Danielle Blanch Hartigan, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, MA.  She is Director of Bentley’s Health Thought Leadership Network (www.bentley.edu/healthTLN), a collaborative network of Bentley faculty and external stakeholders bridging boundaries of academia and industry to empower healthcare change. Her interdisciplinary research in psychology and public health aims to improve the patient experience and foster patient-centered care through better communication. Dr. Blanch Hartigan has a PhD in social psychology from Northeastern University, a Master of Public Health from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and was a Cancer Prevention Fellow in the Behavioral Research Program and Office of Cancer Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Blanch Hartigan has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals across psychology, health communication, and medicine. She is the recipient of a 2015 Citation Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine, a 2014 Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program Merit Award, and a 2014 National Institutes of Health Merit Award.