Heather Orom

PhD

Heather Orom.

Heather Orom

PhD

Heather Orom

PhD

Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Topics

Illness risk perception, including uncertainty about risk perception and its implication for health behavior and risk perception measurement; determinants and consequences of health information avoidance and reducing health information avoidance; health equity, with a focus on health care equity.

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UB News

  • Study suggests humor could help people engage with colorectal cancer information
    9/18/24

    Researchers were surprised by their findings, which provide new information on health information avoidance.

  • UB to offer Indigenous health disparities course this spring
    1/15/21

    Public health course will explore the social determinants of health, intergenerational trauma, health equity, and racism and health.

  • Study: For men with prostate cancer, emotional distress may lead to more aggressive treatment
    1/11/17

    Study of more than 1,500 men highlights need to make treatment decisions as informed and supported as possible, researchers say.

  • Study: For patients with prostate cancer, dysfunction due to treatment side effects results in increased emotional distress – and vice versa
    5/31/18

    Researchers investigated whether urinary, sexual and bowel dysfunction contributes to emotional distress during the first two years after treatment, and whether distress may in turn further decrease function.

  • New UB institute to address health disparities in Buffalo
    12/12/19

    Community Health Equity Research Institute brings together community partners and faculty, students from 10 UB schools to improve health of underserved neighborhoods.

  • SPHHP announces new leadership roles
    5/23/19

    Four faculty and staff members — all women — are taking on new leadership roles in the School of Public Health and Health Professions.

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