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HEB Seminars Archive

Take a look through the wide variety of seminars we have held throughout the years.

September 29

  • Speaker: Jinwon Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management, College of Health & Human Performance, University of Florida
  • Title: Why Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Health Research?

October 20

  • Speaker: Jeroen Lakerveld, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Center
  • Title: The Upstream Determinants of Obesity

December 4

  • Speaker: Laura Balis, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
  • Title: Life at an Independent Research Nonprofit: Partnerships, Projects and Potential Opportunities

January 27

  • Speaker: Michael Hecht, Ph.D., President, REAL Prevention, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Penn State University
  • Title: Designing and Evaluating Narrative Health Messages

March 3

  • Speaker: Lauren Bohlen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University
  • Title: Improving Dissemination of Technology-Delivered Physical Activity Interventions

April 21

  • Speaker: Yan Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida
  • Title: Leveraging Mobile Technology in Substance Use Research and Intervention: Opportunities and Challenges

September 23

  • Speaker: Roberto Abreu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida
  • Title: Unpacking the Role of Cultural Values, Beliefs and Traditions in the Well-Being of Latinx LGBTQ People

October 21

  • Speaker: Chelsea Fleck, MS, BCBA, LABA, Program Specialist, New England Center for Children
  • Title: Integrating Research and Practice to Improve Health Outcomes for Children with Developmental Disabilities

November 18

  • Speaker: Dori Pekmezi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Title: Technology-and-Theory-Supported Lifestyle Interventions for Addressing Rural Cancer Disparities

January 28

  • Speaker: Brian J. Cook, Ph.D., Vice President of Movement, Research, and Outcomes, Alsana
  • Title: Translating Evidence-Based Research Into Clinical Practice: Lessons Learned from Exercise in Eating Disorders Treatment

February 18

  • Speaker: Melissa M. Crane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University
  • Title: Engaging Men Working in Blue-Collar Occupations in Weight Loss

April 8

  • Speaker: Rebecca L. Pearl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
  • Title: Weight Bias and Stigma: Barriers to Health Promotion

September 24

  • Speaker: Mary J. Wheatley , I.O.M., C.A.E., Chief Executive Officer, Scleroderma Foundation
  • Title: Organization Management for Mission Impact

October 22

  • Speaker: Abigail A. Fagan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, President, Society for Prevention Research
  • Title: What Works to Prevent Juvenile Delinquency and Substance Use?: A Review of Community-Based Interventions and Approaches

November 19

  • Speaker: Andrea Cherrington, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Preventive Medicine), School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  • Title: TBD

January 29

  • Speaker: Robin Lanzi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Title: Community Engaged HIV Research: Findings, Lessons Learned and New Directions

February 26

  • Speaker: Robin Lewy, M.S.W., Director of Programming, Rural Women’s Health Project
  • Title: Reflections on 30 Years of Struggle Towards Health Justice for Immigrants in North Central Florida

September 18

  • Speaker: Peter Hendricks, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Title: Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence: Preliminary Findings 

October 23

  • Speaker: Carla Fisher, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Journalism and Communications & UF Health Cancer Center, University of Florida
  • Title: The Centrality of Family Communication to Cancer Coping and Risk

November 20

  • Speaker: Paige Hamilton, M.S.H, Health and Wellness Coach, YMCA of Florida’s First Coast, Jacksonville, FL
  • Title: Plug It In—Healthy Living Services and Programming

January 17

  • Speaker: Jeff Boissoneault, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Co-Director, Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida
  • Title: Effects of Experimentally Induced Musculoskeletal Pain on Alcohol Demand

February 21

  • Speaker: Julie Moderie, M.P.H., Chief Operation Office, Program Director of Healthy Start, WellFlorida Council
  • Title: WellFlorida and Healthy Start: Working Together for Healthy Communities

April 17

  • Speaker: Peter Hendricks, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Title: Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence: Preliminary Findings

September 27

  • Speaker: Lauren DePaola, Founder/CEO, Better Beginnings, LLC
  • Title: Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Issue

October 18

  • Speaker: Michelle Cardel,  Assistant Professor, Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida
  • Title: Poverty, Inequity and Calorie Burden: How Both Social Reality and Perception Drive Eating Behaviors

November 15

  • Speaker: Katherine Masyn, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
  • Title: Leveling Up Your Multilevel Modeling with Latent Variables

January 18

  • Speaker: Katie Witkeiwitz, Ph.D. Regents’ Professor, Department of Psychology Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions, University of New Mexico
  • Title: A New Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery: An Empirical Approach

February 22

  • Speaker: Kenneth Leonard, Ph.D., Director, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo
  • Title: The Unfolding of the Opioid Epidemic: The Progression and Community Response to Opioid, Heroin and Fentanyl Overdoses

April 19

  • Speakers: Julia Varnes, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida and Mona Sayedul Huq, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, University of Florida
  • Title: Inclusive Fitness and Unified Sports (IFUS): 35 Years of Partnership

September 21

  • Speaker: Katie Witkeiwitz, Ph.D. Regents’ Professor, Department of Psychology Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions, University of New Mexico
  • Title: A New Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery: An Empirical Approach

October 19

  • Speaker: Jill Sonke, M.A., Director, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida; Assistant Director, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine
  • Title: Health Communication and the Arts

November 16

  • Speaker: Kathryn Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida
  • Title: Using New Technologies to Improve the Reach and Effectiveness of Obesity Treatment

January 26

  • Speaker: Maria Eunice, M.S., S.N.S., Director, Alachua Food and Nutrition Services, Gainesville, FL
  • Title: #OMGThat’smylunchlady! 

February 16

  • Speaker: Eun-Young Mun, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems, School of Public Health, University of North Texas
  • Title: Lessons Learned from Project INTEGRATE: Promises and Challenges of Data Sharing and Linking

April 20

  • Speaker: Stephanie Saras, M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida
  • Title: Multi-level Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccination

September 22

  • Speaker: David Janicke, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
  • Title: Behavior Change Interventions Addressing Obesity in Youth

October 20

  • Speaker: Maggie Labarta, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., Gainesville, FL
  • Title: Community Mental Health Centers: A Key Part of the Healthcare Safety Net

November 17

  • Speaker: Thomas H. Brandon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, & Director, Tobacco Research and Intervention
  • Title: Translational Behavioral Research on Tobacco Use and Cessation

February 17

  • Speaker: Catherine Striley, Ph.D., MSW, ACSW, MPE, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida
  • Title: Partnering with Community Members to Improve Individual and Population Health

April 14

  • Speaker: Scott Tonigan, Research Professor, Center on Alcoholism, Abuse, and Addictions, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
  • Title: More than Taking a Chair: Alcoholics Anonymous Benefits, Mechanisms and Social Group Dynamics

September 23

  • Speaker: Anthony Delisle, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Independent Living of North Central Florida
  • Title: The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Health Promotion Research and Practice

October 21

  • Speaker: Matthew Martens, Ph.D., University of Missouri, College of Education, Associate Dean for Administration and Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
  • Title: Using Brief Motivational Interviews to Promote Positive Behavior Change

November 18

  • Speaker: Jesse Dallery, Ph.D., University of Florida, Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Title: Behavioral and Digital Technology to Promote Health Behavior

January 15

  • Speaker: Jalie A. Tucker, Ph.D., M.P.H., UF Department of Health Education and Behavior
  • Title: Pills to Needles: Population Health Review and Response to the New Opiate Epidemic

February 19

  • Speaker: Robert Cook, M.D., M.P.H., B.S.P.H., UF Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine
  • Title: Does Alcohol and Marijuana Use Correlate with Treatment for Persons Living with HIV in Florida?

March 10

  • Speaker: Delia West, Ph.D., Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina
  • Title: Stanley Lecture

April 15

  • Speaker: James G. Murphy, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
  • Title: Novel Behavioral Economic Approaches for Measuring Substance Abuse Severity and Motivating Change