CAHSPER Research Seminar with Ashley Housten

The Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) hosts a monthly research seminar during the academic year featuring speakers both internal and external to Washington University in St. Louis. These seminars are open to WashU faculty, staff, students and external collaborators. For more details and to register, see here. 

Ashley J. Housten, OTD, MSCI, OTR/L
Associate Professor of Surgery, WashU Medicine Division of Public Health Sciences

Housten’s research focuses on supporting cancer screening and treatment decision-making to address challenges associated with health literacy. Specifically, she is interested in the dissemination and implementation of decision support strategies to improve health behaviors and outcomes. With a focus on how people evaluate and apply health information, her research uses qualitative and mixed-methods to identify challenges and opportunities to strengthen patient-provider engagement in decision-making across the cancer care continuum.