Dr. Mia Liza A. Lustria is a professor in the School of Information. She earned her doctorate in communication from the University of Kentucky in 2005 and joined Florida State University's faculty the same year. Her research explores different ways that persuasive technologies and interactive media can be leveraged to empower health consumers and improve access to health care.

Dr. Lustria is known for her research on theory-based message tailoring, information seeking, health literacy and the participatory design of eHealth approaches to support behavior-change and patient self-management, primarily in the areas of adolescent and women's health, cancer, diabetes, mental health and STD prevention.

She is the Tech Liaison of the FSU Center for Translational Behavioral Science and is a founding member of the Florida Health Equity Research Institute. She also has courtesy appointments at the College of Medicine, the School of Communication and the Master of Public Health Program at FSU.