Mollie Rose Canzona

Bio

Mollie Rose Canzona is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFSM) and is a member of the Cancer Prevention & Control Program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center (AHWFBCCC).

Dr. Canzona conducts interdisciplinary, narrative-based, mixed-method, and community engaged research to investigate how communication among patients, providers, and family/close relational partners is tied to health promotion, medical decision-making, and stress and coping. Her research program examines sexual and reproductive health, health equity, and caregiving for adolescents and young adults with cancer. Her work has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity of WFSM, and the Neuro-Oncology Program of AHWFBCCC.

She serves as affiliate faculty for the Center for Bioethics, Health & Society and for the Interpreting and Translational Studies Program (MA in Intercultural Services in Healthcare)at Wake Forest University. She is a steering committee member for the Humanities Institute’s Story, Health, & Healing Initiative and is the Director of the Communication Department’s Health, Environmental, and Risk Communication Concentration.