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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D.

@hashleytag.bsky.social
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Assistant professor at Clemson University, studying health communication, cancer prevention, and sexual violence prevention.

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AEJMC ComSHER @comsher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ICYMI: We had a great PF&R panel yesterday on the societal, health, and ethical implications of AI and tech. A big shout-out to our fantastic moderator and panelists! @cjcalabrese.bsky.social @freiling.bsky.social @soojongkim.bsky.social @hashleytag.bsky.social @ritatang.bsky.social 👏👏 #AEJMC26
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CJ Calabrese @cjcalabrese.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Come join us at #AEJMC26! I'll be moderating a @comsher.bsky.social PF&R panel on the societal, health, and ethical implications of AI and tech this Wednesday (1:45-3pm) featuring @freiling.bsky.social, @soojongkim.bsky.social, @hashleytag.bsky.social, and @ritatang.bsky.social. See you there!
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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Come visit my poster at #AEJMC2025! Salon 9, 11:30-12:45– would love to chat about women’s health, misinformation, and social media
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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Our new study is so timely in light of Trump and RFK Jr.'s recent comments about school vaccine mandates. We found that one critical variable influenced whether or not pediatricians use best practices to recommend the HPV vaccine-- feeling obligated to tell parents that it's not required for school
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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
So excited to collaborate with @theprismahealth OB/GYN this summer/fall as a CUSHR faculty fellow! I will be developing an intervention to help make cervical and breast cancer screenings more accessible to survivors of gender-based violence. Stay tuned! news.clemson.edu/clemson-facu...
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Clemson faculty appointed newest CUSHR faculty fellows
Clemson University faculty members Ashley Hedrick McKenzie and Melinda Harman are the newest Clemson University School of Health Research (CUSHR) Faculty
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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
My inner fangirl is screaming—our manuscript about #OneDirection #fanfiction is published! We developed a health communication intervention to motivate 1D fanfic writers to highlight sexual consent and gender equality in their writing. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Excited to share our new publication about how stigma impacts parents’ information-seeking about the HPV vaccine— check it out!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Parents’ stigmatizing beliefs about the HPV vaccine and their association with information seeking behavior and vaccination communication behaviors
Parents’ stigmatizing beliefs about the HPV vaccine, such as beliefs that it promotes adolescent sexual activity, constitute a notable barrier to vaccine uptake. The purpose of this study is to des...
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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
How is the HPV vaccine portrayed on Facebook? Check out our new papers analyzing HPV vaccine discourse in long-form articles shared on Facebook, with co-authors @elaineavshman @aubreeshay and others! doi.org/10.1186/s128... (see thread below for a few key take-aways! 1/6)
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Facebook’s shared articles on HPV vaccination: analysis of persuasive strategies - BMC Public Health
Background The current study analyzed articles shared on Facebook between 2019 and 2021 that discuss the HPV vaccine. Results address a gap in knowledge about the persuasive strategies used in HPV vac...
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