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Faculty Profile:Dr. Pamela Poe
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Research and Scholarly Interests:Health Communication, Public Health and Crisis Communication, Workplace Communication, Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising, Aging and Communication, Health Information-Seeking, and Media Education/Media Literacy Communication Research:Research Scientist and Co-Investigator, studying elderly fall prevention and health marketing, University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center, Seattle, WA, 2007-present. Health Communication Fellow, funded by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, in association with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, 2006-2007. Publications and Presentations:“Community and Federal Collaboration for Senior Health: Training Older Adults to ‘Diagnose’ Health Web Sites.” New Jersey Communication Association Conference, New York, NY, March 2008. “GIFTS Teaching Ideas Session: Diagnosing Communication Styles in the Workplace.” New Jersey Communication Association Conference, New York, NY, March 2008. “Communicating Public Health Information.” (2008). In Constance Battle (Ed.), Essentials of Public Health Biology: A Companion Guide for the Study of Pathophysiology, Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. (In press). “Health-Media Literacy among the Elderly: A Symbolic Interactionist Analysis of How Older Persons Perceive Health Information and Marketing Messages in Print and Televised Drug Advertisements.” American Public Health Association Conference, Washington, DC, November 2007. “E-Health Literacy for Seniors and Caregivers” (with K. Brown and L. Harris). American Public Health Association Conference, Washington, DC, November 2007. “Using Symbolic Interactionism to Understand How Older Women are Perceived, Interpreted, and Used Prescription Drug Ads.” National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007. [Awarded Top 3 Papers in Communication and Aging Division.] “Health-Media Literacy among the Elderly: A Symbolic Interactionist Analysis of How Older Persons Perceive Health Information and Marketing Messages in Print and Televised Drug Advertisements.” Media Literacy Summit, Alliance for a Media Literate America, St. Louis, MO, June 2007. “Health Media Literacy for the Elderly: An Antidote to Media Agenda-setting in Public Health.” New Jersey Communication Association Conference, Trenton, NJ, April 2005. “Roles of Women's Health Advocates in Developing and Disseminating Evidence-Based Decision Aids” (with S. B. Ruzek and S. B. Bass). Temple University Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005. Workshops and Seminars:“Health Communication Basics.” George Washington University School of Public Health, Washington, DC, April 2008. (To introduce health campaign and health communication strategies.) “E-Health for Seniors.” Senior Centers in Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, PA, and Wilmington, DE, June and July 2007. (To field test health website training from the National Institute on Aging.) “Public Speaking and Media Skills.” Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Conference, Cherry Hill, NJ, June 2006. (To teach volunteers and board members to communicate with news media.) “Beneath the Waves: Finding Health Media Messages.” Youth Development Leadership Summit, Lancaster, PA, May 2005. (For grades 8-11 – to introduce health media literacy skills.) “Classroom Presentation Skills for Teaching Assistants.” Temple University Teaching and Learning Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 2003. “Presentation Skills for Health Professionals.” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, February 2001. (For Medicare health insurance specialists.) “Pain Relief for Scriptwriters.” International Television Association Mediaport 2000 Convention, Orlando, FL, June 2000. (For professional television writers.) Professional Activities:Public Relations Director, New Jersey Communication Association, 2008-2009. Public Health Officer, Borough of Rutledge, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2008-2009. Volunteer Instructor, Presidential Classroom, Georgetown University, 2001-2008. Chair, respondent, and/or presenter at communication, public health, and media literacy conferences since 2003. Media producer, writer, and marketing consultant for U.S. federal agencies including the FDA, NASA, NIH National Cancer Institute, and CMS, 1998-2001. Cable live television news and information producer and technician, 1995-1998. Independent video producer, scriptwriter, camera operator, and video editor, 1990-1995. Honors and Awards:Top 3 Papers Award, National Communication Association, Communication and Aging Division, 2007. Health Communication Fellow, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, 2006-2007. Presidential Management Fellow, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 1998-2000. Courses Taught/Teaching:
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