Colleen McBride, PhD

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-727-8226
Email Address

cmmcbri@emory.edu

Biography

Colleen McBride, PhD is the Grace Crum Rollins Chair of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. McBride is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Dr. McBride came to Emory from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, where she served as founding chief and senior investigator of the Social and Behavioral Research Branch.

Dr. McBride held academic positions at the University of Washington as well as Duke University Medical Center, where she served as chief of the Division of Prevention Research in the Department of Community and Family Medicine. At Duke, she was director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program. She has held adjunct faculty appointments in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Education

Dr. McBride received her PhD in Behavioral Epidemiology from University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She completed her postdoctoral training in Health Services from the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, Washington.

Titles & Roles

Grace Crum Rollins Chair of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Research

Dr. McBride's research interests center on designing and evaluating interventions to promote risk-reducing behaviors including avoidance of tobacco, healthy weight and regular physical activity. She is also considering how new knowledge in genomics might be applied to improve behavior change interventions. Her research focuses on innovative public health interventions to promote risk-reducing behaviors, specifically using genetic information to motivate healthy behaviors. Genetic information, scientists believe, eventually will allow lifestyle interventions to be personalized to make compliance with healthy behaviors easier.

Grants

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Grant Number	Title
5U01CA240581-04	Testing a Low Cost Population- and Theory-Based Outreach Intervention to Engage Ovarian Cancer Survivors and their Close Relatives to Consider Genetic Services

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Developing and assessing a kin keeping scale with application to identifying central influencers in African American family networks. Journal of community genetics	CG Allen, CM McBride, C Escoffery, Y Guan, C Hood, J Zaho, G Brody, W An	01/12/2023
Evaluating fertility preservation interventions for alignment with ASCO Guidelines for reproductive aged women undergoing cancer treatment: a systematic review. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer	S Pathak, ST Vadaparampil, ME Sutter, WS Rice, CM McBride	11/11/2023
Testing Theory-Based Messages to Encourage Women at Average Risk for Breast Cancer to Consider Biennial Mammography Screening. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine	Y Guan, R Haardörfer, CM McBride, C Escoffery, J Lipscomb	21/08/2023
Evaluating Rural Ethiopian Youths' Willingness and Competency to Promote Literacy Regarding G × E Influences on Podoconiosis. Public health genomics	D Ayode, K Engdawork, R Moore, G Tadele, G Davey, CM McBride	01/01/2023
Just Dissemination of Genomics-Informed Public Health Applications: Time to Deepen Our Public Engagement Approaches. Public health genomics	Y Guan, CM McBride, S Pathak, MC Gornick	01/01/2023
Public Health Genomics: Time to Sharpen the Focus. Public health genomics	CM McBride, JS Roberts, S Knerr, Y Guan	01/01/2023
Your Family Connects: A Theory-Based Intervention to Encourage Communication about Possible Inherited Cancer Risk among Ovarian Cancer Survivors and Close Relatives. Public health genomics	J Zhao, CM McBride, GP Campbell, RD Pentz, C Escoffery, M Konomos, C Bellcross, K Ward, JR Shepperd, Y Guan	01/01/2023
Factors Associated with Mammography Screening Choices by Women Aged 40-49 at Average Risk. Journal of women's health (2002)	Y Guan, R Haardörfer, CM McBride, J Lipscomb, C Escoffery	01/08/2022
A systematic review of theory-informed strategies used in interventions fostering family genetic risk communication. Patient education and counseling	J Zhao, Y Guan, CM McBride	01/07/2022
Attitudes and interest in incorporating BRCA1/2 cancer susceptibility testing into reproductive carrier screening for Ashkenazi Jewish men and women. Journal of community genetics	MW Hardy, BN Peshkin, E Rose, MK Ladd, S Binion, M Tynan, CM McBride, KA Grinzaid, MD Schwartz	01/06/2022
Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Improving the Collection of Family Health History: A Pilot Study. Health promotion practice	CG Allen, BJ Bethea, LP McKinney, C Escoffery, TH Akintobi, GG McCray, CM McBride	01/05/2022
Psychosocial factors associated with genetic testing status among African American women with ovarian cancer: Results from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study. Cancer	CM McBride, S Pathak, CE Johnson, AJ Alberg, EV Bandera, JS Barnholtz-Sloan, ML Bondy, ML Cote, PG Moorman, LC Peres, ES Peters, AG Schwartz, PD Terry, JM Schildkraut	15/03/2022
Predictors of Discussing Lung Cancer Screening with a Health Care Provider Among Current and Former Smokers in HINTS: A Secondary Data Analysis. Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center	SL Anderson, MD Livingston, KA Higgins, CM McBride	01/01/2022
Testing a deliberative democracy method with citizens of African ancestry to weigh pros and cons of targeted screening for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk. Frontiers in public health	Y Guan, S Pathak, D Ballard, JK Veluswamy, LE McCullough, CM McBride, MC Gornick	01/01/2022
Applying citizen science to engage families affected by ovarian cancer in developing genetic service outreach strategies. PloS one	CM McBride, GP Campbell, J Zhao, RD Pentz, C Escoffery, M Komonos, K Cannova, JLB Byrne, NM Paris, JR Shepperd, Y Guan	01/01/2022
Toward an Office of Evidence-Based Learning in Public Health: Formal Support, Pedagogical Scholarship, and Effective Teaching. American journal of public health	ER Walker, DL Comeau, CM McBride, DL Lang	01/10/2021
The extent of protective footwear use among school-age rural children at high risk for podoconiosis and socio-economic correlates: A household cross-sectional survey in Southern Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases	A Tora, G Tadele, G Davey, CM McBride	01/10/2021
Walking the talk on multi-level interventions: The power of parsimony. Social science & medicine (1982)	CM McBride, HL Cooper, DR Williams, KM Emmons	01/08/2021
A scoping review of social and behavioral science research to translate genomic discoveries into population health impact. Translational behavioral medicine	CG Allen, S Peterson, MJ Khoury, LC Brody, CM McBride	26/04/2021
Initiatives to Scale Up and Expand Reach of Cancer Genomic Services Outside of Specialty Clinical Settings: A Systematic Review. American journal of preventive medicine	Y Guan, CM McBride, H Rogers, J Zhao, CG Allen, C Escoffery	01/02/2021
A cross-sectional survey to assess the risk factors associated with stigmatizing attitudes towards patients with podoconiosis among rural youth in southern Ethiopia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	K Engdawork, G Davey, D Ayode, CM McBride, G Tadele	16/12/2020
Applying theory to characterize impediments to dissemination of community-facing family health history tools: a review of the literature. Journal of community genetics	CG Allen, D Duquette, Y Guan, CM McBride	01/04/2020
Misinterpretation of Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk and Its Association with Information Sharing Motives among Women at Low Likelihood of Carrying a BRCA1/2 Mutation. Public health genomics	J Zhao, CM McBride, Y Guan	01/01/2020
Behavioral and social scientists' reflections on genomics: a systematic evaluation within the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Translational behavioral medicine	CM McBride, KD Graves, KA Kaphingst, CG Allen, C Wang, E Arredondo, WMP Klein	25/11/2019
A Public Health of Consequence: Shifting the Cultural Narrative From Churning Grants to a Scholarship of Consequence. American journal of public health	CM McBride, DL Comeau, AE Mastin, HLF Cooper	01/11/2019
Regarding the Yin and Yang of Precision Cancer- Screening and Treatment: Are We Creating a Neglected Majority? International journal of environmental research and public health	CM McBride, Y Guan, JL Hay	29/10/2019
Blending Insights from Implementation Science and the Social Sciences to Mitigate Inequities in Screening for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes. International journal of environmental research and public health	L Senier, CM McBride, AT Ramsey, VL Bonham, DA Chambers	15/10/2019
Willingness to decrease mammogram frequency among women at low risk for hereditary breast cancer. Scientific reports	Y Guan, E Nehl, I Pencea, CM Condit, C Escoffery, CA Bellcross, CM McBride	03/07/2019
Optimal Integration of Behavioral Medicine into Clinical Genetics and Genomics. American journal of human genetics	WMP Klein, CM McBride, CG Allen, EM Arredondo, CS Bloss, KA Kaphingst, AC Sturm, C Wang	07/02/2019
Associations Between Objective Television Exposure and Cancer Perceptions in a National Sample of Adults. Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center	CG Allen, CM McBride, R Haardörfer, MC Roberts	01/01/2019
Applying Mental Model Methods to Characterize Understanding of Gene-Environment Influences: The Case of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia. Critical public health	CG Allen, CM McBride, K Engdawork, D Ayode, G Tadele	01/01/2019
Do Women who Receive a Negative BRCA1/2 Risk Result Understand the Implications for Breast Cancer Risk? Public health genomics	Y Guan, CM Condit, C Escoffery, CA Bellcross, CM McBride	01/01/2019
Cognitive and affective factors linking mothers' perceived weight history to child feeding. European journal of clinical nutrition	S Bouhlal, LR Abrams, CM McBride, S Persky	01/11/2018
Rural youths' understanding of gene x environmental contributors to heritable health conditions: The case of podoconiosis in Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases	K Engdawork, CM McBride, D Ayode, CG Allen, G Davey, G Tadele	01/09/2018
Modeling Dynamic Food Choice Processes to Understand Dietary Intervention Effects. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine	CS Marcum, MR Goldring, CM McBride, S Persky	17/02/2018
Translation research to apply genomics to improve health promotion: Is it worth the investment? Translational behavioral medicine	CM McBride	29/01/2018
Factors Influencing Not Perceiving Family Health History Assessments as Important: Opportunities to Improve Dissemination of Evidence-Based Population Screening for Cancer. Public health genomics	CG Allen, C Escoffery, R Haardörfer, CM McBride	01/01/2018
Developing a scale to assess health regulatory focus. Social science & medicine (1982)	RA Ferrer, IM Lipkus, JL Cerully, CM McBride, JA Shepperd, WMP Klein	01/12/2017
Resilience and biomarkers of health risk in Black smokers and nonsmokers. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association	CJ Berg, R Haardörfer, CM McBride, V Kilaru, KJ Ressler, AP Wingo, NF Saba, JB Payne, A Smith	01/11/2017
Beliefs about genetic influences on eating behaviors: Characteristics and associations with weight management confidence. Eating behaviors	S Persky, S Bouhlal, MR Goldring, CM McBride	01/08/2017
Health beliefs of school-age rural children in podoconiosis-affected families: A qualitative study in Southern Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases	A Tora, G Tadele, A Aseffa, CM McBride, G Davey	01/05/2017
Identifying eating behavior phenotypes and their correlates: A novel direction toward improving weight management interventions. Appetite	S Bouhlal, CM McBride, NS Trivedi, T Agurs-Collins, S Persky	01/04/2017
Imagining roles for epigenetics in health promotion research. Journal of behavioral medicine	CM McBride, LM Koehly	01/04/2017
Patient's lung cancer diagnosis as a cue for relatives' smoking cessation: evaluating the constructs of the teachable moment. Psycho-oncology	CM McBride, M Blocklin, IM Lipkus, WM Klein, TH Brandon	01/01/2017
Population-Attributable Risk Percentages for Racialized Risk Environments. American journal of public health	HL Cooper, KJ Arriola, R Haardörfer, CM McBride	01/10/2016
Dual Perspectives On Stigma: Reports of Experienced and Enacted Stigma by Those Affected and Unaffected by Podoconiosis. Journal of public health research	D Ayode, A Tora, D Farrell, G Tadele, G Davey, CM McBride	19/08/2016
Interpretations of education about gene-environment influences on health in rural Ethiopia: the context of a neglected tropical disease. International health	A Tora, D Ayode, G Tadele, D Farrell, G Davey, CM McBride	01/07/2016
Association Between Causal Beliefs and Shoe Wearing to Prevent Podoconiosis: A Baseline Study. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene	D Ayode, A Tora, D Farrell, G Tadele, G Davey, CM McBride	04/05/2016
Community Health Workers: An Untapped Resource to Promote Genomic Literacy. Journal of health communication	CG Allen, CM McBride, HG Balcazar, KA Kaphingst	01/01/2016
Shifting Away from a Deficit Model of Health Literacy. Journal of health communication	LA McCormack, CM McBride, MK Paasche-Orlow	01/01/2016
Media Exposure and Genetic Literacy Skills to Evaluate Angelina Jolie's Decision for Prophylactic Mastectomy. Public health genomics	LR Abrams, LM Koehly, GW Hooker, RS Paquin, JN Capella, CM McBride	01/01/2016
Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children: What Can We Learn From Adult Screening Programs? Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)	L Henneman, CM McBride, MC Cornel, D Duquette, N Qureshi	26/10/2015
Mothers' guilt responses to children's obesity risk feedback. Journal of health psychology	S Persky, CM McBride, MS Faith, LK Wagner, DS Ward	01/05/2015
Drivers of overweight mothers' food choice behaviors depend on child gender. Appetite	S Bouhlal, CM McBride, DS Ward, S Persky	01/01/2015
Associations between self-referral and health behavior responses to genetic risk information. Genome medicine	KD Christensen, JS Roberts, BJ Zikmund-Fisher, SL Kardia, CM McBride, E Linnenbringer, RC Green	01/01/2015
The Many Facets of Genetic Literacy: Assessing the Scalability of Multiple Measures for Broad Use in Survey Research. PloS one	LR Abrams, CM McBride, GW Hooker, JN Cappella, LM Koehly	01/01/2015
A new approach to assessing affect and the emotional implications of personal genomic testing for common disease risk. Public health genomics	SC O'Neill, KP Tercyak, C Baytop, S Hensley Alford, CM McBride	01/01/2015
Using a Historical Lens to Envision the Next Generation of Genomic Translation Research. Public health genomics	CM McBride, LR Abrams, LM Koehly	01/01/2015
Health psychology and translational genomic research: bringing innovation to cancer-related behavioral interventions. The American psychologist	CM McBride, WC Birmingham, AY Kinney	01/01/2015
Use of footwear and foot condition among rural Ethiopian school children. Journal of epidemiology and global health	E Watanabe, CM McBride, A Tora, DA Ayode, D Farrell, G Davey	01/12/2014
Personal utility and genomic information: look before you leap. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics	SD Grosse, CM McBride, JP Evans, MJ Khoury	01/08/2009
The Scientific Foundation for personal genomics: recommendations from a National Institutes of Health-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention multidisciplinary workshop. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics	MJ Khoury, CM McBride, SD Schully, JP Ioannidis, WG Feero, AC Janssens, M Gwinn, DG Simons-Morton, JM Bernhardt, M Cargill, SJ Chanock, GM Church, RJ Coates, FS Collins, RT Croyle, BR Davis, GJ Downing, A Duross, S Friedman, MH Gail, GS Ginsburg, RC Green, MH Greene, P Greenland, JR Gulcher, A Hsu, KL Hudson, SL Kardia, PL Kimmel, MS Lauer, AM Miller, K Offit, DF Ransohoff, JS Roberts, RS Rasooly, K Stefansson, SF Terry, SM Teutsch, A Trepanier, KL Wanke, JS Witte, J Xu	01/08/2009
The genomic applications in practice and prevention network. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics	MJ Khoury, WG Feero, M Reyes, T Citrin, A Freedman, D Leonard, W Burke, R Coates, RT Croyle, K Edwards, S Kardia, C McBride, T Manolio, G Randhawa, R Rasooly, J St Pierre, S Terry	01/07/2009