Siminoff Research Group for Informed Healthcare Decision Making and Effective Communication

Meet Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D.

Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D., is the Laura Carnell Professor of Public Health at Temple University. She joined the University in March 2014 as the Dean of the College of Public Health. She is a renowned social scientist, with research focusing on cancer treatment decision making and communication, informed consent, health disparities, bioethics, and organ and tissue donation.

Continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for more than 20 years, she is one of the most highly ranked NIH funded researchers in the nation. While the dean of Temple’s College of Public Health, the school received accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health and saw unprecedented growth and achievements in educational offerings and research programs.

Meet Laura

Our Studies

VCA-Qual

Military veterans' knowledge, attitudes, and interest in VCA treatment for disfiguring service-related injuries: developing shared decision-making for VCA

CEaD-A

Communicating Effectively about Donation – Asian American Populations (CEaD-A)

CEaD-VCA

Developing a Communication Approach to Discuss VCA Donation with Families Who Have Authorized Organ Donation (CEaD-VCA)

Communication for Organ Donation (CEaD)

Communicating Effectively about Donation (CEaD)

Our Other Work

What We Do

Here at the Siminoff Research Group, we know that health communication is at the heart of how patients and clinicians make decisions about health and wellness. From deciding about a particular treatment for a life-threatening disease like cancer to donating a loved one’s organs for transplantation, communication is the foundation of positive healthcare outcomes.

That’s why we are home to multiple federally funded research projects that examine how people communicate about health and healthcare and how this impact their lives.