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 | Erika A. Waters Ph.D., MPH
Cancer Prevention and Control
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
| Postdoctoral Education
Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2006-9 | Graduate Education
MS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Social Psychology), 2003
PhD, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Social Psychology), 2006
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Epidemiology), 2007 | Research Interest
Dr. Erika Waters is a social psychologist who investigates how thoughts about cancer risk influences people’s medical decisions and engagement in cancer prevention behaviors. To date, her research has focused on risk perception, Internet-based risk communication, and laypeople’s decision-making about undergoing chemopreventive therapies for cancer. The findings from her research projects have implications for multiple domains, including engagement in health protective behaviors. Dr. Waters intends to expand her research on chemopreventive decision-making and Internet-based risk communication to address socioeconomic and racial/ethnic-based cancer disparities. She also plans to explore lay perceptions of genetic risk information and how these perceptions influence health behaviors. Ultimately, Dr. Waters seeks to build health communication and behavior interventions that reduce disparities in cancer morbidity and mortality. | Awards/Honors
Fellows’ Award for Research Excellence (FARE), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2009 | Selected or Recent Publications
First or senior author of peer-reviewed manuscripts and reviews:
Waters EA, Weinstein ND, Colditz GA, Emmons K. Formats for improving risk communication in medical tradeoff decisions. Journal of Health Communication. 2006;11(2):167-82.
Waters EA, Weinstein ND, Colditz GA, Emmons K. Aversion to side effects in preventive medical treatment decisions. British Journal of Health Psychology. 2007;12:383-401.
Waters EA, Weinstein ND, Colditz GA, Emmons K. Reducing aversion to side effects in preventive medical treatment decisions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 2007;13(1):11-21.
Waters EA. Feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling at risk: A review of incidental affect's influence on likelihood estimates. Journal of Risk Research. 2008;11(5):569-95.
Waters EA, Sullivan HW, Finney Rutten LJ. Cancer prevention information-seeking among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic users of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service: Trends in telephone and LiveHelp use. Journal of Health Communication. 2009;14(5):476-86.
Waters EA, Sullivan HW, Nelson W, Hesse BW. What is my cancer risk? Identifying how Internet-based cancer risk calculators convey individualized risk estimates to the public. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2009;11(3):e33.
Waters EA, Weinstein ND, Colditz GA, Emmons K. Explanations for side effect aversion in preventive medical treatment decisions. Health Psychology. 2009;28(2):201-9.
Waters EA, Cronin KA, Graubard BI, Han PK, Freedman AN. Prevalence of tamoxifen use for breast cancer chemoprevention among U.S. women. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention. In press.
Other peer-reviewed manuscripts:
Weinstein ND, Slovic P, Waters E, Gibson G. Public understanding of the illnesses caused by cigarette smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2004;6(2):349-55
Hay JL, Harris J, Waters EA, Clayton MF, Ellington L, Abernethy AD, et al. Personal communication in primary and secondary cancer prevention: Evolving discussions, emerging challenges. Journal of Health Communication. 2009;14(Suppl 1):18-29.
Sullivan HW, Finney Rutten LJ, Waters EA. Requests for Cancer Prevention Information: The Cancer Information Service (2002-2006). Journal of Cancer Education. In press.
Non-peer-reviewed publications:
Waters EA, Hunt Y, Dunton GF. Psychologists can help reduce suffering and death from cancer. Student Caucus E-Newsletter [serial on the Internet]. 2009: Available from: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/apssc/enews/waters-hunt-dunton.cfm | Selected or Recent Chapters
Emmons KM, Cuite C, Waters E. Cancer risk communication and comprehension. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumini JF, editors. Cancer epidemiology and prevention. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2006. p. 1303-9. | Editorial Positions
Reviewer for:
British Journal of Health Psychology
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention
Communication Yearbook
Journal of Experimental Psychology:Applied
Journal of Health Communication
Medical Decision Making
Methods of Information in Medicine
Psycho-Oncology
Risk Analysis
Social Science & Medicine | Academic Office
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Phone: 314-747-5705
Fax: 314-454-7941
email: waterse@wudosis.wustl.edu |
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