Profile Details
Skinner, Celette Ph.D.
Professor
Biographical Information :
| Name: | Skinner, Celette Ph.D. |
| Title: | Professor |
| Primary Appointment: | Clinical Sciences |
| Secondary Appointment: | Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Affiliations: |
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
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| Degree Programs: |
Clinical Psychology |
| Schools: |
Southwestern Medical School |
Research Information:
Faculty Research Bio
Dr. Skinner’s research interests are in development and evaluation of communications interventions designed to change health-related behaviors. Her intervention research has targeted early detection of cancer among minority populations and facilitating decision making about screening, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for individuals at elevated risk for developing breast, ovarian, and colon cancer.
Address
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas,
Texas
75390
Contact:
214-648-9559
Recent Publications
Skinner CS, Champion VL, Monahan P, Fyfe J, Kobrin SC & Todora HS , " Tailored interventions for screening mammography: When is a booster dose important? "Patient Education & Counseling ,65(1):87-94 ,2006
Russell MK, Champion VL, Skinner CS , " Psychosocial factors related to repeat mammography screening over five years in African American women. "Cancer Nursing ,29(3):236-243 ,2006
Koropchak CM, Pollak KI, Arnold R, Alexander S, Skinner CS, Olsen M, Jeffreys A, Rodriguez KL, Abernathy AP & Tulsky JA , " Studying communication in oncologist-patient encounters: the SCOPE trial. "Palliative Medicine ,20:813-819 ,2006
Champion VL, Skinner CS, Hui S, Monahan PO, Juliar BE, Daggy JK & Menon U. , " The effect of telephone v. print tailoring for mammography adherence "Patient Education & Counseling ,65:416-423 ,2007
Skinner CS, Schildkraut J, Calingaert B, Hoyo C, Crankshaw SS, Fish L, Susswein L, Corio C & Reid L. , " Factors associated with African Americans’ enrollment in a cancer genetics registry. "Community Genetics ,Vol. 11(4):224-233 ,2008
Significant Publications
Skinner CS, Strecher VJ & Hospers H , " Physician recommendations for mammography: Do tailored messages make a difference? "American Journal of Public Health ,84(1):43-49 ,1994
Skinner CS, Campbell MK, Rimer BK, Curry S & Prochaska JO , " How effective is tailored print communication? "Annals of Behavioral Medicine ,21(4):290-298 ,1999
Skinner CS, Arfken CL & Waterman B , " Outcomes from the LEARN, SHARE & LIVE breast cancer education program for older, urban women. "American Journal of Public Health ,90(8):1229-1234 ,2000
Skinner CS, Schildkraut JM, Berry D, Calingaert B, Marcom PK, Sugarman J, Winer EP, Iglehart JD & Rimer BK , " Pre-counseling education materials for BRCA testing: Does tailoring make a difference? "Genetic Testing ,6(2):93-105 ,2002
Skinner CS, Rawl SM, Moser BK, Buchanan AH, Scott LL, Champion VL, Schildkraut J, Parmigiani G, Clark S, Lobach D & Bastian L. , " Impact of the Cancer Risk Intake System on patient-physician discussions of tamoxifen, genetic counseling and colonoscopy. "Journal of General Internal Medicine ,20(4):360-365 ,2005
Personal Information:
Faculty Personal Bio
Dr. Skinner was named Chief of the Division of Behavioral & Communication Sciences in the Department of Clinical Sciences, and Associate Director of Population Research & Cancer Control for the Simmons Cancer Center in the spring of 2007. This appointment followed her tenure as Associate Director for Population Research and Interim Director of Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Research Program in Cancer Prevention, Detection & Control. Dr. Skinner received her MA in Communications Research from the Wheaton Graduate School and PhD in Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. Prior to her move to UT Southwestern, she was a member of the Siteman Cancer Center of Washington Unviersity in St. Louis (1993-1998) and the Indiana University Simons Cancer Center (1991-1993). Dr. Skinner’s research interest focuses on communications interventions to promote health behavior change, especially using computer-tailored interventions (CTIs). She was a member of the National Cancer Institute’s first Working Group on CTIs in 1994 and is Co-chair of the NCI’s newly established Research Group for Disseminating CTIs for integration into public health and clinical practice. Her extramural service has included membership on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Breast Cancer Screening Panel, the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Control, and charter membership on the NIH’s Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section. She is an author of the upcoming second edition of the textbook, "Tailoring Health Messages: Customizing Communication with Computer Technology"
Medical School
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill (1991)
Honors
Phi Beta Kappa (1980)
Language
English