Cancer Patient Narratives

ABOUT THE PROJECT

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Sponsor: 

THRC's Community Health and Economic Resilience Research (CHERR) Center of Excellence

PI:

Dr. Christopher Wernecke

Research Pillar(s):

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A briefcase icon with a Red Cross symbol, meant to represent the STEM and Healthcare Workforce priority.
A head icon with a heart in place of a brain, meant to represent the Personal Health and Wellbeing pillar.
An icon of an medical monitor showing heart beat activity, meant to represent the Digital Healthcare Transformation pillar.
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This project seeks to learn how current and former cancer patients narrate, frame, and/or discuss their experiences with the disease. 

Through this research, we aim to build a repository of cancer patient narratives, making them accessible to health communication scholars, health rhetoric, and the medical humanities for cancer-related research.

Researchers & Collaborators

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Dr. Christopher Wernecke

Researcher, THRC
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Dr. Melinda Villagran

Executive Director, THRC