{"id":38644,"date":"2011-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/07\/27\/spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-denise-britigan-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T05:00:00","slug":"spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-denise-britigan-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/07\/27\/spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-denise-britigan-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on new faculty — Meet Denise Britigan, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"

Denise Britigan, Ph.D., assistant professor in the College of Public Health’s Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health department, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.<\/p>\n

Name:<\/B> Denise Britigan, Ph.D.<\/p>\n


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\nDenise Britigan, Ph.D.<\/span>
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\n<\/TABLE>Title:<\/B> Assistant professor of health promotion, social and behavioral health in the College of Public Health<\/p>\n

Research interests:<\/B><\/p>\n

Dr. Britigan’s research experience is in the area of health promotion\/community health, with an emphasis on health communication and health literacy. Her research focuses on sources of health information and barriers associated with them. Dr. Britigan also has an interest in the roles that demographics and social determinants of health play as they influence health communication and health literacy, especially in the area of health disparities.<\/p>\n

Education:<\/B>
\nPh.D., Health Education, University of Cincinnati, 2009<\/p>\n

Previous positions:<\/B>
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