About My Health and Science Communicated
Mission
The mission of Health and Science Communicated is to support community engagement activities that lead to an overall healthier society through assessments, data collection, education, outreach and training.
ABOUT US
Danyell Wilson-Howard, PhD
Dr. Wilson-Howard is a faculty member at the Great Bethune-Cookman University in the
Department of Natural Sciences. She is also an Affiliated Faculty member with the University of
Florida’s STEM Translational Communication Center. As an affiliated faculty member, Dr.
Wilson-Howard’s research with UF examines the effectiveness of Community Health Workers
(CHWs) and culturally tailored Virtual Human Technology (VHT) promoting colorectal cancer
screening via telehealth. She is also the founder and director of the B-CU’s Pandemic Win
Initiative. The goal of the Pandemic Win Initiative is to provide non-biased scientific and health
information surrounding COVID-19 so people and businesses can make informed decisions to
reduce risky behaviors and keep themselves, customers, and family members safe. Dr. Wilson-
Howard’s research interests are in translational research with an emphasis on health
communication and science literacy to decrease cancer and COVID-19 health disparities.
Her long-term goal is to establish a Translational Research and STEM Center at a historically black college or university (HBCU) in order to tackle two factors that affect health disparities:
1. Conduct a translational research project surrounding health and science literacy.
2. Increase minority participation in disciplines studying and treating health disparities.
Publications
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PAPERS:
Cooks EJ, Duke KA, Neil JM, Vilaro MJ, Wilson-Howard D, Modave F, George TJ, Odedina FT, Lok BC, Carek P, Laber EB, Davidian M, and Krieger JL. Telehealth and racial disparities in colorectal cancer screening: A pilot study of how virtual clinician characteristics influence screening intentions. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 6: e48, 2022, 1–10. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.386
Wilson-Howard D, Vilaro M, Neil J, Cooks E, Griffin L, Ashley T, Tavassoli F, Zalake M, Lok B, Odedina F, Modave F, Carek P, George T, Krieger J. Development of a Credible Virtual Clinician Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening via Telehealth Apps for and by Black Men: Qualitative Study, JMIR Form Res 2021; 5(12):e28709
https://formative.jmir.org/2021/12/e28709 DOI: 10.2196/28709
The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication Chapter 3: Research Translation, Dissemination, and Implementation Janice L. Krieger, Donghee Lee, Melissa J. Vilaro, Danyell Wilson-Howard, Aantaki Raisa, and Yewande O. Addie. ISBN 9780367487447 Book Chapter: 3rd Edition https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Health-Communication/Thompson-Harrington/p/book/9780367487447 (Dec. 2021)
Vilaro MJ, Wilson-Howard D, Griffin L, Tavassoli F, Zalake M, Lok B, Modave F, Carek P, George T, Krieger J. Tailoring virtual human‐delivered interventions: A digital intervention promoting colorectal cancer screening for Black women. Psycho-oncology; https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5538 (Sept. 5, 2020)
Melissa J. Vilaro, Danyell S. Wilson-Howard, Jordan M. Neil, Fatemeh Tavassoli, Mohan S. Zalake, Benjamin C. Lok, François P. Modave, Thomas J. George, Folakemi T. Odedina, Peter J. Carek, Aubrey M. Mys & Janice L. Krieger (2021) A Subjective Culture Approach to Cancer Prevention: Rural Black and White Adults’ Perceptions of Using Virtual Health Assistants to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening, Health Communication, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1910166
Vilaro, M.J., Wilson-Howard, D.S., Zalake, M.S. et al. Key changes to improve social presence of a virtual health assistant promoting colorectal cancer screening informed by a technology acceptance model. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 21, 196 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01549-z
Krieger, J. L., Neil, J. M., Duke, K., Zalake, M., Tavassoli, F., Vilaro, M., Wilson-Howard, D., Chavez, S., Laber, E., Davidian, M., George, T., Modave, F., Odedina, F., Lok, B. A pilot study examining the efficacy of delivering colorectal cancer screening messages via virtual health assistants. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. April 2021
PUBIC HEALTH PAPERS:
Sultan DH, Rivers BM, Osongo BO, Wilson DS, Schenck A, Carvajal R, Rivers D, Roetzheim R, Green BL. Affecting African American Men’s Prostate Cancer Screening Decision-making through a Mobile Tablet-Mediated Intervention. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 25 (3): 1262-77. September 2014
D. Wilson, V. Dapic, R. Mhaskar, S. Connors, J. Pow-Sang, B. Miladinovic, N. Kumar, B. Rivers, A. Kumar, Benjamin Djulbegovic Chemoprevention agents (biological, botanical, and synthetic) for prostate cancer, Cochrane Collaboration: Prostatic Diseases and Urological Cancer Group (Protocol)
D. Wilson, E. August, V. Dapic, R. Mhaskar, J. Scian, D. Sultan, B. Rivers Comparative Effectiveness Research for Eliminating Disparities (CERED): A Multilevel Intervention to Promote Informed Decision-Making on Prostate Cancer among African American Men Health Practice Promotion, March 2013
D. Wilson, V. Dapic TRAINING OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS: Coordination Requirements Necessary for the Development of a Seamless CHW Educational Experience in Florida, White Paper. Florida Department of Health, September 2012.
BASIC SCIENCE PAPERS:
LM. Yang, R. Wray, J. Parker, D. Wilson, R. Duran, P. Blount Three Routes to Modulate the Pore Size of the MscL Channel/Nanovalve, ACS Nano 2012, Jan. 6
M. Andersson, J. Jackman, D. Wilson, P. Jarvoll, V. Alfredsson, G. Okeyo, R. Duran Vesicle and Bilayer formation of DPhPC and DPhPE mixtures and their Bilayers’ Electrical Stability, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 82;2, February 2011, p. 550-561
L. Yang, D. Wilson, R. Wray, R. S. Duran, P. Blount. Modulating the Conductance and Ionic Preference of Mscl, A Nanovalve. Biophys. J. March 2009, 94:3 p. 256a
D. Wilson, M. Andersson, G. Okeyo, P. Blount, R. Duran. Single Channel Analysis of MscL Reconstituted in a Tethered Lipid Bilayer: Gated by an Applied Voltage. Biophys. J. Jan. 2008, 94: 1005
M. Andersson, G. Okeyo, D. Wilson, H. Keizer, P. Moe, P. Blount, D. Fine, A. Dodabalapur, R. Duran; Voltage-induced gating of the mechanosensitive MscL ion channel reconstituted in a tethered lipid bilayer membrane Biosensors and Bioelectronics 23:6 January 2008. p. 919-923
SCIENCE EDUCATION PAPERS:
A. Robinson, D. Wilson, E. Hodge, A. Prewitt, A. Donnelly; Enhancing the Microenvironment of Minority Graduate Students at Three Universities through Strategic Programmatic Support: A Comparative Study submitted to Innovative Higher Education June 2017
D. Wilson, B. Fang, W. Dalton, C. Meade, J. Koomen An ET-CURE Pilot Project Supporting Undergraduate Training in Cancer Research, Emerging Technology, and Health Disparities, J. Cancer Education, April 2012 (Epub ahead of print)
D. Wilson, A. Donnelly Academia vs. Industry: A Study of the Most Common Factors that Influence the Career Choices of Minority PhDs in STEM Fields, WEPAN Conference proceedings, April 2010, Baltimore MD
(http://ocs.sfu.ca/wepan/index.php/WEPAN/namepa_wepan2010/paper/viewFile/91/29 )