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2-16-2012

Myra Armon Keeble (left), M.A. Business Development Director at Klein Buendel, at the Digital Health Communication Extravaganza in Orlando, FloridaKlein Buendel attends the Digital Health Communication Extravaganza in Orlando, Florida, to promote its research and multimedia capabilities in an ever-changing digital world. This first-of-its-kind event is designed for health, medical, and communication professionals to discover, discuss, and develop new methods to effectively and efficiently apply digital resources in community and healthcare settings to obtain optimal behavior changes and health outcomes.

2-10-2012

David Buller, Ph.D. has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication Lewis Donohew Outstanding Scholar in Health Communication Award

10-19-2011

Andrea Dunn, Ph.D. was selected as the 2012 Dorothy V. Harris Memorial Lecture Scholar in Sport and Exercise Psychology by Penn State University. She delivered a lecture on "Pioneering Opportunities in Sport and Exercise Psychology in the 21st Century" on February 16, 2012.

7-14-2011

David Buller, Ph.D. was named Chairperson for the Community Influences on Health Behavior (CIHB) Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CIHB Study Section reviews grant applications submitted to the NIH for scientific merit. These applications examine social, cultural, and other environmental factors and processes and their inter-relationships with a broad range of outcomes, including mental and physical health, illness and disorder, risk and protective behaviors and behavior change, health beliefs and attitudes, and normal development and functioning across the lifespan.

CSR organizes around 18,000 external experts to peer review almost 88,000 grant applications each year. Since 1946, this peer review system has enabled the NIH to fund cutting-edge health research.

Dr. Buller is the Research Director at Klein Buendel, Inc.

7-12-2011 (updated)

Dr. David Buller, Research Director at Klein Buendel, Inc., was a keynote speaker at the 1st International Conference on UV and Skin Cancer Prevention in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Buller spoke about evidence-based school interventions and effective sun safety interventions for children. He also spoke about the principals of program evaluation. From May 3 to May 5, over 125 UV professionals from around the world gathered in Copenhagen. The conference was sponsored by The Danish Cancer Society; TrygFonden, an organization that works to create a healthier and safer daily life for the Danish; the Cancer Council Victoria; and the World Health Organization.

3-15-2011

Klein Buendel, Inc. is pleased to welcome Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Barbara Walkosz, Ph.D.!

Dr. Walkosz is a Multiple Principal Investigator with Dr. David Buller, Ph.D. on KB's Sun Safe Workplaces, a study funded by the National Cancer Institute which focuses on skin cancer prevention in outdoor workers. She has a long-standing history of research collaborations with KB, specifically in skin cancer prevention, tobacco control and cessation, and health disparities. Dr. Walkosz served as a Co-Investigator on the Sun Safe Colorado and Go Sun Smart studies. Go Sun Smart focused on sun safety and skin cancer prevention education for employees and guests at high altitude ski areas. In the next few months, she, along with other KB scientists will collaborate with Dr. Peter Andersen, Ph.D., Professor of Communication on a San Diego State University-funded study from the National Cancer Institute to adapt and evaluate an Advanced Go Sun Smart program and its impact on sun protection practices of guests who visit U.S. resorts in the summertime.

Prior to joining KB, Dr. Walkosz was a Professor of Communication and the Associate Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. She began teaching at the University in 1997 and retired in December 2010. While Dr. Walkosz's main focus is skin cancer prevention, her scholarship also focuses on health communication and education, social marketing, media literacy and civility.

Dr. Walkosz received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and her Master's degree from the University of Colorado Denver.