Melissa Gilkey, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Behavior
Doctoral Program Director
Department of Health Behavior
Member
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
317 Rosenau Hall
CB #7440
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
USA
About
Melissa B. Gilkey, PhD, is Associate Professor of Health Behavior in the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. With research interests in adolescent health, parent-provider communication, and cancer prevention, Dr. Gilkey studies individual, interpersonal and organizational approaches to improving the delivery of pediatric health services, including human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.Her work includes survey and interview research to understand barriers to vaccination, such as provider and parental hesitancy, as well as intervention research aimed at improving vaccine delivery systems. Dr. Gilkey currently leads an NCI-funded cluster randomized trial with 47 primary care clinics to evaluate the impact of engaging clinical champions on HPV vaccine communication and coverage.
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Melissa Gilkey in the Gillings News
- 8 public health faculty win Gillings School’s inaugural Research Excellence Award
- UNC awarded $11.7 million to help providers improve HPV vaccine communication, uptake among adolescents
- CDC grant expands COVID-19 vaccination to doctor’s offices, targeting hard-to-reach populations
- Parents ranked cancer prevention as No. 1 provider reason for HPV vaccination
- A majority of parents would support schools’ requiring HPV vaccinations, as long as there are opt-outs, survey finds
Representative Courses
Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar (HPM/HBEH 765, EPID 772)
Research Activities
- Cancer prevention
- Adolescent health
- Provider behavior change
- Health services research
- Implementation science
Education
- PhD, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2011
- MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, 2005
- BA, English, University of North Carolina, 1998
