A distinguished international panel of consultants has been selected from a broad range of disciplines and research interests. Members are chosen for their demonstrated expertise in risk communications research and health behavior change interventions.

• Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH - Director of the National Center for Health Marketing at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD - Morehouse School of Medicine
• Hans Brug, PhD - Epidemiology & Statistics, VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands
• Linda M. Collins, PhD - Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
• William Cross, Jr., PhD - The Graduate Center, City University of New York
• Arie Dijkstra, PhD - Social Psychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
• Baruch Fischhoff, PhD - Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
• Edward Maibach, PhD, MPH - Communication, George Washington University
• Peter Salovey, PhD - Psychology, Yale University
• Robert Sellers, PhD - Psychology, University of Michigan
• Geoffrey Williams, PhD - General Medicine, University of Rochester

Activities. Consultants provide state-of-the-science expertise to Center research teams, encourage the cross fertilization of ideas, help ensure health messages are consistent with their putative theoretical underpinnings, and assist in the interpretation and integration of results across Projects.