Program in Health Communication and Decision Making

This program theme is led by Dr. Angela Fagerlin. Research that falls within this programmatic area includes topics such as

  • risk communication and perception
  • health communication and education
  • development and testing of decision aids/patient education materials
  • numeracy and literacy
  • clinical decision-making
  • cognition and motivation
  • psychology in health policy
  • utility and survey methods
Please view specific research projects and papers in the Clinical Topics, Cognition, Communication and Education, Methods Research, Patient Concerns, and Risk research areas.