Communication Innovation in
Health Care Laboratory
VCU School of Public Health
FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Brown for his NCORP Grant on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection in Community Oncology Practice Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection in Community Oncology Practice (URCC-23086CD) where he is going to act as the site PI for the project.
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Brown for submitting two R01 Grants:
1. 2024 – 2029 AN # 4995438; PI: Brown, Richard; Banerjee, Smita; Title: Sexual and Gender Minority Communication Skills Training for Oncology Providers; Grants.gov Tracking #: GRANT14167560
2. 2024 – 2029 AN # 4994544 PI: Brown, Richard; Gretchen McCandless; Title: Expressive writing intervention to decrease psychosocial and biological stress burden in cancer survivors; Grants.gov Tracking #: GRANT14166296
Congratulations to Dr. Alexander Lucas for his K01 award: Behavioral Exercise Training to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Men Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy & his Research funded by NRG Oncology: Refining a Behavioral Exercise Training Intervention for Medically Underserved Men Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Dr. Richard Brown elected President of the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH)
Dr. Richard Brown conference planning committee for the Sexual and Gender Minority Cancer Patients Research Conference and Summit
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Clark, V., Serpas, D., Brown, R.F Associations between Minority Stressors and Strengths and Cancer Prevention Behaviors among LGBTQ+ (2024) LGBT Health https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.29011.abstract
Brown , R.F, Mitchell, K,A, Hillen, M , Schouten, B.M, Juricekova, L Cyrus,, J.W., Pieterse, A.H. Systematic review of observational coding systems assessing patient-professional interactions. International Conference on Communication in Health Care, Zaragoza, Spain, September 2024
NEW LAB PUBLICATIONS
Hillen, M., Bongardt, D., Bowman, B., Brown, R.F., Branje, S., Chorney,J., Donker, M.H., Ejbye-Ernst, P ., Sanne Geeraerts Danielle., Van der Giessen, S.G.D., Humphris, G., Larsen,H., Philpot, R., Portell, M., Yuan,S., van der Veen, C. Guidelines for reporting research using Systematic Coding of Observed Human Behaviour (SCOBe)
2024 Quality and Quantity ( In Press)
Clark, V., Serpas, D., Brown, R.F.,Associations between Minority Stressors and Strengths and Cancer Prevention Behaviors among LGBTQ+ (2024) LGBT Health https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.29011.abstract
Clark V, Quinn GP, Sanchez NF, Domogauer J, NFN Scout, Schabath MB, Brown R. (2024) The recriminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual orientation or gender identities (LGBTQ+) sexual practices extends beyond the bedroom: The impact on clinical practice and research agendas.
Gender Issues ( In press)
Mitchell, K. R., Boyle, J.R., Juricekova, L.Z., & Brown, R.F. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Non-Adherence, Patient-Centered Communication, and Patient-level Factors in Elderly Breast and Colon Cancer Patients. Cancer Medicine. Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5884
Mitchell, K.A., Brassil, K. J., Osborne, M. L., Lu, Q., & Brown, R. F. (2021). Understanding racial-ethnic differences in patient-centered care (PCC) in oncology through a critical race theory lens: A qualitative comparison of PCC among Black, Hispanic, and White cancer patients. Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.11.011
Green, T., Shipman, J., Valrie, C., Corona, R., Kohlmann, T., Valiani, S., & Hagiwara, N. (2021). Discrimination and Health Among First-Generation Hispanic/Latinx Immigrants: the Roles of Sleep and Fatigue. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01149-7
Raskin, Rasnick, R., Kohlmann, T., Zanin, M., Bilodeau, J., & Akinkugbe, A. (2022). Oral Health, Health Service Utilization, and Age at Arrival to the U.S. among Safety Net Patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1477–. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031477
ACCEPTED IN PRESS
Clark V, Ming H, Kim SJ. Location, age, and race matter: A Path model of emotional distress in America during COVID-19. BMC Public Health, In Press.
“Perceived discrimination and physical activity mediate the associations between receiving a survivorship care plan and cancer pain” Kyounghae Kim, Angela Starkweather, Stephen Walsh, Wanli Xu, Richard Brown
Cancer Epidemiology
SUBMITTED PAPERS
Clark V, Schabath MB, Quinn GP, Domogauer J, Sanchez NF, NFN Scout, Brown R. Identifying significant associations to increase medical-form-based sexual orientation and gender identity disclosure: A secondary-data analysis of the National OUT Survey. LGBT Health. Under Review.
Clark, V, Quinn, GP, Sanchez, NF, Domogauer, J, NFN Scout, Schabath, MB, Brown, R. The recriminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual orientation or gender identities (LGBTQ+) sexual practices extends beyond the bedroom: The impact on clinical practice and research agendas. The Annals of LGBT Public and Population Health.
Under Review.
Lucas AR, Kim Y, Lanoye A, Franco RL, Sutton AL, LaRose JG, Ross M Sheppard VB. Longitudinal associations among physical activity and sitting with endocrine symptoms and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: A latent growth curve analysis. Under review at Breast Cancer Res. Treat
"Exploring Adjuvant Chemotherapy Non-Adherence, Patient-Centered Communication and Relevant Patient-level Factors among Elderly Breast and Colon Cancer Patients". Kerri-Anne R. Mitchell, PhD1, Joseph R. Boyle, B.S., Lenka Juricekova, M.S., B.S., and Richard F. Brown, PhD
About Us
The CIHC Lab was established in 2019 at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine by Dr. Richard Brown, PhD. Our team includes internal members at the School of Medicine as well as external members at universities across the country. We are a research team of academic and research professors, research staff, doctoral and post-doctoral students, and data analysts.
Our Mission
The Communication Innovation in Health Care (CIHC) Laboratory is a national leader in communication in health research. The CIHC Lab conducts a) formative research that informs cutting-edge directions in communication in health care and b) quantitative research that develops, implements, and evaluates innovative communication in health care interventions. Importantly, we collaborate with clinicians, academics, stakeholders, patient advocates, and community members to identify patient-centered research questions that foster effective and engaged interactions in health care.
The CIHC Lab has a guiding focus to ameliorate health disparities and promote health equity across diverse minorities (including racial and sexual/gender minorities), and geographic and socioeconomic domains. The CIHC Laboratory trains upcoming investigators at the Doctoral and Post-Doctoral levels in novel theoretical, methodological and clinically relevant approaches to conducting impactful research in communication in health care.
Our Research Goals
Address Health Disparities and Barriers to Care Among Minorities
Foster Effective and Engaged Communication in Health Care
Build Health Equity Across Diverse Populations