Erika Waters, PhD, MPH

Erika Waters, PhD, MPH

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Risk perception, risk communication and decision making about chemopreventative therapies relating to cancer. Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic-based cancer disparities as well as how lay perceptions of genetic risk information influence health behaviors.

Education

  • 2003: MS, psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
  • 2006: PhD, psychology, Rutgers University
  • 2007: MPH, epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Training

  • 2006 - 2009: Fellow, cancer prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.

Selected Research Publications

Childhood Cancer Survivors, Financial Toxicity, and the Need for Multilevel Interventions.
  • Ruiz S, Hudson MM, Ehrhardt MJ, [...] Waters EA
  • Pediatrics 2023
Testing Explanations for Skepticism of Personalized Risk Information.
  • Waters EA, Taber JM, Ackermann N, [...] Scherer LD
  • Med Decis Making 2023
Leveraging Math Cognition to Combat Health Innumeracy.
  • Thompson CA, Mielicki MK, Rivera F, [...] Waters EA
  • Perspect Psychol Sci 2023

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