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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

InCHIP Seed Grant Letters of Intent Due April 26 & Virtual Meet ‘n’ Greet Videos Available: (1) UConn Brain Imaging Research Center & (2) Community Health Center Association of CT
The letter of intent submission deadline for two InCHIP Seed Grants is Friday, April 26. InCHIP has partnered with the UConn Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC) as well as the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut (CHCACT) to sponsor the seed grants. Both seed grants are described further below and on the InCHIP Seed Grants […]

Qualitative Research Methods Workshop: Building Your Qualitative Toolbox
You are invited to RSVP for the Qualitative Research Methods Workshop: Building Your Qualitative Toolbox. The event will take place from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The workshop is free, and lunch will be provided. There is a maximum number of spaces available, so register as soon as possible!

Lucy Finkelstein-Fox is the First Recipient of the Fisher Fellowship
Pictured from left to right: Dr. Radenka Maric, UConn Vice President for Research; Dr. Jeff Fisher, InCHIP Founding Director (Emeritus); Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, recipient of the first Fisher Fellowship Award; Dr. Amy Gorin, InCHIP Director; Photo credit: Carson Stifel Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology, has been awarded the first Jeffrey D. Fisher Health […]

InCHIP Virtual Meet n’ Greet: UConn Brain Imaging Research Center
Meet virtually with Dr. Fumiko Hoeft, Director of the UConn Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC), and learn about the state-of-the-art equipment, methods, and training offered by the Center. InCHIP and BIRC are co-sponsoring a $30,000 seed grant opportunity (see here). Learn more about the seed grant and BIRC’s resources and services at the Virtual Meet […]