Richard Goldsworthy, PhD

Academic Edge, Inc
Behavior Change and Performance Support
108 E. 14th Street
Bloomington, IN
USA 47408
rick@academicedge.com

Biographical Sketch:
Professional Experience 1996-Present CEO/Director of Research and Development, Academic Edge, Inc. Bloomington, IN/Lexington, KY Manages the conceptualization, development, and evaluation of multimedia products and web sites, with particular emphasis on learning environments and instructional tools.Research foci include health behavior and health behavior change; mediated learning environments, constructivism and purpose-driven learning; instructions, warnings, and informational messaging; reasoned action theories; and the relationship of information, knowledge, and performance. Grants and contracts from NIH and CDC totaling over $10 million in direct funds, with efforts including interactive and online STI educational curricula materials for schools, research and materials development to support diffusion of partner-delivered patient therapy, instructional media to improve STI assessment and treatment among primary care practitioners and pharmacists, as well as efforts related to a wide range of other health provider and consumer issues from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to conflict resolution, prescription drug messaging and sharing to pressure ulcer prevention, each with a focus on why people do what they do and what can be done to change the things they do. Primary author on over 30 referreed publications and a wide array of conference abstracts related to health behavior and behavioral change, including many STI prevention and treatment.