Dr. Ashley Hedrick is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the UTHealth School of Public Health Cancer Control & Research Training Program. She recently graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Ph.D. in media and communication, with an emphasis in health communication. She is passionate about understanding how attitudes and beliefs impact sexual health outcomes and using health communication interventions to target attitude change. At UTHealth, she is excited to apply this expertise to cervical and breast cancer prevention efforts.
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
B.A., Clemson University, 2016
Research Description
亨德里克博士的研究探索thbeplay苹果手机能用吗e relationship between attitudes and beliefs and a variety of sexual health issues, including cervical and breast cancer prevention, sexual violence prevention, HIV prevention, and human trafficking education. She is particularly interested in using online spaces and digital health interventions to change adolescents’ attitudes and beliefs. Currently, she is pursuing formative research to develop a health communication intervention that encourages survivors of sexual assault to seek out cervical and breast cancer screenings.
