Linda Squiers
Senior Health Communication Scientist
Education
- PhD, Health Education, University of Maryland, College Park
- MA, Health Education, University of Maryland, College Park
- BS, Family Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
Linda Squiers, PhD, is a research and evaluation methodologist with more than 20 years' experience in health communication research. Her research interests include health literacy, health information seeking, disseminating evidence-based recommendations, implementation research, cancer communication, and social marketing.
Dr. Squiers has experience in survey research, questionnaire design, program planning and evaluation, and both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. She has conducted literature reviews, content analyses, and numerous formative research studies using focus groups and in-depth interviews with a wide range of different groups.
Dr. Squiers currently directs a large, randomized trial of the National Cancer Institute's QuitTxt program, survey and evaluation projects for the Livestrong Foundation, and supports numerous other projects.
She received a grant to develop a tool (www.tellingkidsaboutcancer.com) to help newly diagnosed cancer patients share their diagnoses with their children and has received funding support from RTI to conduct two studies that focus on the dissemination of U.S. Preventive Service Task Force recommendations about breast and prostate cancer screening.
