Aimee S. James, PhD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Division of Public Health Sciences
Specialties
- Social psychology
- Cancer prevention
- Cancer screening and early detection
- Health education
- Health disparities
- Implementation science
- Rural health
- Community perceptions of health and health care
- Partnership with community health systems
Meet Dr. James
Dr. Aimee James is a social psychologist whose research focuses on health education cancer prevention and control, health disparities, and community-based research.
Dr. James is active in Siteman Cancer Center’s Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities and leads their Colon Cancer Community Partnership. She is also the co-leader for Siteman’s Prevention and Control Research program.
Dr. James earned her doctorate in social psychology from University of Houston. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer control at University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Degrees
Doctorate in Social Psychology
University of Houston, Houston, TX
1999
Master of Public Health – Health Promotion and Health Education
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX
2000
Master of Arts in Psychology
University of Houston, Houston, TX
1998
Research interests
Health education
Cancer prevention
Health disparities
Community perceptions of health and health care
Reducing cancer health disparities
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James Lab
Physical Address:
600 S. Taylor Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
Contact: 314-454-8300
Email: [email protected]
Dr. James in the news
- James appointed Prevention and Control Research Program co-leader
- Photo project encourages family, friends to schedule colon cancer screenings
- Research Wire
Post Doctoral Education
Post-doctoral fellowship, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, 2000-2003.
Teaching Appointments
Program Committee, Instructor and Section Leader: Practice of Medicine-1, Master of Population Health Sciences (MPHS) Program