Suzie Carmack

As a Health Communications Lead at the MITRE corporation, I enjoy designing evidence-based communications strategy for U.S. government sponsors. As a non-profit organization, MITRE operates Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's) in the public trust. At MITRE, I work to ensure that our internal (CDC programs) and external (public health partners) communication efforts optimize stakeholder engagement. As a scholar, I coach young scholars to see the world from multiple points of view, and bring my research on the sciences of communication and well-being to the classroom.

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Kristina Cook

nterests: alcohol and prescription drug abuse prevention social marketing campaigns

Kristina Cook has a variety of strategic, digital, and health communication experience. As a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, Kristina acts as the project manager for the Navy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Office (NADAP) including the development and implementation of their alcohol and prescription drug abuse prevention social marketing campaigns.

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Emily Peterson

Interests: Improving the patient-provider relationship, message framing/persuasion theories and the effect of self-affirmation on adolescents' responses to public health messaging.

Her past work focused on patient-centered care throughout the cancer continuum, cancer screening discussions, and pediatrician-adolescent counseling about nicotine and tobacco.

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Amelia Burke-Garcia

Interests: Strategic online communications, Social media, Mobile media , Online advertising, Social CRM, Social SEO, Strategic digital partnerships, Measurement & evaluation

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Jungmi Jun

Interests: Health and Strategic Communication.

She is particularly interested in examining health information disparities among underserved populations and communicating preventive care and medical tourism issues with the populations.

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Sunny Kim

Interests: Psychosocial Intervention, Emotional Coping and Distress, Social support/social networks and supportive care for cancer patients and cancer survivors, Bone-marrow transplant patients and quality of life, Cancer prevention behaviors, Narrative-based digital storytelling intervention, Patient-provider communication, Cross-cultural research, Qualitative and quantitative methodology

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Jordan Alpert

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Denise K. Scannell

Interests: Social Support | Health Safety |Health Privacy

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Bridget Bush

Summary

Bridget Bush is an academic in every sense of the word. I excelled in my undergraduate studies, and I have remained at George Mason University, where I am now pursuing my MA in Communication, which will then be followed by the pursuance of a PhD in Communication.

My dream is to remain at this University as a Professor of Communication, as well as continuing to contribute to the amazing Communication research being performed at George Mason University.

Information

LinkedIn Page

Email: bridgetbush@gmail.com Location: 22030

Education

George Mason University Master’s Degree, Communication, General 2015 – 2017As an undergraduate student, I was an active member of my sorority, Alpha Phi, serving as Community Service Director and organizing many philanthropic events in that position. I also served as Music Director, during which time I educated my fellow sisters on the and meanings behind our songs and chants. I was also an Honors Communication Student, completing my own quantitative research study on the effects of family communication on political affiliation.

As a graduate student, I am currently in the midst of a quantitative and qualitative study on the #BlackLivesMatter movement on social media.

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi, Order of Omega, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Alpha Pi George Mason University Bachelor’s Degree, Communication, General, ...

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Elina Guralnik

Information

LinkedIn page

Email: eguralni@masonlive.gmu.edu / eguralnik@gmail.com

Education

George Mason University – College of Health and Human Services MPH, Epidemiology 2015 – 2017

Northeastern University postgraduate coursework, Counseling Psychology 2000 – 2001

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick BA, Biology 1995 – 1998

Organizations

American Public Health Association (APHA) -Student Member (09/2016 – present)

Society for the Epidemiologic Research (SER)- Student Member (10/2016-present)

Experience

Strategic Planning Intern, Community Health Development and Preparedness Division, Fairfax County Health Department, Fairfax, VA (6/2017-8/2017)

Data Analyst | Independent Contractor, Arlington Public Health Division, Department of Human Services, Arlington, VA ( 3/2017-6/2017)

Armenian American Cultural Association, Inc./Armenian American Wellness Center Grant Writing Consultant, February 2014 – June 2017, Arlington, VA

Program Coordinator, MIT Venture Mentoring Service Massachusetts Institute of Technology July 2006 – August 2008, Cambridge, MA

Special Assistant, Office of the Vice President for Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 2005 – July 2006, Cambridge, MA

Research Assistant,University of Toronto, Department of Sociology September 2003 – March 2005, Berlin, Germany

Mathematics Instructor, The Steppingstone Foundation September 2000 – May 2001, Boston, MA Research Assistant, Institute for the Study of Child Development,Robert Wood Johnson Medical School October 1998 – May 2000, New Brunswick, NJ

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Eric L. Olson

Focuses on open access, science literacy, and media literacy advocate. Communication specialist with extensive postgraduate training and experience with science outreach, science communication evaluation, proposal editing, web content development, and relationship building.

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