Kathryn Green

Kathryn
Greene

Professor of Communication

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Kathryn Greene is a Professor of Communication at Rutgers University. Her research and teaching interests are in the area of health communication.

She is a Member of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and holds a Joint Appointment with The Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy. Greene is also an Affiliate of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies. (CTS)

Greene's most recent funded grant activity:

  • Funded (July 2021 – June 2023) by New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) for KL2 project “A youth-led digital education intervention to improve blood pressure for hypertensive adults who present to the emergency department.” Principal Investigator, Heinert (Greene, Co-Mentor).
  • Funded (June 2020 – March 2023) National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) for project “Reducing high school athletes' prescription opioids misuse and diversion through the Student-Athlete Wellness Portal.” Principal Investigator, Hecht (Greene, Chair of DSMB). R44DA051243.
  • Funded (March 2020 – February 2021) National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) for Supplement project “Vaccine hesitancy related to uptake of the HPV vaccine in regions with low adolescent HPV vaccination rates.” Principal Investigator, Libutti; Supplement PI Kohler. 3P30CA072720-21S2 (Greene, Co-Investigator).

To view a complete list of Greene's grant activity, please visit her grant site. 

To view a complete list of Greene's publications, please visit her publications site.

Education

The University of Georgia
Ph.D., Speech Communication

The University of Georgia
M.A., Speech Communication

The University of Georgia
B.A., Speech Communication

Research

Greene's research program explores health decision-making related to various health risks or the central role of communication in preventing risk and maintaining health and wellness in individuals and populations. The two main thrusts of this research are: 1) increasing involvement in message processing and exploring prevention message features, especially targeting adolescent risk-taking; and 2) exploring how people choose to share or conceal health diagnoses, updates, or coordinate other information as they manage illness.

Greene's ORCID ID.   

Centers, Labs, Working Groups, and Clusters

Funded Projects

Funded (July 2021 – June 2023) by New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) for KL2 project “A youth-led digital education intervention to improve blood pressure for hypertensive adults who present to the emergency department.” Principal Investigator, Heinert (Greene, Co-Mentor).

Funded (June 2020 – March 2023) National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) for project “Reducing high school athletes' prescription opioids misuse and diversion through the Student Athlete Wellness Portal.” Principal Investigator, Hecht (Greene, Chair of DSMB). R44DA051243.

Funded (March 2020 – February 2021) National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) for Supplement project “Vaccine hesitancy related to uptake of the HPV vaccine in regions with low adolescent HPV vaccination rates.” Principal Investigator, Libutti; Supplement PI Kohler. 3P30CA072720-21S2 (Greene, Co-Investigator).

Funded (May 2018 – April 2019) National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Supplement project “Interactive Technology for Media Literacy Drug Prevention in Community Groups: Marijuana Legal States.” MPIs, Greene & Hecht. 3R42DA039595-S1

Funded (June 2017 – April 2021) National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) for project “Randomized trial of a social media-delivered intervention targeting indoor tanning users.” Principal Investigator, Stapleton. R01CA218068 (Greene, Co-Investigator).

Funded (May 2017 – April 2019) National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Phase II project “Interactive Technology for Media Literacy Drug Prevention in Community Groups.” MPIs, Greene & Hecht. R42DA039595

Funded (May 2018 – April 2021) National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) project “Perceptions and Impact of Modified Risk Tobacco Product Communication Messages.” Principal Investigator, Wackowski. R37CA222002-01A1 (Greene, Co-Investigator).

Funded (May 2015 – January 2016) National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Phase I project “Interactive Technology for Media Literacy Drug Prevention in Community Groups.” MPIs, Greene & Hecht. R41DA039595

Funded (June 2015 – May 2020) National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) for project “Physicians' perceptions, attitudes, and communication of e-cigarettes (PACE).” MPIs, Delnevo & Steinberg. R01CA190444 (Greene, Collaborator)

Consultant, FDA expert panel on health information message impact (May 2016), RTI.

Funded (July 15, 2013 - June 30, 2014) National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for project “Exploring persuasiveness of non cigarette tobacco product (NCTP) advertising on youth.” Principal Investigator, Banerjee. R03DA03524201 (Greene, Consultant)

Funded (July 2012 – July 2014) National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) for project "Social Influences on Indoor Tanning Behavior in Young Women." Principal Investigator, Stapleton. R03CA165801 (Greene, Co-Investigator)

Funded (February 2010 - January 2012) National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) $456,263 for project "Active Involvement in Creating High School Substance Use Prevention Messages." Principal Investigator, Greene. R21DA027146

    Video description at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_31QfWg-EAU

    Short summary available at:  http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~kgreene/research/nida/

    Curriculum created listed by SAMHSA’s NREPP as “effective” ATOD program

Selected Publications

Goulbourne, T., Senteio, C., Greene, K., & Yanovitzky, I. (in press). Community-based health interventions. In T. L. Thompson & N. G. Harrington (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of health communication (3rd ed.). Routledge.

Greene, K., & Checton, M. G. (in press). Exploring disclosure research in nursing and communication scholarship: Current research and future directions. Nursing Communication.

Greene, K., Choi, H. J., *Glenn, S. D., Ray, A. E., & Hecht, M. L. (2021). The role of engagement in effective, digital prevention interventions: The function of engagement in the REAL media substance use prevention curriculum. Prevention Science, 22, 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01181-9

Theiss, J. A., & Greene, K. (Eds.) (2019). Contemporary studies of relationships, health, and wellness. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Greene, K., Derlega, V. J., Yep, G. A., & Petronio, S. (2003). Privacy and disclosure of HIV in interpersonal relationships: A sourcebook for researchers and practitioners. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Awards & Recognitions

Author in the award-winning 2019 NCA Health Communication Distinguished Book [Greene, K., & Magsamen-Conrad, K. (2014). Methodological challenges for health research with stigmatized populations. In B. Whaley (Ed.), Research methodologies in health communication: Principles and application (pp. 298-317). New York, NY: Routledge.]

Top panel award for the Health Communication Division of ICA (2017, 2003, 2001).

Advisee (Catona) received five awards for dissertation (listed next)

  • Top Paper Award, Health Communication Division, Eastern Communication Association (2016).
  • Dissertation of the Year Award, Communication and Aging Division, NCA (2015).
  • Top Student Paper Award, Health Communication Division, NCA (2015).
  • Top Student Paper Award, Applied Communication Division, NCA (2015).
  • APHA Aging Division Top Poster Award (2019).

Eastern Communication Association’s Article of the Year Award, 2011

National Communication Association (NCA) 2009 Applied Communication Division, Distinguished Scholarship Award for Scholarly Journal Article

Advisee (Banerjee) received joint International Communication Association (ICA)/National Communication Association (NCA) Health Communication Dissertation of the year, 2005

Received more than 10 top paper awards from international, national, and regional associations

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