Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)

Health Disparities
InCHIP health disparity research examines the differences in health-related outcomes (e.g., diet and obesity, vaccine completion, reproductive health) as a function of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, and other demographic variables.
Health Disparities Research
Autism
Autism research at InCHIP addresses several critical topics in the field, such as early detection, parental training, and innovative interventions to help children with autism improve their social, communication and gross motor skills.
Autism Research
Dissemination and Implementation Science
InCHIP dissemination and implementation (D&I) research recognizes the gap between research and practice and is designed to advance the D&I of evidence-based practices in health promotion and disease prevention interventions. [Photo Credit: http://www.tagxedo.com/]
Dissemination and Implementation Science
Obesity
InCHIP obesity research seeks to understand and influence the individual, social, and environmental factors contributing to our nation’s obesity epidemic. In 2015, InCHIP became home to the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, which is dedicated to improving the world’s diet, preventing obesity, and reducing weight stigma.
Obesity Research
Global Health
About 15% of active InCHIP projects involve health behavior change interventions designed or adapted for sustainability around the world. InCHIP’s research portfolio in Africa is especially robust and largely focused on the core problem area of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
Global Health
HIV/AIDS
InCHIP’s historic roots are in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment research, with a special focus on HIV risk behavior and an increasingly international scope.
HIV/AIDS Research
School and Child Health
InCHIP research in school and child health focuses on efforts to inform healthy, safe, supporting, and engaging environments for all children.
School and Child Health
Cancer
InCHIP cancer research is focused on studying and intervening along the entire cancer control continuum from primary prevention to early detection/diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life issues.
Cancer Research
Sexual Risk Behavior / Reproductive Health
InCHIP’s research on sexual risk behaviors includes the development and evaluation of interventions for pregnancy prevention, the reproductive health of people living with HIV, and the enhancement of partner notification practices around potential HIV/STI exposure.
Sexual Risk Behavior / Reproductive Health Research
Welcome to InCHIP
InCHIP is an independent, multidisciplinary research center at the University of Connecticut dedicated to the creation and dissemination of new scientific knowledge and theoretical frameworks in the areas of health behavior, health behavior change, health intervention and prevention at multiple levels of analysis.
Welcome to InCHIP
Treatment Adherence and Retention in Care
InCHIP’s work in treatment adherence and retention in care targets a variety of at-risk populations including men who have sex with men, people with poor literacy skills, and recently released prisoners.
Treatment Adherence and Retention in Care
Alcohol and Substance Use
InCHIP researchers design alcohol and substance use interventions for at-risk populations, from youth to newly-released prisoners transitioning back into the community.
Alcohol and Substance Use Research
Diabetes
InCHIP diabetes research includes the development, implementation, and evaluation of theory-driven diabetes self-care interventions and interventions that encourage provider involvement with patients’ self-management of symptoms.
Diabetes Research
Exercise Science
InCHIP researchers from UConn’s top-ranked Kinesiology Department study a broad range of topics including exercise genomics and exercise interventions.
Exercise Science
Complementary & Alternative Approaches to Medicine
InCHIP’s alternative therapy researchers investigate the physical and mental health benefits of sustained yoga practice, have developed a translational tool that allows researchers to design and compare yoga interventions, and have examined the relationship between religiousness/spirituality and physical health.
Complementary & Alternative Approaches to Medicine
Digital Health
InCHIP digital health research involves the use of mobile technologies, social media, web-based interventions, sensors, and other new technologies to assess, monitor, and modify health and health behavior.
Digital Health

InCHIP Guest Speaker: Linda Collins, PhD
Linda Collins, PhD PennState University Monday, November 26, 2018 12:00– 1:00pm “Optimization of behavioral and biobehavioral interventions” Lunch will be served RSVP to Attend Dr. Linda Collins is the Director of The Methodology Center at Penn State and a Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies. She is a pioneer in the optimization of […]

CICATS November Science Cafe: Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering and synthetic biology are relatively new fields that are gaining media attention and causing great amounts of debate – both from the scientific and ethical points of view. Attendees at this November cafe will hear background knowledge for rational, evidence-based discussion of the topic. Representatives from UConn iGem will speak about their work […]

InCHIP Lecture Series: Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman
In Recognition of World AIDS Day! Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:30 – 1:30pm Please RSVP to attend “Innovations in Mobile Technology for Engaging Youth in Treatment and Prevention” Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Infectious Diseases and Health Behavior, University of […]

Get Feedback on your next Grant Proposal!
Grant Proposal Incubator: 11/28/18 As part of InCHIP’s Training and Development Core, the Grant Proposal Incubator (GPI) provides an opportunity for UConn Faculty and Postdocs to get feedback on their grant proposals from researchers with significant experience in acquiring grants. The GPI is co-directed by Mike Copenhaver (Allied Health Sciences) and Rick Gibbons (Psychological Sciences). […]

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