i-BSHS Seminar Series

The Innovations in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences (i-BSHS) lecture series is sponsored by the C.V. Starr Lectureship. i-BSHS presentations are designed to promote collaboration and to showcase innovative research falling under four broad themes: Health Disparities, Community Engagement, Technology, Intervention Development.

i-BSHS lectures focus of the following core research areas: Alcohol and other drug use; Smoking and tobacco use; Obesity, Nutrition, Physical Activity; HIV and sexually transmitted infections; Behavioral medicine; and Health Disparities and Culture.

2022-2023 Schedule

10-08-21

Angela Haeny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
Lecture Title: Addressing racial trauma in substance use treatment for Black adults
Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race + Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

11-05-21

Peter Hovmand, Ph.D., MSW
Professor, Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine
Charles Elton Blanchard, M.D. Professorship in Health Management
Case Western Reserve University
Lecture Title: Social Determinants of Health from a Feedback Perspective: Insights and Opportunities for Advancing Health Equity through Collective Impact Initiatives
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02-04-22

Theresa S. Betancourt, ScD, MA
Salem Professor in Global Practice
Director of the Research Program on Children and Adversity
Boston College
Co-presenter: Brown Univeristy, School of Public Health, MPH Candidate Lila Chamlagai
Lecture Title: Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Refugees Resettled in the US: Community Partnerships and the Role of Implementation Science

2020-2021 Schedule

09-25-20

Lisa Bowleg, MA, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Social Psychology, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Founding Director, Intersectionality Training Institute
The George Washington University
Lecture Title: The Problem with the Phrase “Women and Minorities”: Intersectionality, An Indispensable Critical Theoretical Framework for Behavioral and Social Health Science Research
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11-20-20

Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
Lecture Title: Old Disparities, New Disparities: Time for Real Change
Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race + Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

02-19-21

Gary Bennett, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Global Health and Medicine
Duke University
Lecture Title: Digital Obesity Treatment Among the Medically Vulnerable
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2019-2020 Schedule:

10-04-2019

Belinda Borrelli, PhD
Director, Center for Behavioral Science Research
Professor, Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research
Boston University, Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Lecture Title: Stealth Interventions to Motivate and Sustain Health Behavior Change: High Tech and High Touch Approaches
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10-25-2019

Jay Irwin
Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Program Chair
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Lecture Title: Transgender Health: Lessons from the Field and Future Directions
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11-01-2019

Kathleen Carroll
Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Psychosocial Research Division of Addictions
Principal Investigator, Psychotherapy Development Center for Drug Abuse
Yale School of Medicine
Lecture Title: Computer Based Training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: From Design to Dissemination
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11-22-2019

John Jemmott III, PhD
Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry
Director, Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
Lecture Title: Using Social Psychological Theory Integrated with Culture to Improve Physical Activity and Diet in South Africa
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02-14-2020

Community Engagement Panel
“Real Talk: Community Perspectives on Research Partnerships & How to Improve Them”
Akosua Dankwah, MPH - WTL HealthClinic, INC
Richard Holcomb - Project Weber/RENEW
Carlon Howard - BreakthroughProvidence
Malaysia King - Sojourner House
Clement Shabani - Women’s Refugee Care
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2018-2019 Schedule:

10-05-2018

Jose Bauermeister
Lecture Title: "HIV Prevention in the Digital Era: Is there an app for that? "

10-26-2018

Allison Mathews
Lecture Title: "From 2BeatHIV to Digital LinCS: Using Crowdsourcing and Technology to Innovate HIV Research Engagement"

3-1-2019

Jaime Booth
Lecture Title: Understanding youths' exposure to neighborhood stressors in real time: A youth engaged pilot test of EMA methods and measures

4-19-2019

Shiriki Kumanyika
Lecture Title: "The Context for Choice: Food Marketing and Black Community Health."

2017-2018 Schedule:

10-27-2017

Valerie Jernigan, DrPH, MPH
Lecture Title: "Policy and Environmental Interventions to Address Cardiovascular Disease with Native American Nations"
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11-10-2017

Sara Becker, PhD
Lecture Title: "Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Behavioral Treatment: A Complementary Approach to Traditional"
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11-17-2017

Patrick Sullivan, PhD, DVM
Lecture Title: "PrEP Three Ways: Tailoring HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Programs to Local HIV Epidemics"
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2-16-18

Wizdom Powell, PhD
Lecture Title: “Policy Disrupting single stories about Black male health equity”
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3-02-18

Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD
Lecture Title: “The emerging injection drug use crisis: Consequences and prevention options”
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5-11-18

Steven Gortmaker, PhD
Lecture Title: “The Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Epidemic: The Most Cost- Effective Prevention Strategies”

2016-2017 Schedule:

9-23-2016

Audrey Pettifor, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
UNC, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Lecture Title: Cash transfers: Addressing structural determinants to reduce HIV risk in young South African women
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11-04-2016

Stephen Intille, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Sciences,
Northeastern University
Lecture Title: Measuring Behavior Using Mobile Technology and Micro Ecological Momentary Assessment
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2-03-2017

Gary W. Harper, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Lecture Title: For You or For Youth? Collaborative Community Engagement in HIV Prevention Intervention Development for Youth
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3-03-2017

Alka Kanaya, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of California
Lecture Title: Sociocultural Determinants of Cardiometabolic Disease among South Asians: The MASALA Study
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3-31-2017

Frederick Muench, PhD
Director, Digital Health Interventions, CASPIR at Northwell Health
Lecture Title: Building and sustaining multi-modal digital behavioral health interventions
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4-21-2017

Lorna Haughton McNeill, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor & Deputy Dept Chair, Department of Health Disparities Research
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lecture Title: Eight years of building research partnerships with African American churches in Houston--Project CHURCH
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2015-2016 Schedule:

10-2-2015

Sherry Pagoto, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lecture Title: "Using Social Media to Deliver Lifestyle Interventions"
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10-23-2015

Andrea Acevedo, PhD
Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Lecture Title: "Understanding Disparities in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders"
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2-26-2016

Abigail Harrison, PhD
Brown School of Public Health -BSS
2015 Innovations Award Winner
Lecture Title: "Engaging Adolescent Girls in Community-based HIV Prevention in South Africa"
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3-25-2016

David Wetter, PhD
Department of Psychology
Rice University
Lecture Title: "Social Determinants and Smoking Cessation”
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4-22-2016 (POSTPONED)

Audrey Pettifor, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
UNC, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Lecture Title: "Cash transfers: Addressing structural determinants to reduce HIV risk in young South African women"

2014-2015 Schedule:

10-24-2014

Stephen B. Thomas
University of Maryland School of Public Health
Lecture Title: "Toward a 4th Generation of Disparities Research to Achieve Health Equity"
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11-21-2014

Rochelle Rosen
Brown School of Public Health
The 2014 RINS Innovations Award Winner
Lecture Title: "Text-Messaging for Alcohol Prevention: A Novel Qualitative Method for Intervention Development

1-23-2015

Carl Latkin
Johns Hopkins
Lecture Title: "Social Network Approaches to HIV Prevention and Care"
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2-27-2015

Lisa Marsch
Dartmouth
Lecture Title: “"Transforming Behavioral Healthcare via Science-Based Technology"”
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4-24-2015

Herman A. Taylor
Morehouse School of Medicine
Lecture Title: “Race, Risk and Resilience: Launching and Learning from the Jackson Heart Study”
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2013-2014 Schedule:

10-11-2013

Cui Yang
Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lecture Title: "Alcohol Use among Populations at Greater Risk for HIV: Findings from China and Baltimore, MD"
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10-25-2013

Community Engaged Panel
Brown University: Professors Kim Gans, Steve Buka, Bart Laws, Jacob Vandenberg
Amelia Rose, Director of Environmental Justice League of RI
Channavy Chhay, Executive Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

11-22-2013

Andrea Parker
Northeastern University
Lecture Title: "Health Promotion through Digital Innovation"
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1-24-2014

Dr. Christine Economos
Tufts University
Lecture Title: “Catalyzing Communities to Prevent Obesity: A Systems Approach”
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2-28-2014

Judith Arroyo
NIAAA
Lecture Title: "Addressing Health Disparities and Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-funded Workforce
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4-25-2014

Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Harvard School of Public Health
Lecture Title: "Future Directions for Data-Driven Study of Individual and Collective Health"

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