Ph.D. Student Profile

Laura Brotzman, BA, MPH

Laura Brotzman, BA, MPH

  • Doctoral Candidate

Education

  • MPH, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University (2016)
  • BA, English & Sociology, Lafayette College (2013)

Research Interests & Projects

  • Medical decision making 
  • Risk communication
  • Patient-provider communication
  • Mixed-methods 

Selected Publications

  • Shelton RC, Goodwin K, McNeil M, Bernitz M, Alexander SP, Parish C, Brotzman LE, Lee M, Li W, Makam S, Ganek N, Foskett D, Warren C, Metsch LR. (In Press). Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Inform Understanding of Barriers & Facilitators to the Implementation of Opioid and Naloxone Training on College Campuses. Implementation Science Communications.
  • Brotzman LE, Zikmund-Fisher BJ. (2023). Perceived Barriers Among Clinicians and Older Adults Aged 65 and Older Regarding Use of Life Expectancy to Inform Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review and Comparison. Medical Care Research and Review.
  • Brotzman LE, Shelton RC, Austin JD, Rodriguez CB, Agovino M, Moise N, Tehranifar P. (2022). “It’s Something I’ll do Until I Die”: A Qualitative Examination into Why Older Women in the U.S. Continue Mammography Screening. Cancer Medicine. 00, 1-9. PMID: 35616300
  • Austin JD, Tehranifar P, Rodriguez CB, Brotzman LE, Agovino M, Zizadeh D, Moise N, Shelton RC. (2021). A mixed-methods study of multi-level factors influencing mammography overuse among an older ethnically diverse screening population: Implications for deimplementation. Implementation Science Communications. 2(110). PMID: 34565481 
  • Brotzman LE, Crookes DM, Austin JD, Neugut A, Shelton, RC. (2021). Patient Perspectives on Treatment Decision-Making Under Clinical Uncertainty: Chemotherapy Treatment Decisions among Stage II Colon Cancer Patients. Translational Behavioral Medicine. PMID: 34042154
  • Shelton RC, Brotzman LE, Johnson D, Erwin D. (2021). Trust and Mistrust in Shaping Adaptation and De-Implementation in the Context of Changing Screening Guidelines. Ethnicity and Disease. 31(1), 119-132.
  • Shelton RC, Lee M, Brotzman LE, Wolfenden L, Nathan N, Wainberg M. (2020). What is Dissemination and Implementation Science?: An introduction and opportunities to advance behavioral medicine and public health globally. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 1-18. PMID: 32060805 
  • Shelton RC, Lee M, Brotzman LE, Crookes DM, Jandorf L, Erwin D, & Gage-Bouchard E. (2019). Use of Social Network Analysis in Health Behavior Interventions for Adults: A Systematic Review. Social Science and Medicine. 220, 81-101. PMID: 30412922
  • Shelton RC, Brotzman LE, Crookes DM, Robles P, Neugut AI. (2018). Decision-making Under Clinical Uncertainty: An In-depth Examination of Provider Perspectives on Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage II Colon Cancer. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(2), 284-290. PMC6377327
  • Koh S, Lee M, Brotzman LE, & Shelton RC. (2018). An Orientation for New Researchers to Key Domains, Processes, and Resources in Implementation Science. Translational Behavioral Medicine. PMID: 30445445
  • Valera P, Lian Z, Brotzman LE, & Reid A. (2018). Fatalistic Cancer Beliefs and Information Seeking in Formerly Incarcerated African American and Hispanic Men: Implications for Cancer Health Communication and Research. Health Communication, 33(5), 576–584. PMC5623655
  • 1Valera P, Brotzman LE, Wilson W, Reid A. (2017). “It’s Hard to Reenter when You’ve Been Locked Out”: Keys to Offender Reintegration. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 56(6), 412-431. 

Additional Information

  • Rackham Merit Fellow (2020-2025)
  • T32 Training Grant Fellowship (NIH/NIA), Interdisciplinary
  • Training Program in Public Health and Aging (2021-2023)