Temple University Risk Communication Laboratory

Temple University Risk Communication Laboratory Welcome to the Temple University Risk Communication Laboratory

We are a state of the art facility housing a cohort of educators, researchers, students, and public health professionals. Our mission is to advance public health through the design and testing of effective health communication messages and public health campaigns, developed using commercial marketing methods. We are excited about these advances in health communication research and invite you to learn more about how our methods are changing the way we think about health communication!

Our Lab Director, Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass, and former Research Coordinator, Patrick Kelly, co-authored the paper, '"What ...
08/31/2026

Our Lab Director, Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass, and former Research Coordinator, Patrick Kelly, co-authored the paper, '"What We've Got Here Is Failure to Communicate": The Need for Crisis Communication Skills Training in Public Health Graduate Programs'. The paper was published as part of the American Public Health Association.

Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308303

Congratulations to Sadie Sommer for her first author paper and to our collaborators at Eastern Carolina University!The p...
08/27/2026

Congratulations to Sadie Sommer for her first author paper and to our collaborators at Eastern Carolina University!The paper, "Participatory Development and Concept Testing of mHealth Messaging to Support Care Engagement and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence for Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Focus Group Study" was a part of JMIR Publications Inc.: Advancing Digital Health & Open Science.

Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.2196/76286

Congratulations to our collaborators at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, our fellow CPH faculty m...
08/24/2026

Congratulations to our collaborators at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, our fellow CPH faculty member Yaara Zisman-Ilani, former RCL Research Coordinator Patrick Kelly, and Former RCL PhD student Dr. Ariel Hoadley on this publication! The paper, "Socio-Clinical Correlations With Threat Perception and Self-Efficacy in People With Type 2 Diabetes Available to Purchase" was published in the Diabetes Spectrum Journal.

Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.2337/ds24-0044

Congratulations to our collaborators in the REACH Lab: Research, Engagement and Advocacy for Community Participation on ...
08/20/2026

Congratulations to our collaborators in the REACH Lab: Research, Engagement and Advocacy for Community Participation on this paper! The paper, "Infectious Airborne Disease Knowledge, Training Preferences, and Peer Support Acceptance among Young Autistic Adults: A Qualitative Inquiry" was published in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1177/10522263251337562

Our lab director, Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass, was a co-author for another paper! The paper, "University Students' understand...
08/17/2026

Our lab director, Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass, was a co-author for another paper! The paper, "University Students' understanding of masking policies and their mask use in relation to COVID-19 vaccination history, both in and out of the classroom, during the pandemic, 2022-2023" was published in the Advances in Vaccine: X Journal.

Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2025.100636

🎉 Huge congratulations to Erin Mraz and June Lesnick-Goldberg for presenting at the College of Physicians Student Poster...
07/31/2026

🎉 Huge congratulations to Erin Mraz and June Lesnick-Goldberg for presenting at the College of Physicians Student Poster Session! We are so proud of them and all their hard work throughout their graduate fieldwork.
Erin's poster: Evaluating Research Practices for Disseminating NeuroHIV Findings to Non-Academic Audiences
June's poster: PA-Links: Insights from Women Involved in the Carceral System for PrEP and MOUD Care Navigation
Way to go, Erin and June! 👏

Congrats to Erin Mraz, June Lesnick Goldberg, and Matthew T. Dewhurst for their poster presentations at CPH Research Day...
07/24/2026

Congrats to Erin Mraz, June Lesnick Goldberg, and Matthew T. Dewhurst for their poster presentations at CPH Research Day 🎉Erin Mraz presented "Evaluating Research Practices for Disseminating NeuroHIV Findings to Non-Academic Audiences," June Lesnick Goldberg presented "PA-Links: Insights from Women Involved in the Carceral System for PrEP and MOUD Care Navigation," and Matthew T. Dewhurst presented "Analyzing the Effect of Stigma and Patient Self-Advocacy on Intent to Use Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Women Exiting the Criminal Legal System Who Use Opioids." So proud of you all; great job👏!

Huge congratulations to Erin Mraz for her wins at the SBS Awards on May 6th! 🏆 Erin won the following awards: Research p...
07/24/2026

Huge congratulations to Erin Mraz for her wins at the SBS Awards on May 6th! 🏆 Erin won the following awards: Research poster award, the Dr. Carol Parks Health Education Award, an Eta Sigma Gamma scholarship, AND Outstanding MPH in SBS Graduate. So proud of you, Erin! It's been an honor working with you🎉.

Congratulations to our CNHC CAB member, and the COO of Bebashi, Nafisah Houston! She received a Certificate of Recogniti...
07/22/2026

Congratulations to our CNHC CAB member, and the COO of Bebashi, Nafisah Houston! She received a Certificate of Recognition for her service on the Philadelphia HIV Planning Council (HIPC).

She has been a dedicated advocate for public health and a true community leader!

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