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Julie Wright

Department:
Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences Dean's Office
Title:
Associate Dean, Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Location:
Quinn Administration Floor 01

Area of Expertise

e-Health Self-Care Interventions, Measurement of Theoretical Constructs for Tailored Interventions

Degrees

PhD, University of Rhode Island (Psychology)

MS, San Diego State University (Exercise Physiology)

BS, Cornell University (Nutrition)

Professional Publications & Contributions

Additional Information

Dr. Wright’s program of research focuses on e-Health (computer-assisted) self-care interventions for individuals across the lifespan. Her expertise is in designing behavior change interventions that are theory driven, tailored, and delivered at home and/or connected to the primary care setting. Dr. Wright has studied scalable solutions for healthy weight management including tailored print-, Web-, and interactive voice response system (IVR). She also has expertise in the development of measures used to assess transtheoretical model constructs.

Teaching Expertise

  • Health Behavior Change
  • Research Methods