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Biography

Kami Silk, (Ph.D., University of Georgia) is Vice Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College as well as a Rosenberg Professor of the Department of Communication at the 91Ô­´´. She previously served as the Department Chair for the Department of Communication at the 91Ô­´´, the senior associate dean for research in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences and professor in the Department of Communication and AgBioResearch at Michigan State University.

Silk is a health communication scholar who investigates how to communicate effectively to promote positive health outcomes among the lay public. Her recent research has focused on the health issues of breast cancer risk reduction, suicide prevention, social norms, and improving nutritional practices among adolescent mothers for obesity reduction. Her research has been published in the Journal of Health Communication,ÌýHealth Communication,ÌýSocial Science & Medicine,ÌýJournal of Nutrition Education & Behavior, and Health Promotion & Practice.

Silk is a researcher with the Breast Cancer and Environment Research where she serves as the principal investigator of two National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grants and as a co-investigator of another breast cancer project. Her BCERP work includes communication science research and outreach activities to educate girls, parents, and pediatric health care providers about the links between the environment and breast cancer.