Education
DrPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1977
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1975
Overview
Dr. Roter's primary research focus is patient-provider communication. She is the author of the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS) developed as method of process analysis applied to audio or video recordings of medical encounters which has been widely adopted by researchers, both nationally and internationally. Her studies include basic social psychology research regarding communication dynamics and interpersonal influence, as well as health education and health services research. Her research includes clinical investigation of patient and physician interventions to improve the quality of communication and enhance its positive effects on patient health outcomes, and educational applications in the training and evaluation of teaching strategies to enhance physicians' communication skills. Recent work has investigated the association between patients' and physicians' ethnicity and gender and their communication style and medical care outcomes.
Honors and Awards
University Distinguished Service Professor
Recognition by the Web of Science as among most highly cited authors in the social sciences
Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health
Johns Hopkins Golden Apple Award
Johns Hopkins Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award
American Academy on Physician and Patient Award for outstanding research contribution to the theory, practice and teaching of effective health care communication and related skills.
Society of Public Health Education Beryl Roberts Memorial Award for Significant Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Health Education,
Hume Award for significance of doctoral research.
Kellogg Fellow in Health Care Administration