Abdul R. Shaikh, PhD, MHSc
Behavioral Scientist, Program Director
Dr. Abdul R. Shaikh is a Program Director in NCI's Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch. With a diverse background in public health research and practice, his current responsibilities include overseeing Branch-related NIH grants and contracts, coordinating scientific discussions through conferences and workshops, staying abreast of new technologies with an eye toward implications for health communication research, and pursuing his own program of research in technology-mediated health communication and psychosocial determinants of health-related behaviors.
Prior to joining the Branch, Dr. Shaikh was a Cancer Prevention Fellow in the Behavioral Research Program, Health Promotion Research Branch at NCI. In this capacity, he collaborated on multiple innovative cancer prevention research projects, contributed to policy-related initiatives, and conducted presentations to both general public and scientific audiences. Before coming to NCI, Dr. Shaikh was Project Director for Eat for Life, a tailored nutrition intervention for African Americans at the University of Michigan Center for Health Communications Research. He was also a Research Associate in health communication and evaluation research at a leading research consulting firm, where he conducted numerous research, evaluation, and usability redesign projects with a broad range of DHHS clients including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Shaikh received his PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where he was a Rackham Merit Fellow. He received his MHSc in Health Promotion as a University of Toronto Open Fellow, and his BS in Psychology from the University of Toronto.
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