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Xuan Zhu
zhu.xuan@mayo.edu | xuan-zhu.github.io
Education
- Ph.D. in Mass Communication, Doctoral Minor in Public Health – 2013-2017
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- M.S. in Advertising – 2010-2012
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. in Advertising – 2006-2010
- Xi’an International Studies University, China
Research Interests
Social and behavioral science; Health communication; Health psychology; Health disparities; Cancer risk communication; Behavioral theory guided health message design and evaluation
Academic Employment
- Research Associate (11/2019 – Present)
- Mayo Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research
- Research Fellow (08/2017 – 11/2019)
- Mayo Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research
- Graduate Teaching Assistant (09/2013 – 05/2016)
- University of Minnesota, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Publications
Zhu, X., Basappa, S.N., Ridgeway, J.L., Albertie, M., Pantoja, E., Prescott, D., & Radecki Breitkopf, C. (2020). Perspectives regarding family disclosure of genetic research results in three racial and ethnic minority populations. Journal of Community Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-020-00472-6.
Ridgeway, J. L., Albertie, M., Pantoja, E., Prescott, D., Zhu, X., & Radecki Breitkopf, C. (2020). Understanding diverse perspectives on genetic research through focus group talk. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406919892476
Zhu X., Leof E. R., Rabe K. G., McCormick J. B., Petersen G. M., Radecki Breitkopf C. (2019). Psychological impact of learning CDKN2A variant status as a genetic research result. Public Health Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496556.
Leof E. R., Zhu X., Rabe K. G., McCormick J. B., Petersen G. M., Radecki Breitkopf C. (2019). Pancreatic cancer and melanoma related perceptions and behaviors following disclosure of CDKN2A variant status as a research result. Genetics in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-019-0517-y.
Nelson M. R., Zhu X., Li Y., Fiese B., Koester B. (2015). Get real: How current behavior influences perceptions of realism and behavioral intent for public service announcements. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2014.894425.
Presentations
March 09, 2019
Poster presentation at Society of Behavioral Medicine 2019 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
November 09, 2018
Oral presentation at National Communication Association 104th Annual Convention, Health Communication Division, Salt Lake City, UT
April 12, 2018
Oral presentation at Society of Behavioral Medicine 2018 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
May 25, 2017
Oral presentation at International Communication Association 2017 Annual Conference, Health Communication Division, San Diego, CA
April 28, 2017
Oral presentation at D.C. Health Communication Conference 2017, Fairfax, VA
June 10, 2016
Oral presentation at International Communication Association 2016 Annual Conference, Health Communication Division, Fukuoka, Japan
June 10, 2016
Poster presentation at International Communication Association 2016 Annual Conference, Health Communication Division, Fukuoka, Japan
April 14, 2016
Poster presentation at 2016 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY
August 06, 2015
Poster presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2015 Annual Conference, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, & Risk Division, San Francisco, CA
August 06, 2015
Poster presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2015 Annual Conference, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, & Risk Division, San Francisco, CA
August 06, 2015
Poster presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2015 Annual Conference, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, & Risk Division, San Francisco, CA
August 06, 2014
Poster presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2014 Annual Conference, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, & Risk Division, Montréal, Canada
April 10, 2014
Poster presentation at 2014 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY
March 01, 2012
Oral presentation at American Academy of Advertising 2012 Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC
Work in Progress
Grants & Competitive Funding
- Ongoing Research Support
- Rural Cancer Control supplement to Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Grant (3P30 CA15083-44S3/45S1): Developing a Cancer Control Plan with Two Native Communities (09/01/2018 – 02/29/2020; Principal Investigator: Robert Diasio)
- Role: Co-Investigator
- This project aims to develop a comprehensive rural cancer control program collaboratively with two American Indian/Alaska Native communities in rural Minnesota to reduce cancer disparities.
- Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) grant (2019)
- project: Does Self-affirmation Influence Health Message Processing through Changing Construal Level?
- Role: Principal Investigator
- This survey experiment uses a manipulation-of-mediator design to test the mechanism through which self-affirmation (reflecting on one’s core values) reduces individuals’ resistance toward personally relevant health messages in a probability-based sample of US adults. Specifically, it tests whether this effect occurs because completing the self-affirmation exercise changes the level of abstractness at which individuals think about a health behavior.
- Completed Research Support
- Ralph D. Casey Dissertation Research Award (2016 – 2017)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2016 – 2017)
- Graduate School, University of Minnesota
- Conference Travel Grant (2016)
- Council of Graduate Students, University of Minnesota
- Graduate Research Partnership Program (2015)
- College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
- Kriss Research Fund (2015)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
Awards & Fellowships
- Scholarly Awards
- Award for Outstanding Abstract Submission (2019)
- Population Health Sciences Special Interest Group, Society of Behavioral Medicine
- Top Student Paper Award (2016)
- Health Communication Division, International Communication Association
- Fourth Place Student Paper Award (2015)
- Communicating Science, Health, Environment, & Risk Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Outstanding Graduate Award (2010)
- School of Journalism and Communication, Xi’an International Studies University
- Fellowships & Scholarships
- Joel and Laurie Kramer School of Journalism Fund Award (2015)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
- Joel Kramer Health Journalism Fellowship (2014)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
- Hubbard Summer Research Fellowship (2014)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
- William D. Wells Fellowship (2013)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
- S. Watson and Elizabeth S. Dunn Fellowship (2012)
- College of Media, University of Illinois
- Outstanding Student Scholarship (2007; 2008; 2009)
- School of Journalism and Communication, Xi’an International Studies University
Teaching Experience
- Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Guest Lecture
- Health Behavior Theory and Application In Social and Behavioral Foundations of Health in Health Sciences Research (Spring 2019; Spring 2020)
- University of Minnesota
- Teaching Assistantships
- Mass Media Effects (Spring 2016)
- Mass Communication and Public Health (Fall 2015)
- Information for Mass Communication (Fall 2015)
- Digital Games, Sims and Apps: Storytelling, Play, and Commerce (Spring 2015)
- Advertising in Society (Spring 2014)
- Mass Media and Popular Culture (Spring 2014; Fall 2013)
- Introduction to Mass Communication (Spring 2016; Spring 2015; Fall 2014)
- Guest Lecture
- Self-affirmation: How is it done, how it works, and does it work for everyone? In Theory-Based Health Message Design (Spring 2016)
Additional Skill Trainings
- CTSC 6170: The Science of Team Science – Strategies for Success (09/2018 – 12/2018)
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic
- Instructors: Heather Billings, Ph.D.; Alexandra Greenberg-Worisek, Ph.D., M.P.H
- Novel Experimental Approaches to Designing Effective Multi-Component Interventions (04/2018)
- Pre-Conference Course, Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
- Instructors: Linda Collins, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; Susan Murphy, Ph.D., University of Michigan; Inbal Nahum-Shani, Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Structural Equation Model and its Applications (12/2017 – 02/2018)
- Collaborative Leadership and Grand Challenges Research Seminar Series (2016 – 2017)
- Graduate School, University of Minnesota
- Research Data Management Graduate Students Summer Camp (08/2016)
- University of Minnesota Libraries, University of Minnesota
- Digital Arts Sciences + Humanities (DASH) Graduate Students Summer Camp (08/2014)
- University of Minnesota Libraries, University of Minnesota
- Computing for Data Analysis (08/2012 – 09/2012)
Professional Affiliations
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM); International Communication Association (ICA); National Communication Association (NCA); Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC); D.C. Health Communication Conference (DCHC); American Public Health Association (APHA); Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC); Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA), the national honor society for journalism and mass communication
Professional Skills
- Research design: experiment, survey, in-depth interview, focus group, content analysis
- Data analysis: statistical analysis (regression models, structural equation modeling, multivariate analysis, mediation and moderation analyses, factor analysis, large-scale survey data analysis); thematic analysis of texts
- Software/Programming: SPSS, R, NVivo, LIWC, Qualtrics, mTurk, Radian6, HTML, CSS, Photoshop
- Languages: English, Chinese
- Other: graphic design
