UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media
The Center for mHealth and Social Media (CHASM) advances the science of digital health by applying existing and developing novel digital technologies to the study of health promotion through research and intervention.
UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity is dedicated to promoting solutions to childhood obesity, poor diet, and weight bias through research and policy.
Collaboratory on School and Child Health
The Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) facilitates innovative and impactful connections across research, policy, and practice arenas to advance equity in school and child health. CSCH is committed to anti-racist work that prioritizes inclusion, reduces disparities, and creates systemic change.
Upcoming Events
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Sep
20
Gun Violence Prevention Research Seminar12:00pm
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Sep
21
InCHIP Lunch And Learn: Imagining Career Paths Beyond The Academy12:30pm
InCHIP Lunch And Learn: Imagining Career Paths Beyond The Academy
Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Other Online
During the 2021-22 Academic Year InCHIP’s Lunch and Learn will explore some of the different career paths possible for graduate students outside of the traditional route of the academy.These talks will be informal spaces for students to hear from former UConn PhD students who have gone on to apply their expertise in domains beyond academia in recent years.
This workshop will feature Jamie Foster,PhD who is the State Representative in the Connecticut General Assembly for the 57th District of Ellington and East Windsor
Learn More and RSVP: https://chip.uconn.edu/lunch-and-learn/ -
Sep
29
Webinar: Improving Retention In Clinical Trials1:00pm
Webinar: Improving Retention In Clinical Trials
Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus Webex
Speakers: Danielle Jake-Schoffman, PhD & Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Description: Retention in clinical trials is critical for assessing the efficacy of clinical interventions. Follow-up procedures post-intervention provide an opportunity to glean information from participants regarding their involvement and takeaways. Drs. Jake-Schoffman and Pagoto will discuss steps we can take to encourage greater participant involvement through follow-up assessments, including innovative procedures implemented pre-enrollment.
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Oct
7
InCHIP Lecture: Future Direction In Understanding And Addressing Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth12:30pm
InCHIP Lecture: Future Direction In Understanding And Addressing Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth
Thursday, October 7th, 2021
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Other Webex
In Recognition of World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
Jessica Fish, Ph.D., University of Maryland
"Future Direction in Understanding and
Addressing Mental Health among LGBTQ Youth"
October 7, 2021
12:30 – 1:30pm
Today’s LGBTQ youth come of age at a time of dynamic social and political change concerning LGBTQ rights and visibility yet remain vulnerable to compromised mental health. Despite advances, there remain critical gaps in large-scale evidence-based prevention and intervention programs designed to support the positive development and mental health of LGBTQ youth. To spur advances in research and translation, I propose six distinct but interrelated considerations to developing future research and (ultimately) programs to address LGBTQ youth mental health: (1) framing LGBTQ health disparities in a life course perspective; (2) expanding notions of mental health; (3) attending to the complexity of youth’s context; (4) acknowledging heterogeneity; (5) leveraging community resources; and (6) fostering team science approaches for inquiry and application. By addressing these issues, we will ultimately provide new and innovative strategies for supporting the positive development and wellbeing of LGBTQ young people.
View the upcoming series, access RSVP's, and watch archived lectures: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/ -
Oct
21
InCHIP Lecture Series: Matthew Miller12:30pm
InCHIP Lecture Series: Matthew Miller
Thursday, October 21st, 2021
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Other Webex
Matthew Miller, MD, ScD, MPH, Northeastern University; Harvard University
Topic: Injury and Violence Prevention
October 21, 2021 | 12:30 – 1:30pm
Dr. Miller is Professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology at Northeastern University, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Co-Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Dr Miller is an expert in injury and violence prevention. His research encompasses intentional and unintentional injury, with an emphasis of firearm related violence and suicide prevention that focuses on nature of the agent of injury and the contextual aspects of the physical and social environment that can be modified to prevent death and reduce injury severity without necessarily affecting underlying behavior. In addition to empirical work in injury prevention, Dr. Miller’s scholarship includes pharmacoepidemiology and work on the fundamental and often unrecognized tension between research and therapy in clinical trials. Dr. Miller is Assistant Editor of the journal Injury Epidemiology and a recipient of the Excellence in Science Award from the American Public Health Association. Dr. Miller teaches research methods at Northeastern.
View the upcoming series, access RSVP's, and watch archived lectures: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/
