Research is a major focus of the Health & Risk Communication Center. Our affiliate faculty partner internally and externally to study major communication issues concerning health, science, risk, and the environment.
See our Projects & Partnerships, as well as Grants and Contracts, for examples of HRCC work.
The HRCC works with the Environmental Law and Policy Center to perform the annual Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP2) poll. This project includes the collection and analysis of data about attitudes concerning health, economy, and environment.
The HRCC Message Vault is an online repository of health and risk communication messages, stimuli, and databases of messages for faculty and students to use in their teaching and research. The concept of the Message Vault was created, designed, and branded by HRCC faculty.
Explore the HRCC Message Vault
The HRCC structures its research in five main core areas, based on the strengths of affiliate faculty. One of these areas rotates annually, to allow the HRCC to rapidly engage with changing research trends.
List of HRCC affiliate faculty publications from the 2022 academic year.
Resource folder for HRCC affiliate faculty.
The Intervention & Campaign Design Core aims to develop and study means to affect behavioral change for better health.
Core Leader: John Besley
The Neurocognitive and Biological Communication studies communication and health behavior from a biological perspective.
Core Leader: Ralf Schmaelzle
The Social Media & Emerging Tech Core looks at the role of social media and new technology in health behaviors.
Core Leader: Wei Peng
The Diversity and Cultural Communication Core studies cultural aspects of health communication, including communicating to diverse audiences.
Core Leader: Bruno Takahashi
Core Leader: Maria Lapinski