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

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			1pm Webinar: Improving Retention In Clinical Trials 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. Register and submit questions: https://mhealth.inchip.uconn.edu/training-2/ Contact Information: Haley Troy, haley.troy@uconn.edu More
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				12:30pm InCHIP Lecture: Future Direction In Understanding And Addressing Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth 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/ Contact Information: lectureseries@chip.uconn.edu More
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	6pm InCHIP & Copper Beech Inst. Workshop On Connection And Exploring The Science Of Mindfulness And Relationships InCHIP & Copper Beech Inst. Workshop On Connection And Exploring The Science Of Mindfulness And Relationships Monday, October 18th, 2021 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Other Virtual INCHIP MIND-BODY HEALTH RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP AND COPPER BEECH INSTITUTE PRESENT Connection: Exploring the Science of Mindfulness and Relationships Virtual workshop led by Vamsi Koneru, PhD Monday, October 18, 2021 @ 6:00-8:00pm When we consider what we need to survive and thrive, our experience in meaningful relationships is the most important. Being socially connected promotes greater health and resilience and is at the core of our happiness and life satisfaction. So how do we cultivate flourishing relationships? Deeper connection and satisfaction in relationships is linked to higher levels of mindfulness. Our brains are social organs and that means that we are wired to interact and bond with one another. We will deeply explore this concept by considering the science of mindfulness and relationships as well as by sharing in several mindfulness practices that promote internal reflection, compassion, and connection. Register at https://chip.uconn.edu/exploring-the-science-of-mindfulness-and-relationships/ Contact Information: deborah.cornman@uconn.edu More			12:30pm InCHIP Lecture Series: Matthew Miller 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/ Contact Information: lectureseries@chip.uconn.edu More
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				1pm Webinar: Geographic Information System (GIS) For Social Media Research: Opportunities And Challenges Webinar: Geographic Information System (GIS) For Social Media Research: Opportunities And Challenges Thursday, October 28th, 2021 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM Storrs Campus Webex Speaker: Debs Ghosh, PhD, MPhil, MA Description: Social media is a powerful communication mechanism. Statista, a market research company, estimates that there are 2.77 billion regular users of social media today producing “big” datasets of commentary, criticism (or misinformation!), photos, and videos. Although this is a gold mine data for researchers, social media data is “big, messy, unstructured, and noisy”. The key concepts of Geographic Information Science and Systems (GIS) – place, time, and scale — can help data scientists understand the context and answer the questions about when and where of such data. This webinar will explore with examples the spectrum of GIS applications of social media data, highlighting new opportunities as well as challenges. Register and submit questions: https://mhealth.inchip.uconn.edu/training-2/ Contact Information: Haley Troy, haley.troy@uconn.edu More
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			2pm Webinar: Research-Based Entrepreneurship And Entrepreneurial Research Webinar: Research-Based Entrepreneurship And Entrepreneurial Research Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Storrs Campus Webex Speaker: Shiri Dori-Hacohen, PhD Description: In this webinar, Dr. Dori-Hacohen will introduce attendees to the Lean LaunchPad methodology of research-based entrepreneurship and to the notion that research goals can (and sometimes, should) shift in response to market needs. LLP was created by Steve Blank and is the preferred mode of customer discovery recommended by the National Science Foundation. Regardless of whether you are an entrepreneur, a researcher, or work at a for-profit, governmental or non-profit org, this approach can help you clarify what are the biggest challenges facing the populations you serve. As a case study, we will use Dr. Dori-Hacohen’s start-up, AuCoDe, grounding the webinar with a real-world example. Register and submit questions: https://mhealth.inchip.uconn.edu/training-2/ Contact Information: Haley Troy, haley.troy@uconn.edu More	12:30pm InCHIP Lecture: Developing Efficacious Parent-Based Interventions To Reduce Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Disparities And Promote Sexual Health InCHIP Lecture: Developing Efficacious Parent-Based Interventions To Reduce Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Disparities And Promote Sexual Health Thursday, November 4th, 2021 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Other Webex Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, Duke University "Developing Efficacious Parent-Based Interventions to Reduce Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Disparities and Promote Sexual Health" November 4, 2021 \| 12:30 – 1:30pm Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, is Dean and Professor, Duke University School of Nursing and Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University. He is the founding director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH) at Duke University. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner dually licensed in primary care (ANP-BC) and psychiatric-mental health nursing (PMHNP-BC) and he is credentialed as an HIV Specialist (AAHIVS) by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. Widely regarded as an expert in adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health promotion, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos’ research has been funded externally for two decades by the NIH, CDC, HRSA, and various federal agencies. His research focuses on the role of families in promoting adolescent and young adult health among Latinos and in other underserved communities, with a special focus on preventing HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and improving care outcomes for youth receiving HIV prevention and care services. He has published extensively in leading scientific journals and his research and scholarship has led to widespread coverage in well-known media sources. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos currently serves as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), the HHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents, the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment. He also serves on the Latino Commission on AIDS Board of Directors, the Power to Decide Board of Directors, and the Ending the HIV Epidemic Working Group of the HIV Medicine Association. View the upcoming series, access RSVP's, and watch archived lectures: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/ Contact Information: lectureseries@chip.uconn.edu More

10/7InCHIP Lecture: Future Direction In Understanding And Addressing Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth

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/

Contact Information: lectureseries@chip.uconn.edu More

10/18InCHIP & Copper Beech Inst. Workshop On Connection And Exploring The Science Of Mindfulness And Relationships

InCHIP & Copper Beech Inst. Workshop On Connection And Exploring The Science Of Mindfulness And Relationships
Monday, October 18th, 2021
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Other
Virtual

INCHIP MIND-BODY HEALTH RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP AND
COPPER BEECH INSTITUTE
PRESENT

Connection: Exploring the Science of Mindfulness and Relationships

Virtual workshop led by Vamsi Koneru, PhD

Monday, October 18, 2021 @ 6:00-8:00pm

When we consider what we need to survive and thrive, our experience in meaningful relationships is the most important. Being socially connected promotes greater health and resilience and is at the core of our happiness and life satisfaction.

So how do we cultivate flourishing relationships? Deeper connection and satisfaction in relationships is linked to higher levels of mindfulness.

Our brains are social organs and that means that we are wired to interact and bond with one another. We will deeply explore this concept by considering the science of mindfulness and relationships as well as by sharing in several mindfulness practices that promote internal reflection, compassion, and connection.

Register at https://chip.uconn.edu/exploring-the-science-of-mindfulness-and-relationships/

Contact Information: deborah.cornman@uconn.edu More

10/21InCHIP Lecture Series: Matthew Miller

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/

Contact Information: lectureseries@chip.uconn.edu More

10/28Webinar: Geographic Information System (GIS) For Social Media Research: Opportunities And Challenges

Webinar: Geographic Information System (GIS) For Social Media Research: Opportunities And Challenges
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Webex

Speaker: Debs Ghosh, PhD, MPhil, MA
Description: Social media is a powerful communication mechanism. Statista, a market research company, estimates that there are 2.77 billion regular users of social media today producing “big” datasets of commentary, criticism (or misinformation!), photos, and videos. Although this is a gold mine data for researchers, social media data is “big, messy, unstructured, and noisy”. The key concepts of Geographic Information Science and Systems (GIS) – place, time, and scale — can help data scientists understand the context and answer the questions about when and where of such data. This webinar will explore with examples the spectrum of GIS applications of social media data, highlighting new opportunities as well as challenges.
Register and submit questions: https://mhealth.inchip.uconn.edu/training-2/

Contact Information: Haley Troy, haley.troy@uconn.edu More

InCHIP Lecture Series

Each semester, the InCHIP Lecture Series brings nationally and internationally recognized leaders in health behavior research from diverse academic fields to the University of Connecticut to inform and strengthen existing InCHIP research endeavors and to foster new multidisciplinary collaborations.

Research Interest Group Events

Upcoming Event on October 18 at 6-8 pm:

“Connection: Exploring the Science of Mindfulness and Relationships.” Led by Dr. Vamsi Koneru from Copper Beech Institute.

Learn More & Register

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