Megan A. Lewis

Expertise

Health Behaviors and Interventions
Health Communication
Marriage
Chronic Disease Management

Biography

Megan A. Lewis, PhD, is a senior research scientist with over 15 years of experience in both quantitative and qualitative research, specializing in applied social science and health behavior research as well as comprehensive program evaluations. She has unique expertise in health-related interpersonal communication focusing on health promotion and disease management and the use of health behavior theory in guiding research and intervention development. Dr. Lewis is experienced in multiple quantitative methods, including short-term and longitudinal observational studies, experiments, and experience sampling methods as well as qualitative methods such as semi-structured interviewing techniques and focus group moderation. She has worked on public health subjects such as physical activity, nutrition, cancer prevention, HIV, Type 1 and 2 diabetes, arthritis and chronic disease management. Dr. Lewis publishes in leading health, social, and psychological journals, and her work has been funded by multiple NIH institutes, including the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases.

Education

PhD, Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine; MA, Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine; BA, Psychology, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Selected Publications

Weiner, B.J., Hobgood, C., & Lewis, M.A. (Jan 2008). The meaning of justice in safety incident reporting. Social Science and Medicine, 66 (2):403-413.

Sterba, K.R., DeVellis, R.F., Lewis, M.A., Baucom, D.H., Jordan, J.M., & DeVellis, B.M. (2007 Mar 15). Developing and testing a measure of dyadic efficacy for married women with rheumatoid arthritis and their spouses. Arthritis Care & Research, 57 (2):294-302.

Lewis, M.A., & Butterfield, R.M. (February 2007). Social control in marital relationships: effect of one's partner on health behaviors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37 (2):298-319.

Lewis, M.A., Kalinowski, C.T., Sterba, K.R., Barrett, T.M., & DeVellis, R.F. (15 August 2006). Interpersonal processes and vasculitis management. Arthritis Care & Research, 55 (4):670-675.

Lewis, M.A., McBride, C.M., Pollak, K.I., Puleo, E., Butterfield, R.M., & Emmons, K.M. (Mar 2006). Understanding health behavior change among couples: an interdependence and communal coping approach. Social Science and Medicine, 62 (6):1369-1380.

Fergus, S., Lewis, M.A., Darbes, L.A., & Butterfield, R.M. (2005 Apr). HIV risk and protection among gay male couples: the role of gay community integration. Health Education and Behavior, 32 (2):151-171.

Lewis, M.A., & Butterfield, R.M. (2005 Mar). Antecedents and reactions to health-related social control. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 31 (3):416-427.

Darbes, L.A., & Lewis, M.A. (2005). HIV-specific social support predicts less sexual risk behavior in gay male couples. Health Psychology, 24 (6):617-622.

Lewis, M.A., DeVellis, B.M., & Sleath, B. (2002). Interpersonal communication and social influence. In K. Glanz, F.M. Lewis, & B.K. Rimer (Ed.), Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (pp. 363-402). SanFrancisco, CA: Jossy Bass.

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