Fall 2023 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00pm via Zoom
September 29 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Jinwon Kim, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management, College of Health & Human Performance, University of Florida
Title: Why Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Health Research?
Recording
October 20 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Jeroen Lakerveld, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Center
Title: The upstream determinants of obesity
Recordings
December 4 (Monday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Laura Balis, PhD, Research Scientist, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
Title: Life at an Independent Research Nonprofit: Partnerships, Projects, and Potential Opportunities
Spring 2023 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00pm via Zoom
January 27 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Michael Hecht, PhD, President, REAL Prevention, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Penn State University
Title: Designing and Evaluating Narrative Health Messages
March 3 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Lauren Bohlen, PhD, Assistant professor, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University
Title: Improving Dissemination of Technology-Delivered Physical Activity Interventions
April 21 ( Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Yan Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida
Title: Leveraging Mobile Technology in Substance Use Research and Intervention: Opportunities and Challenges
Fall 2022 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00pm via Zoom
- September 23 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Roberto Abreu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida
Title: Unpacking the Role of Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Traditions in the Well-being of Latinx LGBTQ People
Recording
- October 21 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Chelsea Fleck, MS, BCBA, LABA, Program Specialist, New England Center for Children
Title: Integrating Research and Practice to Improve Health Outcomes for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Recording
- November 18 (Friday) noon – 1 pm ET
Speaker: Dori Pekmezi, PhD, Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Technology- and Theory-supported Lifestyle Interventions for Addressing Rural Cancer Disparities
Recording
Spring 2022 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00pm via Zoom
January 28 (Friday) noon – 1 pm
- Speaker: Brian J. Cook, Ph.D., Vice President of Movement, Research, and Outcomes, Alsana
- Title: Translating evidence-based research into clinical practice: Lessons learned from exercise in eating disorders treatment
- Recording
February 18 (Friday) noon – 1 pm
- Speaker: Melissa M. Crane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University
- Title: Engaging men working in blue-collar occupations in weight loss
- Recording
April 8 (Friday) noon – 1 pm
- Speaker: Rebecca L. Pearl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida.
- Title: Weight Bias and Stigma: Barriers to Health Promotion
- Recording
Fall 2021 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00 pm via Zoom
September 24 (Friday) noon – 1 pm
- Speaker: Mary J. Wheatley , I.O.M., C.A.E., Chief Executive Officer, Scleroderma Foundation
- Title: Organization Management for Mission Impact
- Link to Recording
October 22 (Friday) noon – 1 p
- Speaker: Abigail A. Fagan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, President, Society for Prevention Research
- Title: What Works to Prevent Juvenile Delinquency and Substance Use?: A Review of Community-based Interventions and Approaches
- Link to Recording
November 19 (Friday) noon – 1 p
- Speaker: Andrea Cherrington, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Preventive Medicine), School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Title: TBD
Spring 2021 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00 pm via Zoom
January 29, 2021 - Community Engaged HIV Research: Findings, Lessons Learned, and New Directions (RECORDING)
- Robin Lanzi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
February 26, 2021 - Reflections on 30 Years of Struggle Towards Health Justice for Immigrants in North Central Florida
- Robin Lewy, M.S.W., Director of Programming, Rural Women's Health Project
- Recording is available upon request from Susan Chandler at sdchandler@ufl.edu
Fall 2020 Seminars held 12:00 to 1:00 pm via Zoom
September 18, 2020 - Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence: Preliminary Findings (RECORDING)
- Peter Hendricks, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
October 23, 2020 - The Centrality of Family Communication to Cancer Coping and Risk
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Carla Fisher, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Journalism and Communications & UF Health Cancer Center, University of Florida
November 20, 2020 - Plug It In - Healthy Living Services and Programming
- Paige Hamilton, M.S.H, Health and Wellness Coach, YMCA of Florida's First Coast, Jacksonville, FL
Spring 2020
January 17, 2020 - Effects of Experimentally Induced Musculoskeletal Pain on Alcohol Demand
12-1 p.m., Yon Hall Conference Room (#15)
- Jeff Boissoneault, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Co-Director, Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida
February 21, 2020 - WellFlorida and Healthy Start - “Working Together for Healthy Communities”
12-1 p.m., Yon Hall Conference Room (#15)
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Julie Moderie, M.P.H., Chief Operation Office, Program Director of Healthy Start, WellFlorida Council
April 17, 2020 - Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence: Preliminary Findings
12-1 p.m., FLG 250
- Peter Hendricks, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fall 2019
September 27, 2019 - Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Issue
12-1 p.m., Yon Hall Conference Room (#15)
- Lauren DePaola; Founder/CEO, Better Beginnings, LLC
October 18, 2019 - Poverty, Inequity and Calorie Burden: How both social reality and perception drive eating behaviors
12-1 p.m., Yon Hall Conference Room (#15)
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Michelle Cardel; Assistant Professor, Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, Univeristy of Florida
November 15, 2019 - Leveling up you multilevel modeling with latent variables
12-1 p.m., FLG 250
- Katherine Masyn; Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
Spring 2019
January 18 - A New Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery: An Empirical Approach
12-1 p.m., Florida Gym, Room 250
- Katie Witkeiwitz, Ph.D. Regents' Professor, Department of Psychology Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions, University of New Mexico
February 22 - The Unfolding of the Opioid Epidemic: The progression and community response to opioid, heroin, and fentanyl overdoses
12-1 p.m., Florida Gym, Room 250
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Kenneth Leonard, Ph.D., Director, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo
April 19 - Inclusive Fitness and Unified Sports (IFUS): 35 years of partnership
- Julia Varnes, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida; Mona Sayedul Huq, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, University of Florida
Fall 2018
September 21 - A New Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery: An Empirical Approach
12-1 p.m., Florida Gym, Room 250
- Katie Witkeiwitz, Ph.D. Regents' Professor, Department of Psychology Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions, University of New Mexico
October 19 - Health Communication and the Arts
12-1 p.m., Yon Hall North Conference Room (#15)
- Jill Sonke, M.A., Director, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida; Assistant Director, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine
November 16 - Using New Technologies to Improve the Reach and Effectiveness of Obesity Treatment
12-1 p.m., Yon Hall North Conference Room (#15)
- Kathryn Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida
Spring 2018
#OMGThat'smylunchlady! - Maria Eunice, M.S., S.N.S., Director, Alachua Food and Nutrition Services, Gainesville, FL
- Friday, January 26 (12:00pm - 1:00pm)
- Location: Yon Hall North Conference Room (#15)
Lessons Learned from Project INTEGRATE: Promises and Challenges of Data Sharing and Linking - Eun-Young Mun, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems, School of Public Health, University of North Texas
- Friday, February 16 (12:00pm - 1:00pm)
- Loacation: Florida Gym 250
Multi-level Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccination - Stephanie Saras, M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida
- Friday, April 20 (12:00pm - 1:00pm)
- Location: Yon Hall North Conference Room (#15)
Fall 2017
September 22 - David Janicke, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
- Behavior Change Interventions Addressing Obesity in Youth
October 20 - Maggie Labarta, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., Gainesville, FL
- Community Mental Health Centers: A Key Part of the Healthcare Safety Net
November 17 - Thomas H. Brandon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, & Director, Tobacco Research and Intervention
- Translational behavioral research on tobacco use and cessation
Spring 2017
February 17 - Catherine Striley, Ph.D., MSW, ACSW, MPE, Assitant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Univeristy of Florida
- Partnering with Community Members to Improve Individual and Population Health
April 14 - Scott Tonigan, Research Professor, Center on Alcoholism, Abuse, and Addictions, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
- More than Taking a Chair: Alcoholics Anonymous Benefits, Mechanisms, and Social Group Dynamics
Fall 2016
September 23 - Anthony Delisle, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Independent Living of North Central Florida
- The Role of Community Based Organizations in Health Promotion Research and Practice
October 21 - Matthew Martens, Ph.D., Univeristy of Missouri, College of Education, Associate Dean for Administration and Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of Educaitonal, School, and Counseling Psychology
- Using Brief Motivational Interviews to Promote Positive Behavior Change
November 18 - Jesse Dallery, Ph.D., University of Florida, Professor, Department of Psychology
- Behavioral and Digital Technology to Promote Health Behavior
Spring 2016
January 15 - Jalie A. Tucker, Ph.D., M.P.H., UF Department of Health Education and Behavior
- Pills to Needles: Population Health Review and Response to the New Opiate Epidemic
February 19 - Robert Cook, M.D., M.P.H., B.S.P.H., Uf Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine
- Does Alchool and Marijuana Use Correlate with Treatment for Persons Living with HIV in Florida?
March 10 - Delia West, Ph.D., Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina
April 15 - James G. Murphy, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
- Novel Behavioral Economic Approaches for Measuring Substance Abuse Severity and Motivating Change
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