Research Fellows

Ava Kikut-Stein

Research Fellow

Social and Behavioral Sciences

akikut@hsph.harvard.edu

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Education and Training
Awards and Honors

PhD, 08/2023, Communication
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Abby Prestin Dissertation of the Year2024
International Communication Association & National Communication Association

Top Paper in Health Communication2024
International Communication Association

Top Early Career Scholar-led Paper Award2024
Kentucky Conference on Health Communication

for Global Cancer Prevention Travel Award2024
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Public Health Education and Promotion Student Award2023
American Public Health Association

Bibliography

Behavioral Beliefs Predict Recommended Behaviors, Especially When Trust in Public Health Sources is Low: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Three COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors Among U.S. Adults.

Kikut-Stein A.

J Health Commun. 2024 Jan 02. 29(1):9-19. PMID: 37955426

The doctor knows or the evidence shows: An online survey experiment testing the effects of source trust, pro-vaccine evidence, and dual-processing in expert messages recommending child COVID-19 vaccination to parents.

Kikut AI.

PLoS One. 2023. 18(7):e0288272. PMID: 37478116

Strengthened belief in vaccine effectiveness predicted increased COVID-19 vaccination intention and behaviour: Results from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of U.S. adults from July 2020 to April/May 2021.

Kikut A, Clark D, Jesch E, Hornik R.

Vaccine. 2022 10 06. 40(42):6035-6041. PMID: 36088194

Recruitment strategies and lessons learned from a large genetic study of African Americans.

Salowe RJ, Lee R, Zenebe-Gete S, Vaughn M, Gudiseva HV, Pistilli M, Kikut A, Becker E, Collins DW, He J, Merriam S, Mulvihill K, Laberee N, Lomax-Reese S, Murphy W, Henderer J, Chavali VRM, Cui QN, Ross AG, Addis V, Sankar PS, Miller-Ellis E, Maguire MG, O'Brien JM.

PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022. 2(8). PMID: 36743904

Comparing belief in short-term versus long-term consequences of smoking and vaping as predictors of non-use in a 3-year nationally representative survey study of US youth.

Jesch E, Kikut AI, Hornik R.

Tob Control. 2023 07. 32(4):435-442. PMID: 34725270

Learning from Black/African American Participants: Applying the Integrated Behavioral Model to Assess Recruitment Strategies for a Glaucoma Genetic Study.

Kikut A, Sanyal M, Vaughn M, Ridley-Merriweather KE, Head K, Salowe R, Lomax-Reese S, Lewis M, Ross AG, Cui QN, Addis V, Sankar PS, Miller-Ellis E, O'Brien JM.

Health Commun. 2022 04. 37(4):515-524. PMID: 33345602

Association of COVID-19 Misinformation with Face Mask Wearing and Social Distancing in a Nationally Representative US Sample.

Hornik R, Kikut A, Jesch E, Woko C, Siegel L, Kim K.

Health Commun. 2021 01. 36(1):6-14. PMID: 33225745

A Toxic Blend: Assessing the Effects of Cross-Source Media Coverage of Flavored E-Cigarettes on Youth and Young Adult Perceptions.

Kikut A, Williams S, Hornik R.

J Health Commun. 2020 08 02. 25(8):640-649. PMID: 33104493

Evaluation of a multimedia marketing campaign to engage African American patients in glaucoma screening.

Kikut A, Vaughn M, Salowe R, Sanyal M, Merriam S, Lee R, Becker E, Lomax-Reese S, Lewis M, Ryan R, Ross A, Cui QN, Addis V, Sankar PS, Miller-Ellis E, Cannuscio C, O'Brien J.

Prev Med Rep. 2020 Mar. 17:101057. PMID: 32025476

A Collaborative Community Model for Including Minorities in Genetic Research.

Kikut AI, O'Brien JM.

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 04 01. 136(4):313-314. PMID: 29543942

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