Celia E. Wills

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First Name

Celia E.

Last Name

Wills

Credentials

PhD, RN

Faculty Emeritus

wills.120@osu.edu

Research Interests

Dr. Wills’ decision science research focuses on health-related decision processes, shared decision making of health care consumers/providers, and person-centered interventions for improving decision-making and health-related outcomes. Examples of recent projects with interdisciplinary teams at OSU and elsewhere include testing a decision support and individualized goal-setting intervention to improve self-management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, designing and testing a virtual simulation training for home healthcare workers to improve accuracy of worker risk perceptions and decision-making for managing hazards to worker health and safety in client homes, and various instrument development/validation projects.

Publications

Padamsee, T.J., Bijou, C., Swinehart-Hord, P., Hils, M., Muraveva, A., Meadows, R.J., Shane-Carson, K., Yee, L., Wills, C.E., & Paskett, E. (2024). Risk management decision-making from a community-based sample of racially diverse women at high risk of breast cancer: Rationale, methods, and sample characteristics of the Daughter Sister Mother Survey. Breast Cancer Research, 26(8). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-023-01753-x
Padamsee, T.J., Muraveva, A., Meadows, R., Hils, M., Yee, L., Wills, C.E., & Paskett, E. (2023).
Racial differences in prevention decision making among women at high risk of breast cancer: a qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 18(3): e0278742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278742
Arthur, E.K., Menon, U., Barsky Reese, J., Browning, K., Overcash, J., Rose, K., & Wills, C.E. (2022). Profiles of women’s adjustment after cancer based on sexual and psychosocial wellbeing. BMC Cancer, 22:1003. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10093-6
Hamad, A., Crossnohere, N., Ejaz, A., Tsung, A., Pawlik, T.M., Sarna, A., Santry, H., Wills, C.E., & Cloyd, J.M. (2022). Patient preferences for neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Pancreas, 51(6), 657-662. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000002083. PMID: 36099500
Langer, D.A., Holly, L.E., Wills, C.E., Tompson, M.C., & Chorpita, B.F. (2022). Shared decision-making for youth psychotherapy: a preliminary randomized clinical trial on facilitating personalized treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(1), 29-38.
Witteman, H.O., Ndjaboue, R., Vaisson, G., Dansokho, S.C., Arnold, B., Bridges, J.F.P., Comeau, S., Fagerlin, A., Gavaruzzi, T., Marcoux, M., Pieterse, A., Pignone, M., Provencher, T., Racine, C., Regier, D., Rochefort-Brihay, C., Thokala, P., Weernink, M., White, D.B., Wills, C.E., & Jansen, J. (2021). Clarifying values: an updated and expanded systematic review and meta-analysis. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 801-820. DOI: 10.1177/0272989X2211037946
Padamsee, T.J., Wills, C.E., Yee, L.D., & Paskett, E.D. Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk. (2017). Breast Cancer Research, 19(1): 34. doi: 10.1186/s13058-017-0826-5
Trenaman, L., Jansen, J., Blumenthal-Barby, J., Körner, M., Lally, J., Matlock, D.D., Perestelo-Perez, L., Ropka, M., Stirling, C., Valentine, K., Vo, H., Wills, C.E., Thomson, R., & Sepucha, K. (2021). Are we improving? Update and critical appraisal of the reporting of decision process and quality measures in trials evaluating patient decision aids. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 954-959. DOI: 10.1177/027298X211011120
Moss, K.O., Douglas, S.L., Lipson, A.R., Blackstone, E., Williams, D., Aaron, S., & Wills, C. E. (2021). Understanding of health-related decision-making terminology among cancer caregivers. Western Journal of Nursing Research. Doi: 10.1177/0193945920965238.
Arthur, E.K., Wills, C.E., Browning, K., Overcash, J., & Menon, U. (2019). The Self-Efficacy to Communicate about Sex and Intimacy (SECSI) scale: psychometric assessment in women treated for cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28(3), 1449-1457. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-04963-2.
Polivka, B.J., Anderson, S.E., Lavender, S., Sommerich, C., Stredney, D., Wills, C.E, & Darragh, A.
(2019). Efficacy and usability of a virtual simulation hazard training system for health and safety
hazards encountered healthcare workers. Games for Health Journal, 8(2). DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2018.0068
Hoffman, A.S., Sepucha, K.R., Abhyankar, P., Sheridan, S., Bekker, H., LeBlanc, A., Levin, C., Ropka, M., Schaffer, V., Stacey, D., Stalmeier, P., Vo, H., Wills, C., & Thomson, R. (2018). Explanation and elaboration of the Standards for Universal reporting of patient Decision Aid Evaluations (SUNDAE). BMJ Quality and Safety. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006985
Swoboda, C.M., Miller, C.K., & Wills, C.E. (2017). Impact of a goal-setting and decision support
telephone coaching intervention on goal achievement and dietary, decision, and clinical outcomes among people with type 2 diabetes. Patient Education and Counseling, 100, 1367-1373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.02.007
Wills, C.E., Polivka, B.J., Darragh, A., Lavender, S., Sommerich, C., & Stredney, D. (2016). “Making do” decision-making about home healthcare hazards among home healthcare personnel. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(4), 411-426. Recipient of the MNRS/WJNR Best Faculty Paper for 2015. DOI: 10.1177/0193945915618950 PMCID: PMC4835798. NIHMSID: NIHMS773578. Available online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835798/
Glass, K.E., Wills, C.E., Holloman, C., Olson, J., Hechmer, C., Miller, C.K., & Duchemin, A.M. (2012). Shared decision making and other variables as correlates of satisfaction with health care decisions in a United States national survey. Patient Education and Counseling, 88, 100-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2012.02.010

Recent Research Activities

“What’s the best way to handle situations that affect my health and safety while in a client’s home?” Developing an Interactive Video-based App that Coaches Home Healthcare Workers Through Health and Safety-related Situations (Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation)
Preventing Breast Cancer: Decisions and Effects Among Women at Elevated Risk (NIH/NCI)
Personalizing Treatment Through Shared Decision-Making for Youth Psychotherapy (NIH/NIMH)
Home Healthcare Hazard Training Through Virtual Simulation (CDC/NIOSH)

News

January 13, 2026

Community health workers are changing local care

Joyce Calamese put off scheduling a routine preventive medical procedure for more than a decade until an Ohio State-trained community health worker strongly encouraged her to make the appointment. That intervention likely saved her life, the 67-year-old said.

December 16, 2025

Fritter named a Fellow of clinical research association

Faculty member recognized for impact and influence in the healthcare field

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) named faculty member Jessica Fritter, DHSc, MACPR, ACRP-CP, FACRP, as part of its 2026 class of Fellows.

Virtual Tai Chi for Mind and Body

January 20, 2:00 p.m.

Lewy Body Dementia Patient Support Group

January 22, 10:00 a.m.

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