Next meeting Feb 5 - Hayes talk on moderation/mediation

Please join us at our next meeting on Tues, Feb 5, 12:30-1:30, in Derby 3116. Dr. Andrew Hayes will discuss mediation, moderated mediation, and related issues. He'll also discuss SPSS & SAS macros he and his associates have developed to assess hypotheses involving those mechanisms. You can check out his macros on his Web site: http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/ahayes/.

Also, we are still in need of presenters on Mar 4, Apr 15, and Apr 29. Please let me or Mike Slater know if you're interested!

New Goodall & Roberto publication on teaching health communication

Congrats to Catherine Goodall and Tony Roberto for their recent publication in Communication Teacher entitled “An Inconvenient Truth: An application of the extended parallel process model.” Communication Teacher is the field’s only peer-reviewed teaching publication. Published by the National Communication Association, Communication Teacher publishes exemplary and original “ideas and strategies for the classroom.” You can email Catherine if you’d like a copy of the manuscript/activity.

$3 million NIDA grant to Dr. Raup-Krieger and colleagues!

Please join me in congratulating Janice Raup-Krieger, who (with her colleagues from Penn State University) received a five-year $3,272,367 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The grant will allow the researchers to study how their federally-recognized "keepin' it REAL" drug-prevention curriculum is adapted when used by rural middle schools in PA and OH. Congratulations, Janice!

Next meeting Jan 22 - physician-patient communication

* Quick reminder that we're meeting next Tuesday, January 22, at noon in Derby 3116. PhD student Parul Jain will be presenting some research on physician-patient communication. Her talk will focus on the communicative challenges that international medical graduates face in the US and how those challenges could impact the health outcomes/health related quality of life in their patients.

* If you have not presented yet this quarter, please sign up for a date! The available dates are Mar 4, Apr 15, Apr 29, and May 13. Completed research, research-in-progress, proposals, etc., are all welcome. Please e-mail Nori Comello or Mike Slater if you have questions.

Next meeting Jan 8 - Cancer patient blogs

Happy New Year! Please join us at our next brown-bag meeting on Tuesday, Jan 8, 12:30-1:30, in Derby 3116. Second-year PhD student Jatin Srivastava will discuss a study he'd like to conduct on cancer patient blogs and would like feedback from the group. Hope to see you there!