Department of Health Behavior

You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Natalie Blackburn: "An Economic Evaluation of an Alcohol Reduction Intervention in the HIV Clinic Setting in Vietnam" Wednesday, February 19 11 a.m. - noon, McGavran-Greenberg 2301 Committee: Vivian F. Go, PhD (Chair), David W. Dowdy, PhD, Shelley Golden, PhD, Carol E. Golin, PhD, Nisha C.... Read more »

Amanda Kong, a doctoral student in health behavior, will defend her dissertation titled, "Associations of tobacco retailer density with neighborhood sociodemographic, individual smoking behaviors and COPD hospital admission rates: A spatial health approach."

You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Dirk Davis, doctoral candidate in health behavior, titled "How Health Navigation Affects Mental Health: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study with Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV in Guatemala." The defense is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6 from 9-10... Read more »

The Department of Health Behavior is hosting an upcoming talk by doctoral student Iliya Gutin on weight-neutrality in research on body size and health. This presentation will review the limitations of how body size is used in public health research and practice, and discuss how body size can become imbued with social meaning and stereotypes,... Read more »

Join Tiara Willie, PhD, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for a Health Behavior Faculty Candidate Talk titled "An intersectional approach to gender-based violence and women’s health in the United States." This event will be held Rosenau Hall 133 and online. Watch online. Contact Wendi Seiler with questions.

Join Marissa Hall, PhD, for a Health Behavior Faculty Candidate Talk titled "Leveraging behavioral science to inform cancer prevention policies." This talk will be presented in person in Rosenau Hall 133 and online. Watch online. Contact Wendi Seiler with questions.

Please join the Department of Health Behavior for Natalicio (Nat) Serrano’s job talk, entitled “Neighborhoods & physical activity: equitable and sustainable strategies to promote healthy living.” Dr. Serrano is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Cancer Education and Career Development Program (NIH/NCI T32) at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Health Research and... Read more »

Please join the Department of Health Behavior for Dr. Kristin Black's job talk, titled “Centering Women's Health: Enhancing the Health of BIPOC Women & Birthing People through CBPR & Racial Equity Approaches.” Dr. Black is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Watch... Read more »

Please join the Department of Health Behavior for Dr. Cho-Hee Shrader's job talk, titled “Social network analysis: An opportunity to surmount HIV disparities among racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minority communities" Dr. Shrader is a prevention scientist and a postdoctoral research fellow in the ICAP at Columbia University Global HIV Implementation Science Program. In-Person, The Fred... Read more »

Jessica R. Thompson, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. Her research focuses on community-based approaches, chronic disease prevention, Appalachian women's health and systems science. She recently received a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) titled "Reducing Lung Cancer Risk Among Appalachian Women Using... Read more »