Michael L. Stellefson PhD, MCHES

Michael Stellefson PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University. Dr. Stellefson has received several grant awards to create “COPDFlix,” a novel low-computer-literate social media website for patients, informal caregivers, and clinicians to collaborate and share patient education videos on self-management topics (e.g. smoking cessation, exercise, medication use). An initial COPDFlix prototype was validated though heuristic evaluation by a panel of healthcare communication experts.

Dr. Stellefson has published some 58 manuscripts, with many as lead author, in a number of high impact scientific journals including the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Telemedicine and e-Health, and Preventing Chronic Disease; and in substantive areas, including: COPD self-management, translational health communication in chronic disease management, and eHealth literacy assessment. He also has delivered over 100 professional presentations.