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Gun Violence Prevention Research Networking Event 12/9/19
Description: UConn Researchers are invited to take part in this networking event focused on Gun Violence Prevention. This event serves two purposes: 1) to develop the network of researchers at UConn interested in working in the area of gun violence prevention via short presentations and 2) to describe the InCHIP Seed Grant Opportunity on gun […]

InCHIP Lecture Series: Sheela Shenoi
Please join us for our first event in the Spring 2020 InCHIP Lecture Series! Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:30 – 1:30pm RSVP “Community-based Screening for TB and HIV in Rural Africa” Sheela Shenoi is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the AIDS Program of the Section of Infectious Diseases at Yale […]

InCHIP Lecture Series: John M. Jakicic
In Recognition of Heart Health Month! Thursday, February 13, 2020 John M. Jakicic, PhD, University of Pittsburgh “Contemporary Perspectives of Physical Activity: Maximizing the Benefits for Health and Well-Being” 12:30-1:30 pm J. Ray Ryan Building, Room 204 (second floor). RSVP CEU credits will be offered to Psychologists who attend this lecture. This talk will focus […]

InCHIP Lecture Series: Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Please join us for our next event in the Spring 2020 InCHIP Lecture Series! Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:30 – 1:30pm RSVP “Nutritional Factors during the Periconception Period and in Early Childhood that Impact Weight Status of the Mom and Child” Dr. Siega-Riz’s research focuses on the first 1000 days of […]

Jan 30 InCHIP Lecture: Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH

Thursday, January 30th, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine

Thursday, January 30, 2020

J. Ray Ryan Building, Room 204

Sheela Shenoi is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the AIDS Program of the Section of Infectious Diseases at Yale University School of Medicine. She conducts clinical research on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis with a focus on resource-limited settings. She evaluates strategies to improve diagnosis, linkage and retention in care, exploring the role of community-based services and community health workers to facilitate implementation. She prioritizes prevention strategies and integration of HIV and TB services. She serves as a member of Yale’s Global Health Program committee of the Department of Medicine.

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Feb 13 InCHIP Lecture: John M. Jakicic, PhD12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: John M. Jakicic, PhD

Thursday, February 13th, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

John M. Jakicic, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, February 13, 2020

J. Ray Ryan Building, Room 204

John M. Jakicic, PhD is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Health and Physical Activity, and is also the Director of the Healthy Lifestyle Institute. In these roles he has been instrumental in transformative initiatives at the regional, national, and international levels to emphasis the important of physical activity as a key lifestyle behavior for enhancing health. Dr. Jakicic has a national and international reputation as a leading scholar in this area, which has resulted in Dr. Jakicic securing over $40 million (direct costs) in extramural funding to support these research efforts. This also resulted in Dr. Jakicic authoring or co-authoring over 220 research manuscripts and book chapters during his career. These efforts include Dr. Jakicic serving as the Principal Investigator at the Pittsburgh Clinical Center for the multi-center MoTrPAC Study, which is the largest investment by the National Institutes of Health to study pathways by which exercise enhances health. Dr. Jakicic’s research also focuses on the interaction between energy expenditure and energy intake, the influence of these factors on body weight regulation, and the biological and behavioral pathways by which physical activity impacts health-related outcomes. Dr. Jakicic has served on various national and international committees to develop physical activity guidelines for the prevention and treatment of obesity and other chronic conditions, and was a member of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee. Thus, he has been influential in the heightened awareness of physical activity and sedentary behavior as a key lifestyle factors related to health.

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Feb 27 InCHIP Lecture: Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD

Thursday, February 27th, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at UMass Amherst

Thursday, February 27, 2020

J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Dr. Siega-Riz’s research focuses on the first 1000 days of life by understanding the influence of maternal weight status and dietary patterns/behaviors in the etiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including but not limited to, gestational diabetes, pregnancy induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain. She is also exploring food reward and sensitivity among pregnant women and early determinants of childhood obesity in the Pregnancy Eating Attributes (PEAS) study funded by NICHD with colleagues at the University of North Carolina https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/diphr/officebranch/sbsb/pregnancy_eating and the association of maternal preconceptional health with childhood eating and weight status among Hispanics in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL https://www2.cscc.unc.edu/hchs/) funded by NIDDK. Other research interests include examining the determinants and consequences of food insecurity and the implications of food policy on health outcomes.

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Mar 12 InCHIP Lecture: Dustin T. Duncan, ScD 12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: Dustin T. Duncan, ScD

Thursday, March 12th, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Dustin T. Duncan, ScD, NYU School of Medicine, Langone Health

Thursday, March 12, 2020

J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Dr. Duncan is an internationally recognized social and spatial epidemiologist studying how specific neighborhood characteristics influence population health and health disparities, among sexual and gender minorities, especially gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women from an intersectional perspective. His research has a strong domestic focus—including in New York City—but my recent work spans the globe, including studies in Paris, London, and Abu Dhabi. Forthcoming collaborative projects are in east Africa. Methodologically, his research utilizes a geospatial lens to apply, for example, computer-based geographic information systems (GIS), web-based and real-time geospatial technologies, and geospatial modeling techniques. For instance, he applies Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and smartphones to examine spatial mobility and social networks in and across neighborhoods. His work appears in leading public health, medical, geography, criminology, demography and psychology journals. He has over 150 high-impact publications and book chapters, and his research has appeared in major media outlets including U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, the New York Times and CNN.

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Mar 26 InCHIP Lecture: C. Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D.12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: C. Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D.

Thursday, March 26th, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

C. Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Thursday, March 26, 2020

J. Ray Ryan Building, Room 204

Dr. Furr-Holden is the Associate Dean for Public Health Integration and Director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD; #U54MD011227) and also serves as the MSU Co-Director of the Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center. She is an epidemiologist and classically-trained public health professional with expertise in drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science. She attended Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (BA Natural Sciences and Public Health, 1996) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (PhD, 1999).

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