Susan (Sue) Flocke, PhD, is trained as a health services researcher and has additional training in implementation science. Dr. Flocke’s research is focused on enhancing preventive service delivery in the primary care setting, effective clinician-patient communication of health behavior change, and building linkages to community resources to facilitate behavior change.
Dr. Flocke currently leads a project focused on tobacco assessment, assistance, and cessation support within community health centers, and establishing linkages to quit lines and other community support services. Her team is leading a project to implement and evaluate systems change and capacity to use an eReferral to increase tobacco cessation support for socially disadvantaged patients.
In addition to conducting research, Dr. Flocke co-leads the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program with the Knight Cancer Institute and serves as a mentor to a wide range of learners including junior faculty members and fellows.
Selected Current Studies
- CHOOSE2QUIT: Improving Equity in Smoking Cessation for Low-Income Adults (American Cancer Society)
- CONNECT: COmpreheNsive traiNing and Engagement in Cessation Treatment (NCI)
- Achieving Outstanding Cardiovascular Health Outcomes for All Ohioans: a Statewide Cardiovascular Health Collaborative (Cardi-OH) (AHRQ)
- Teachable Moment to Opt-Out of Tobacco (Team OUT): A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial (VA)
- Building Research in Implementation and Dissemination to close Gaps and achieve Equity in Cancer Control (BRIDGE-C2) Center (NCI)
Selected Publications
- Flocke SA, Albert EL, Lewis SA, Love TE, Rose JC, Kaelber DC, Seeholzer EL. A cluster randomized trial evaluating a teachable moment communication process for tobacco cessation support. BMC Family Practice. 2021;22:85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01423
- Flocke SA, Albert EL, Lewis SA, Seeholzer EL, Bailey SR. Characteristics of patients engaging in quitline counseling after an eReferral. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Jun 13:S0749-3797(21)00237-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.03.019. PMID: 34134884
- Ishler KJ, Flocke SA, Albert EL, Trapl E, Gunzler D. Cigarillo and multiple tobacco product use and nicotine dependence in adolescents and young adults. Addict Behav. 2020 Dec;111:106537. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106537. Epub 2020 Jul 3. PMID: 32795846; PMCID: PMC7484124.
- Albert EL, Rose JC, Gill IJ, Flocke SA. Quitting the quitline: a qualitative study of patient experience of electronic referrals to quitlines. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jul 9;20(1):1080. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09185-4. PMID: 32646397
- Flocke SA, Seeholzer E, Lewis SA, Gill IJ, Rose JC, Albert EL, Love TE, Kaelber D. 12 month evaluation of an EHR-supported staff role change for provision of tobacco cessation care in 8 primary care safety-net clinics. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul 23. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06030-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32705473
- Flocke SA, Seeholzer E, Lewis SA, Gill IJ, Ordillas E, Rose JC, Albert E, Love TE, Kaelber DC. Designing for Sustainability: An Approach to Integrating Staff Role Changes and Electronic Health Record Functionality Within Safety-Net Clinics to Address Provision of Tobacco Cessation Care. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2019 Dec 1;45(12):798-807.
- Lafata JE, Shin Y, Flocke SA, Hawley ST, Jones RM, Resnicow K, Schreiber M, Shires DA, Tu SP. Randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of offering postvisit decision support and assistance in obtaining physician-recommended colorectal cancer screening: the e-assist: Colon Health study-a protocol study. BMJ Open. 2019 Jan 7;9(1):e023986. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023986. PMID 30617102.