Amy Allen

Assistant Director, Cancer Prevention and Control

Education

MA, East Carolina University, 1996

MS, West Virginia University, 1996

Sample Publications

• Adapting and implementing evidence-based cancer education interventions in rural Appalachia: real world experiences and challenges.
  Vanderpool RC, Gainor SJ, Conn ME, Spencer C, Allen AR, Kennedy S.
  Rural Remote Health. 2011;11(4):1807
  PMC4089209.
• Multiple tailored messages are effective in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among callers to the Cancer Information Service.
  Heimendinger J, O'Neill C, Marcus AC, Wolfe P, Julesberg K, Morra ME, Allen AR, Davis SW, Mowad L, Perocchia RS, Ward JD, Strecher V, Warnecke RB, Nowak M, Graf I, Fairclough D, Bryant LL, Lipkus IM.
  J Health Commun. 2005;10 Suppl 1:65-82.
• The efficacy of tailored print materials in promoting colorectal cancer screening: results from a randomized trial involving callers to the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service.
  Marcus AC, Mason M, Wolfe P, Rimer BK, Lipkus IM, Strecher V, Warnecke RB, Morra ME, Allen AR, Davis SW, Gaier A, Graves C, Julesberg K, Nguyen LH, Perocchia RS, Speyer JB, Wagner D, Thomsen C, Bright MA.
  J Health Commun. 2005;10 Suppl 1:83-104.
• A case study in dissemination: lessons learned from a pilot study involving the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service.
  Marcus AC, Heimendinger J, Berman E, Strecher V, Bright MA, Allen AR, Davis SW, Julesberg K, Mowad LZ, Nguyen LH, Perocchia RS, Thomsen C.
  J Health Commun. 2005;10 Suppl 1:219-233.

Contact Info

Email: arallen@hsc.wvu.edu

Phone: (304) 293-9211