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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Upcoming HIV Research Interest Group Programming
We are pleased to announce InCHIP’s HIV Research Interest Group Programming for 2018! Please check back frequently, additional events and programs may be forthcoming Upcoming Events: Christopher Gordon, PhD Date: Monday, April 30, 2018 Time: 10:00am – 11:30am RSVP for this Webinar “Spring Webinar to Discuss NIH Funding Priorities in HIV Prevention Science” In […]

“K” Career Development Award Seminar May 7th
Description: Post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty are eligible for NIH K Research Career Development Awards which are 4-5 year awards that support mentored research and training. K awards have higher funding rates than R grants and assist junior investigators in developing an independent program of research. This seminar will provide an overview of the K […]

Community-Academic Networking Event on May 11th
| Healthy Communities Through Research: Fostering Equitable Community-Academic Partnerships | When: Friday, May 11, 2018 from 12:00 to 3pm Where: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT Who: For community organizations and academic researchers interested in community-engaged research. This event is free, but registration is required. Register now

NIH Innovation Lab: Junior Faculty Collaboration Opportunity
NIH Innovation Lab: Staying Power: Developing Lifestyle Interventions that Last Innovation Lab methodology is designed to counteract the myriad forces that tend to favor monodisciplinary, incremental science. Innovation Labs move quickly but deliberately to scope the problem and gather data, and then to generate novel combinatorial solutions, “stretch ideas,” and to create and refine solutions/research […]

InCHIP Lecture and Workshop: William A. Fisher 4/26/18
Please join us for two special events on Thursday April 26, 2018! William A. Fisher, PhD Western University Thursday April 26, 2018 Lecture: 12:30 – 1:30pm RSVP for this lecture “Do Good Values Make Bad Science? Research Case Studies in HIV/AIDS, Pornography, and Sexuality” The current analysis contrasts two approaches to research on socially significant […]

Collaboratory on School and Child Health Helping to Develop CT Model for Trauma-Informed Schools By Beth Krane
A growing awareness of the prevalence of childhood exposure to trauma and an increased understanding of its corrosive, potentially lifelong impacts on health and behavior together are fueling a national movement to create trauma-informed schools, says InCHIP Principal Investigator (PI) Sandra Chafouleas. Such schools foster environments that are responsive...

Some Posts in Online Weight Loss Communities More Predictive of Success Than Others By Beth Krane
Likes, followers, posts. These are the signs of popularity or success on personal social media pages. When it comes to using social media to promote healthy behaviors, research has revealed that, in those spaces too, posting more often is generally associated with better outcomes. But the frequency of posts doesn’t tell the full story, according […]

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