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Dr. James C. Turner, M.D.
Executive Director
(434) 924-1519
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Dr. Turner is the Executive Director of the National Social Norms Institute and Professor of Internal Medicine, at the University of Virginia. He completed medical school at the University of Wisconsin and internal medicine residency at the University of Virginia. His professional areas of interest have included health policy development in the area of vaccine preventable diseases, and research on methodologies of reducing high-risk behaviors of college students. Dr. Turner served 12 years as a liaison representative to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization practices on behalf of the American College Health Association. He is also Past President of the American College Health Association and a recipient of the association’s Edward Hitchcock Award (2013) for outstanding contributions to advancing the health of all college students nationally.
Adrienne Keller, Ph.D.
Director of Research
434-982-6691
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Adrienne Keller, Ph.D., is the Director of Research for the National Social Norms Institute and an Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, with a Behavioral Medicine specialty, from the University of Calgary, Canada. With over 25 years experience in research and program evaluation in the United States and Canada, she has collaborated with many professionals on research projects funded by Health and Welfare Canada, the NIH, SAMHSA, CDC and the Virginia Department of Health. Adrienne has been NSNI’s Director of Research for over 5 years. During that time she has had the opportunity to work with schools and communities across the United States, to conduct social norms training workshops and to present at many conferences including APHA, ACHA, NASPA and SOPHE.
Esther Thatcher, Ph.D., RN
Research Associate
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Esther Thatcher is a Research Associate for the National Social Norms Institute and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Nursing. She completed a PhD in Nursing at University of Virginia in 2014, and her research interests include community approaches to healthy nutrition and prevention of obesity.