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Faculty Research

Laurie Hoffman-Goetz, Professor

B.A. (S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton)
M.A. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
M.P.H. (The George Washington University)
Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Harvard Medical School; New England Deaconess Hospital)
Cancer Prevention Fellow (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Certificate in Conflict Management and Mediation (Conrad Grebel University College)

Contact Information

Office: BMH 2321
Telephone: (519)888-4567, ext. 33098
E-mail: lhgoetz@uwaterloo.ca

Teaching Interests

Disease Processes; Stress and Behavioural Immunology; Cancer Prevention
Health Communication; Public Health

Courses

Health Studies 341; Health Studies 461; PHS 608

Research Areas

In Public Health: health literacy, risk communication, consumer health informatics, mass media and health education
In Biohealth: physical activity and cancer prevention, exercise immunology, behavioural immunology, lymphocyte apoptosis

Current Major Funding Sources

Canadian Institutes for Health Research
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Selected Publications

In Health and Cancer Communication:

Hoffman-Goetz L., Thomson M., Donelle L. Reasons for declining colorectal cancer screening by older Canadians: a pilot study. Journal of Cancer Education 2008; 23(1): 32-36.
Thomson M., Hoffman-Goetz L. Readability and cultural sensitivity of web-based patient decision aids for cancer screening and treatment: a systematic review. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine 2007; 32(4): 263-286.
Hoffman-Goetz L., Donelle L. Chat room computer-mediated support on health issues for Aboriginal women. Health Care for Women International 2007; 28(4): 397-418.
Donelle L., Hoffman-Goetz L., Arocha J.F. Assessing health numeracy among community dwelling older adults. Journal of Health Communication 2007; 12(7): 651-665.
Hoffman-Goetz L, Friedman DB. Disparities in the coverage of cancer information in ethnic minority and mainstream mass print media. Ethnicity & Disease 2005, 15(2): 332-340.

My research in health communication and health literacy is profiled by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research at the following link:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/30917.html

In Biohealth:

Spagnuolo P.A., Hoffman-Goetz L. Lactoferrin effect on lymphocyte cytokines and apoptosis is independent of exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2008; 40(6): 1013-1021.
Hoffman-Goetz L., Spagnuolo P.A., Guan J. Repeated exercise in mice alters expression of IL-10 and TNF-alpha in intestinal lymphocytes. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2008; 22(2): 195-199.
Hoffman-Goetz, L., Courneya, K.S. Physical activity and cancer: from prevention to recovery. ALCOA Research Update 12; September 2007 (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Quadrilatero J, Hoffman-Goetz L. N-acetyl-l-cysteine protects intestinal lymphocytes from apoptotic death after acute exercise in adrenalectomized mice. American Journal of Physiology 2005, 288(6): R1664-R1672 .
Pederson B.K., Hoffman-Goetz L. Exercise and the immune system: Regulation, integration, and adaptation. Physiological Reviews, 2000; 8: 1055-1081.

Selected Professional Activities and Networks

Visit my research page on Consumer Health Informatics at:
http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/chirp/