Galen Cole, PhD, MPH, LPC, DAPA

Senior Scientist
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Health and Social Development Program
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC
USA 20007
gcole@air.org

Biographical Sketch:
2014-Present -- Senior Scientist, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Washington, DC 2003-Present -- Counselor & Psychotherapist, CCS Psychotherapy, Inc., Atlanta, GA 2009-2014 -- Associate Director for Communication Research, Division of Cancer Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 2006-2009 -- Chief, Health Communications Branch, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Abbatangelo-Gray, J., Cole, G. E. & Kennedy, M. G. (2007). Guidance for evaluating mass communication health initiatives: Summary of an expert panel sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Evaluation & The Health Professions, Vo. 30, No. 3, pp. 229-253. Courtney, J., Cole, G. E. & Reynolds, B. (2003). How CDC is meeting the training demands of Emergency Risk Communication. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, Vol. 8, Sup. 1, pp. 128-129. Cole, G. E. (1999). Advancing the Development and Application of Theory-Based Evaluation in the Practice of Public Health. American Journal of Evaluation, Vo. 20, No. 3, pp. 453-470. Chervin, D., Nowak, G. & Cole, G.E. (1999). Using audience research in designing public health initiatives at the federal level. Social Marketing Quarterly, Vo. 5, No. 3, pp. 34-39. Cole, G. E., Leonard, B., Hammond, S. & Fridinger, F. (1998). Using Stages of Behavioral Change constructs to measure the short-term effects of a worksite-based intervention to increase moderate physical activity. Psychological Reports, No. 82, pp. 615-618.