Christine M Gunn, MA, PhD
Title(s)
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Department(s)
Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Programs
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Curriculum Vitae
Gunn_C_CV_2025-12-04.pdf
Contact Information
Office: WTRB 516
Phone: 603-646-5430
Email: Christine.M.Gunn@Dartmouth.edu
Professional Interests
Christine Gunn, PhD, is an associate professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice. She also serves as the Dartmouth Cancer Center Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement.
Dr. Gunn leads a community-engaged program of research focused on risk communication, decision-making, and the utilization of evidence-based care. Our studies investigate how patients and providers negotiate the experience of being at risk for cancer and how risk communication interventions impact the utilization of health services. One specific example of this work is designing and implementing a decision aid for breast cancer screening, with an emphasis on optimizing for populations with limited health literacy and those exposed to environmental risks. Dr. Gunn has received national attention for documenting how state-level dense breasts notification policies do not meet population literacy needs, and the impact they have on both patients and providers. Other areas of interest include cancer survivorship care, patient navigation, emerging cancer screening technologies and policy, and patient-partnered research methods.
Dr. Gunn earned Bachelor of Health Science and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Western Ontario and a PhD in health services research at Boston University.
Courses Taught
PH 122 Health Survey Methods
Effectiveness of a community-based intervention to improve adolescent reproductive health knowledge and social risk outcomes in rural Honduras: a mixed-methods pre-post evaluation. Alcohol use, intentions to reduce consumption, and perceived motivations and barriers among cancer survivors. Patient- and Physician-Identified Considerations for Clinical Implementation of a New Risk-Based Prediction Tool to Guide Surveillance Mammography in Breast Cancer Survivors. "You're the person for me:" patient perceptions of cancer care team selection and experiences with care coordination within a rural hub-and-spoke health system. Experiences of Social Risk Screening in the Safety-Net Among Patients with Mental Health Needs. A qualitative study exploring barriers and motivators influencing home radon testing decisions and behaviors. Supporting informed decisions about breast cancer screening in communities with known environmental contamination: a pre-post study. A qualitative study exploring motivations for participating in research among women who use opioids. Reported Breast MRI Among U.S. Women Undergoing Screening Mammography: a National Cross-Sectional Study. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Affect-Based Feeling States Among Rural Breast Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Study Guided by the Integrated Screening Action Model. |
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