Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Thursday, November 29, 2018
12:30 – 1:30pm

"Innovations in Mobile Technology for Engaging Youth in Treatment and Prevention"

**About the Speaker**

Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Infectious Diseases and Health Behavior, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Dr. Hightow-Weidman completed her medical school training at the University of Virginia and became board certified in Internal Medicine in 2001 after completing residency training at Stanford University. She completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases and earned a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Hightow-Weidman is an expert on mhealth, social media and utilization and evaluation of technology-based interventions to address the HIV Care Continuum for youth and young adults, particularly among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). She has published >90 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. She has developed technology-based interventions to address uptake and adherence to biomedical HIV prevention technologies, as well as intervening to increase HIV diagnosis, linkage and retention in care for YMSM. She is the PI of iTech, The UNC/Emory Center for Innovative Technology Across the Prevention and Care Continuum. This grant, part of the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV Interventions (ATN), seeks to develop a technology center to address the domestic epidemic of HIV among at risk and HIV-infected youth.

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UConn’s Cognitive Science Colloquium Series presents: Pleasures of Suffering by Paul Bloom

Brooks & Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science
Yale University

Friday, November 30, 4pm, Oak 117

People are hedonists, seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. This view is central to much of psychology and it fits many people’s own sense of why they do what they do. But what about our appetites for spicy foods, hot baths, horror movies, sad songs, BDSM, and hate reading? It runs out that people often seek out pain and suffering—in pursuits such as art, ritual, sex, and sports, and in longer-term projects, such as training for a marathon or signing up to go to war. Drawing on research from developmental psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics, I suggest that these seemingly paradoxical choices show that we are driven by non-hedonistic goals; we revel in difficult practice, we aspire towards moral goodness, and we seek out meaningful lives.

If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Bloom on 11/30, please contact Dr. Xygalatas: dimitris.xygalatas@uconn.edu

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 questions 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 November 27, 2018.

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.