The Center for Behavioral and Education Research (CBER)

Breakfast Brown Bag

with

Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE)


"Vision of Education in CT: Opportunities, Challenges, and Advice for Future Leaders"

For more information, and to RSVP visit
http://s.uconn.edu/CBERBBB

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Awards program provides thousands of dollars in support of undergraduate students' summer research and creative projects. Do you have a question about the SURF program? Would you like someone to review your proposal, budget, and timeline?

Come to SURF Office Hours sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research. More information: http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/surf/.

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Jodi Eskin at jodi.eskin@uconn.edu or 860-486-7939 by January 17, 2019.

Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., M.A.C.C., M.A.C.P., F.A.H.A
Emory University School of Medicine

Thursday, February 14, 2019
12:30 – 1:30pm

"Understanding the Journey: The Past, Present, and Future of CVD in Women"

**About the Speaker**

Dr. Wenger is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine. She is a Consultant to the Emory Heart and Vascular Center and Founding Consultant, Emory Women’s Heart Center. Heart disease in women is one of Dr. Wenger’s major clinical and research interests. Dr. Wenger has had a longstanding interest in geriatric cardiology and was Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology for more than 15 years. Dr. Wenger has participated as an author of several American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Practice Guidelines. She serves on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals and is a sought after lecturer for issues related to heart disease in women, heart disease in the elderly, cardiac rehabilitation, coronary prevention, and contemporary cardiac care. She is listed in Best Doctors in America. Dr. Wenger has authored or coauthored over 1600 scientific and review articles and book chapters.

InCHIP will send requests for RSVPs and updates through the CHIP-L listserv. To subscribe, visit: http://chip.uconn.edu/chip-business-office/listserv/.

Visit our webpage to view the 2018-2019 InCHIP Lecture Series lineup, access the live web stream (when available), view the archives, and learn more about the lecture series: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/2018-2019-lecture-series/.

Brian Hitsman, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Thursday, February 28, 2019
12:30 – 1:30pm

"Population health management for smoking cessation in low income smokers?"

**About the Speaker**

Dr. Brian Hitsman is Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine & Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and a member of the Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. He received his BS in psychology from Alma College (Michigan) and MS and PhD in clinical health psychology from the Chicago Medical School, finishing his psychology internship in health/psychology behavioral medicine at Brown University's Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. He completed a two-year fellowship in tobacco dependence and treatment in 2004 in the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center at Brown, and was on the faculty until leaving for Northwestern in 2008. Dr. Hitsman’s work focuses on the causes and treatment of tobacco use and dependence among disadvantaged and underserved adult populations.

InCHIP will send requests for RSVPs and updates through the CHIP-L listserv. To subscribe, visit: http://chip.uconn.edu/chip-business-office/listserv/.

Visit our webpage to view the 2018-2019 InCHIP Lecture Series lineup, access the live web stream (when available), view the archives, and learn more about the lecture series: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/2018-2019-lecture-series/.

An InCHIP and Rainbow Center Collaboration!

Stephen Russell, PhD
University of Texas at Austin

Thursday, March 14, 2019
12:30 – 1:30pm

"LGBTQ Youth Today: (Why) Aren’t Things Better?"

**About the Speaker**
Stephen Russell is Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Child Development chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an expert in adolescent and young adult health, with a focus on sexual orientation and gender identity. He is on the Board of Directors of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), a fellow and former Board member of the National Council on Family Relations, an elected member of the International Academy of Sexuality Research, and was President of the Society for Research on Adolescence.

InCHIP will send requests for RSVPs and updates through the CHIP-L listserv. To subscribe, visit: http://chip.uconn.edu/chip-business-office/listserv/.

Visit our webpage to view the 2018-2019 InCHIP Lecture Series lineup, access the live web stream (when available), view the archives, and learn more about the lecture series: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/2018-2019-lecture-series/.