InCHIP Lecture Series, Fall 2016
“Physician-Patient Communication Research in the Oncology Health Care Setting”
Richard F. Brown, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
12:30 - 1:30pm
Co-Sponsors:
UConn Allied Health Sciences
UConn Center for Environmental Health and Health Promotion
UConn Center for Public Health and Health Policy
UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UConn Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
UConn Department of Communication
UConn Department of Human Development and Family Studies
UConn Global Affairs
UConn Neag School of Education
UConn Occupational and Environmental Medicine
UConn Office of Public Engagement
UConn School of Business
UConn School of Medicine
Location
Video Conference Room 204, 2nd floor
J. Ray Ryan Building, 2006 Hillside Road
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
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Accessibility: elevator available in building lobby on ground floor.
Web Stream
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About the Speaker
Dr. Richard Brown Ph.D. is an Associate Professor (Tenured) in the Department of Health Behavior and Policy in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He is a full member of the Massey Cancer Center (MCC) and is the Chair of the Cancer Prevention and Control subcommittee of the MCC Protocol Review and Monitoring System. Dr. Brown is Co-Director of the Clinical Trial Communication Support Core at MCC.
Prior to joining VCU Dr. Brown’s early work was conducted in the Medical Psychology Research Unit (MPRU) in the School of Medicine at the University of Sydney where he commenced as a Research Assistant in 1995. During his eight years at the MPRU he completed both a Master’s degree and Ph.D, and left the unit in 2003 as Deputy Director. He then moved to the United States to take up a Postdoctoral R25 fellowship at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) as a visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics. In 2005, after two years at CWRU he accepted a position as an Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with a conjoint academic appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College to develop a communication skills training (Comskil) laboratory to target oncologists and oncology fellows and residents. Dr. Brown’s goal to further develop his research agenda in patient focused interventions led him to take his position at VCU in 2009.
Dr. Brown’s research has been designed to aid cancer patients and oncologists to communicate more effectively. His research largely centers on developing, implementing, and evaluating communication interventions using the oncologist-patient consultation as the unit of analysis. His research agenda has involved dual paths that have focused on understanding communication from both the patients’ and oncologists’ perspectives. Dr. Brown’s patient-focused work has included developing and testing patient interventions, such as Question Prompt Lists, to help cancer patients be more active communicators during their consultations. His oncologist-focused work has involved the development, implementation, and evaluation of training to support sustained uptake of communication skills. Over the past several years he has developed a specialized research focus exploring cancer clinical trial communication. In 2015, Dr. Brown was awarded a four-year Research Scholar grant from the American Cancer Society to study the impact of Tailored Health Communication on African American Cancer patients decision’s about joining a cancer clinical trial.
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