Dr. Barbara Walkosz is a Senior Scientist at Klein Buendel. Prior to joining Klein Buendel, Barb was a Professor of Communication and the Associate Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. She began teaching at the University in 1997 and retired in December 2010 as Professor Emerita. While Barb's main focus is skin cancer prevention, her scholarship also focuses on health communication and education, social marketing, media literacy and civility. Barb received her PhD from the University of Arizona and her Master's degree from the University of Colorado Denver.

Walkosz BJ, Campbell K, Mendoza K, Webb D. A multi-theoretical model: smoking, movies, and media literacy. Annual Conference of the National Communication Association. 2005; Boston, MA.

Scott MD, Buller DB, Andersen PA, Walkosz BJ, Voeks J, Dignan M, Cutter GR. Testing the risk compensation hypothesis for safety helmets in skiing and snowboarding. CDC Injury and Violence Prevention Conference. 2005; Denver, CO.

Walkosz BJ, Campbell K, Mendoza K. Tobacco Education and Media (TEAM): formative research. Annual Conference of Alliance for a Mediate Literature America. 2005; San Francisco, CA.

Buller DB, Andersen PA, Walkosz BJ, Scott MD, Cutter GR, Dignan MB, Zarlengo EM, Voeks JH, Giese AJ. Randomized trial testing a worksite sun protection program in an outdoor recreation industry. Health Educ Behav. 2005 Aug;32(4):514-35. doi: 10.1177/1090198105276211. PubMed PMID: 16009748.

Andersen PA, Buller DB, Walkosz BJ, Scott MD, Voeks J, Cutter GR, Dignan M. Testing the long term effects of the Go Sun Smart worksite Sun Protection Program: a group randomized experimental study. Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association. 2006; Dresden, Germany.