{"id":117,"date":"2020-08-25T12:54:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tomkinss\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2026-07-02T21:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:43:06","slug":"meet-the-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/meet-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"117\" class=\"elementor elementor-117\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9721167 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9721167\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d760f86\" data-id=\"d760f86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236261d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"236261d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4010\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/04\/Sarah_Bass-black-and-white-pic-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/04\/Sarah_Bass-black-and-white-pic-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/04\/Sarah_Bass-black-and-white-pic-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/04\/Sarah_Bass-black-and-white-pic-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/04\/Sarah_Bass-black-and-white-pic-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/04\/Sarah_Bass-black-and-white-pic-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">Director:<br \/>Sarah Bauerle Bass, PhD, MPH<br \/><em>(she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> sbass@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Omaha, Nebraska<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">Dr. Sarah Bass is a Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW234232236 BCX0\">in<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\"> the College of Public Health and Director of the Risk Communication Laboratory at Temple University. Her over thirty years of experience focuses on health and risk communication and how public health messages are crafted for audiences. With <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">expertise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\"> in health literacy, message development, and working with underserved and vulnerable populations, she is using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">new technologies<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\"> to develop, target and test messages for their impact on patient\/public self-efficacy, behavior intention, and behavior. Use of these technologies is then applied to community or clinical-based interventions using mHealth, eHealth, social <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW234232236 BCX0\">media<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\"> and other communication channel strategies. She has conducted research on a variety of public health topics, with emphasis on cancer, infectious diseases (HIV, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">HPV, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">HCV, smallpox, SARS-CoV-2), and emergency preparedness.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\"> With a background in communication, she has also been a state spokesperson and worked in developing state-wide media campaigns around HIV\/AIDS early in the pandemic. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">She has provided training in risk and crisis communication and is widely published in the area of health and risk communication.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">\u00a0 She <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">was<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\"> named the 2021 winner of the American Public Health Association\u2019s Everett M. Rogers Award, a national honor for outstanding contribution to public health communication<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234232236 BCX0\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote:\u00a0<\/strong><i>\u201cBe who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don\u2019t matter and those who matter don\u2019t mind.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 <\/i>Dr. Seuss<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3e80c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3e80c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b82a7dc\" data-id=\"b82a7dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b38fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56b38fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2546 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2022\/10\/Headshot-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2022\/10\/Headshot-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2022\/10\/Headshot-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2022\/10\/Headshot-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2022\/10\/Headshot-1536x1295.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2022\/10\/Headshot-2048x1727.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>Senior Research Associate:<br \/>Katie Singley, MPH\u00a0<br \/><em>(she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong>\u00a0katie.singley@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown:\u00a0<\/strong>Philadelphia, PA<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography:\u00a0<\/strong>Katie recently graduated from Drexel\u2019s Dornsife School of Public Health Community Health and Prevention Program. She received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University Maryland where she majored in Psychology and minored in Statistics. Her research interests include substance use, urban health, health disparities, and public health ethics. She previously worked for the Health Equity Advancement Lab (HEAL) where she was involved in various research projects that examine the role of harm reduction interventions in alleviating the opioid epidemic. Her goal is to conduct community-based research that can be used to empower individuals in their health-decision making and create equitable and transformative policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote:\u00a0<\/strong><i>\u201c<\/i><em>Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world&#8217;s grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.\u201d<\/em> <span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><i> \u00a0\u2013 <\/i><\/span>The Talmud<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7eda2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7eda2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4307 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/3985DF08-8375-4887-A17C-D8482300DEBF_1_105_c-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/3985DF08-8375-4887-A17C-D8482300DEBF_1_105_c-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/3985DF08-8375-4887-A17C-D8482300DEBF_1_105_c-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/3985DF08-8375-4887-A17C-D8482300DEBF_1_105_c.jpeg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Community Outreach Coordinator and Graduate Research Assistant:<br \/>Erin Mraz, BSPH <br \/><em>(she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> erin.mraz@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>Bucks County, PA<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong>Erin is a Master of Public Health (MPH) student at Temple University with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her professional interests include food justice, nutrition education, health equity, and community engagement. She has experience working with local organizations to increase access to healthy foods, deliver nutrition programming, and support families experiencing food insecurity. Erin is passionate about disseminating evidence-based, accessible health information to community audiences and is eager to apply her skills across diverse areas of public health to promote empowered communities. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote:\u00a0<\/strong><i>\u201c<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We live by each other and for each other. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u2013<\/span> Helen Keller<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce0b7b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ce0b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );text-align: center;font-size: 18.6667px\"><span style=\"color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2023\/04\/thumbnail_Imani-Headshot-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"325\" \/>Doctoral Student: <br \/>Imani Wilson-Shabazz\u00a0<br \/><i>(she\/her\/hers)<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Contact Information: <\/strong>W<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\">shabazz@temple.edu<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #333333\"><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Atlanta, Georgia<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Biography:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );background-image: initial;background-position: initial;background-size: initial;background-attachment: initial;font-size: 12pt;line-height: 17.12px\">Imani Wilson-Shabazz is a\u00a0doctoral student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at the College of Public Health at Temple University. She is a recent graduate of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, earning an MPH in Community Health Sciences with a certificate in Population and Reproductive Health. She completed her undergraduate studies in Cognitive Science (BA) and Gender Studies and Human Sexuality (BA) with honors from the University of Southern California. Her previous research projects have focused on the negative effects of abstinence-only sex education programs on black girls in the South, BDSM community engagement as self-care practices for women of color, and unintended<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );border: 1pt none windowtext;padding: 0in\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\">pregnancy prevention in trans-masculine individuals. More broadly, Imani\u2019s research centers on transforming family planning systems and institutions to empower queer individuals of color to make informed and affirmed reproductive choices.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><b>Favorite quote:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #181818;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><i>&#8220;You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.&#8221;<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> \u00a0\u2013 <\/span><\/i>Angela Davis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29feade elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29feade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );text-align: center;font-size: 18.6667px\"><span style=\"color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3723 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/01\/CD3577BB-6A52-4C18-BFC0-EBD96F051F93-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/01\/CD3577BB-6A52-4C18-BFC0-EBD96F051F93-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/01\/CD3577BB-6A52-4C18-BFC0-EBD96F051F93.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Doctoral Student: <br \/>Scout Silverstein, MPH <br \/><i>(they\/them)<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Contact Information: <\/strong>scout.silverstein@temple.edu<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Biography: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Scout creates necessary changes in the healthcare landscape by building inclusive programming and strengthening policy. A specialist in gender-affirming eating disorder care with a Master of Public Health, they provide training to health care professionals, consultation to clinicians, and coaching to parents of transgender youth. Scout has an ever-growing research portfolio focused primarily on eating disorders in transgender and intersex populations, including resilience strengths and protective factors. They also have published papers focused on eating disorders in neurodivergent populations, early intervention for eating disorders, the use of standardized patients to train early career physicians in culturally specific care, subjective definitions of recovery, care pathways for medical aid in dying, and gender-affirming care in medical subspecialities. They have an 8 year history of leading health equity focused legislative efforts. Scout&#8217;s passion is in clinical program development with a focus on adaptations for identity-affirming care delivery.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><b>Favorite quote: <\/b><em>&#8220;Everything worthwhile is done with others.\u201d<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><i> \u00a0\u2013 <\/i><\/span><\/em>Moussa Kaba<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acfe50d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acfe50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );text-align: center;font-size: 18.6667px\"><span style=\"color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3826  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/03\/Photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/03\/Photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/03\/Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/03\/Photo.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Doctoral Student: <br \/>Rose Marcelin, MPH<br \/><i>(she\/her\/hers)<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Contact Information:<\/b>\u00a0rose.marcelin1@temple.edu<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Hometown:<\/b>\u00a0Miami, FL<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Biography: <\/b>Rose Marcelin is a\u00a0doctoral student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at the College of Public Health at Temple University. She is an experienced public health professional focused on health equity and community health empowerment. Ms. Marcelin has worked in emergency preparedness and response, health communication research, and program implementation and evaluation across various public health sectors, both in the private sector and federal government. Her current research interests are at the intersections of\u00a0public health emergency preparedness and response and health communication strategy.\u00a0Ms. Marcelin holds a Master of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Favorite Quote: <\/b><em>&#8220;Courage does not always roar&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Tomi Adeyemi<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6fb0e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6fb0e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" style=\"text-align: center\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4302 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/headshot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/headshot.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Doctoral Student: <br \/>Caro O&#8217;Brien, MS<br \/><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact information:<\/strong> obrien@temple.edu\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>East Fishkill, NY<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Biography: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Caro is a doctoral student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department in the College of Public Health at Temple University. After completing her MS in Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, Caro spent 3 years as a qualitative researcher in UPenn\u2019s Mixed Methods Research Lab. Through this work, she developed an interest in infectious diseases, and how people are able or unable to access to medical care for those conditions. Caro is especially interested in HIV prevention, and how PrEP is changing the landscape of HIV.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Favorite Quote: <\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;There is no frigate like a book&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> Emily Dickinson<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ecdca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ecdca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" style=\"text-align: center\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4305 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0616-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0616-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0616-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0616-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0616.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Doctoral Student: <br \/>Katie Greene, MPH<br \/><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact information:<\/strong> katherine.greene@temple.edu, katherine.greene@fccc.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>East Fishkill, NY<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Biography:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Katie Greene is currently the Disease Site Research Manager for GI Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of the Temple Health system. She obtained her MPH in Health Behavior from the University of Alabama Birmingham, and her BS in Mass Communication from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has worked previously as a lab manager for the Chirinos Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine facilitating clinical research on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and as a qualitative market research manager for Sago (then 20|20 Research) based in Nashville. By working in the Research Communication Lab, Katie aims to continue to bridge the gaps between communication and clinical spaces, making research more accessible and understandable for all.<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Favorite Quote: <\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. \u2014 Victor Frankl<br \/><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75cd1cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75cd1cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1764b5b\" data-id=\"1764b5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05d79cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05d79cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4224 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/06\/Headshot-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/06\/Headshot-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/06\/Headshot.png 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>Graduate Research Assistant:<br>Matthew T. Dewhurst, MPH<br><\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><em>(he\/him\/his)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>matthew.dewhurst@temple.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown:&nbsp;<\/strong>Washington, DC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography:&nbsp;<\/strong>Matthew is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Risk Communication Lab. His research interests include global health, substance use, health education, health disparities, and infectious disease. He has experience designing and implementing health interventions for communities overseas as well as various volunteer experiences in both Philadelphia and Washington, DC. His goal is to contribute toward sustainable and impactful safeguards for underserved communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><i>&#8220;To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.\u201d &nbsp;\u2013 <\/i><\/span><i style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\">bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8923d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8923d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ceeb9d\" data-id=\"1ceeb9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9919e62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9919e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4318 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0114-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0114-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0114-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0114-1.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Undergraduate Research Assistant:<br \/>Catherine Lane\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><em>(she\/her\/they\/them)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> catherine.lane0002@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Hometown:\u00a0<\/strong>Lawrenceville, GA\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Biography:\u00a0<\/strong>Catherine is a junior studying advertising and media studies and production at Temple University. Catherine has been with the lab since her sophomore year and has loved every minute with the lab. She is passionate about advocating for health education, particularly in LGBTQ+ health and gender disparities in health. Her passion comes from her own place in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as her parents who instilled in her a strong sense to push for what is right, driving her dedication to spreading accurate, helpful, and accessible health information. She is especially focused on proving reliable resources and combating misinformation and knowledge gaps through social media messaging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Favorite Quote:\u00a0<\/strong><i>\u201cWhile it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from others can be a great blessing.\u201d \u2013 Andrew Huebner<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239f1a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"239f1a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4306 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-13-at-5.42.36-PM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-13-at-5.42.36-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-13-at-5.42.36-PM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-13-at-5.42.36-PM-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-13-at-5.42.36-PM.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Undergraduate Research Assistant:<br \/>Jean Rivera<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> jean.rivera@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Ocotal, Nicaragua<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong> Jean is a senior majoring in Health Professions at Temple University\u2019s College of Public Health. He is dedicated to improving healthcare for underserved populations by combining clinical insight with public health research. Jean views healthcare as more than just treating symptoms. He believes it means understanding each patient\u2019s story and advocating for their needs with compassion and respect. This drives his commitment to reducing health inequities and building strong, trusting relationships with patients. He gained valuable clinical experience across multiple specialties during his medical training in Nicaragua. Through his work at the Risk Communication Lab, he has contributed to research that aims to improve healthcare access and support decision-making for vulnerable populations.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote: <\/strong><em>\u201cNo matter when you start, just trust, believe, and succeed. Never give up.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3fe73 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa3fe73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4387 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6246-228x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6246-228x300.jpeg 228w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6246-777x1024.jpeg 777w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6246-768x1012.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6246-1165x1536.jpeg 1165w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6246.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">Undergraduate <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">Research Assistant: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">Joselyn Ayala\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">joselyn.ayala@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Bucks County, PA<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong> Joselyn is an upcoming junior who is majoring in Public Health with hopes of concentrating on environmental policy in the future. She hopes to find ways to push for environmental change and justice for communities and ecosystems being negatively impacted due to pollution, climate change, and so forth. She took the Public Health Beyond Borders class, where she created activities for Peruvian citizens and went to Peru to share. Specifically, she focused on mental and menstrual health. This pushed her out of her comfort zone and gave her skills she will use in future work. She is currently a Research Assistant at the Risk Communication Lab. Besides schoolwork and work, she enjoys hanging out with her family, likes to bake, and is always up for trying new things and exploring new places.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cTo accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe\u201d &#8211; Anatole France<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b3b9e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89b3b9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Undergraduate <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">Research Assistant: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4397 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-2.50.45-PM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-2.50.45-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-2.50.45-PM-769x1024.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-2.50.45-PM-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-2.50.45-PM-1154x1536.jpeg 1154w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-2.50.45-PM.jpeg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/> Kiara Maldonado<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">kiara.maldonado0003@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Philadelphia, PA<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography<span style=\"color: #000000\">: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Kiara is an upcoming sophomore at Temple University, majoring in Biology on the pre-med track and minoring in Public Health. Growing up between Honduras and Philadelphia, she developed an in-depth awareness of the health disparities and barriers to care faced by underserved communities in both places. These formative experiences have inspired her commitment to advancing health equity. Kiara\u2019s interest in tobacco prevention policy and public health advocacy began while working with the Advocacy Institute, a program of the Health Promotion Council. She is driven to pursue medicine because she believes prevention is just as important as treatment, and that those most affected by health disparities deserve advocates who truly understand their lived experiences. Her research interests include health communication, tobacco prevention and policy, and health equity. Through her work at the Risk Communication Lab, Kiara hopes to further develop her skills and foundation as a future physician dedicated to serving her community.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cDo your little bit of good where you are; it\u2019s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.\u201d \u2014 <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Desmond Tutu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f99b58 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f99b58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #d40000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/06\/1000018610-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/06\/1000018610-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/06\/1000018610-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/06\/1000018610-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/06\/1000018610-1260x1536.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/files\/2026\/06\/1000018610-1681x2048.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\"> Graduate Research Assistant: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">Joshua Rudolph, BA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #cb0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">joshua.rudolph@temple.edu<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Scranton, PA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Biography<span style=\"color: #000000\">: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Joshua is pursuing an MPH in Social and Behavioral Science and an MS in Health Informatics at Temple University. He works as a Communications Associate at The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. His work at The Hope Center includes creating public-facing research communications, conducting qualitative research, and coaching colleges as they create ecosystems of basic needs security for students. His research interests include: public health messaging to areas with poor health outcomes, nutrition science literacy, and effective science communication. He graduated from the University of Scranton in 2021 with degrees in Communications and Philosophy. Ultimately, he wants to create communications strategies that deliver accurate, accessible, and high-quality health information in an increasingly information-dense world.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Favorite Quote:<\/strong> \u201cThe ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.\u201d \u2014 David Graeber<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director:Sarah Bauerle Bass, PhD, MPH(she\/her\/hers) Contact Information: sbass@temple.edu Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Biography: Dr. Sarah Bass is a Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/meet-the-people\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet the People<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":16905,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":345,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4481,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/4481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}