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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

How to get a “K” Development Award? Twitter chat on 12/18/18 at 2PM EST
Interested in a “K” career development award? Then join us on Tuesday, December 18 at 2p ET for a Twitter chat covering everything you ever wanted to know and more about NIH Career Development “K” Awards. We will discuss how to decide whether an NIH K award is right for you, how to prepare one, […]

12/3 InCHIP Webinar: Grow your Seed Grant Projects into Large Externally Funded Research
InCHIP Webinar: Grow your Seed Grant Projects into Large Externally Funded Research Description: Drs. Sherry Pagoto and Molly Waring will lead a workshop on how to plan towards transforming pilot studies funded by internal seed grants into large externally funded research projects. This workshop is intended to inform your thinking as you write your InCHIP […]

December Science Cafe: LGBTQ+ health, well-being, and experiences across the U.S.
Each month CICATS hosts a science cafe with the Kavli Foundation on a different scientific topic. Our science cafe series aims to bring science to members of the community in an engaging and informal way. At this Science Cafe, Drs. Ryan Watson and Rebecca Puhl (Human Development and Family Studies and the Rudd Center) will […]

Letter from InCHIP’s Director
As we head into the Thanksgiving break, I wanted to share some highlights from my first few months as Director of InCHIP. It has certainly b een a busy semester in the Ryan Building. We have hosted four lectures as part of our annual series, kicked off a new Lunch and Learn program, finalized our […]

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