Syracuse University

The Center for Health and Behavior (CHB) at Syracuse University has announced its
Spring 2009 Seminar Series. Launched last fall, the lecture series is part of the CHB's
efforts to promote health and behavior research on the SU campus and to strengthen
collaborations on campus and within the community.

"We are pleased that we have been able to feature engaging speakers from across
campus and the community this past semester," says Michael Carey, CHB director
and Dean's Professor of the Sciences in the Department of Psychology in The College
of Arts and Sciences. "We look forward to continuing this in the spring with a diverse
mix of faculty, students and staff speaking on various health topics. We will also hold
two 'Stats Intro' seminars, to overview statistical techniques helpful to health and
behavior research."

The series is free and open to the public. All talks will take place the first and third
Friday of the month (except for January), from 8:30-9:30 a.m., in the Allport Room,
Room 530C in Huntington Hall. Paid parking is available in SU pay lots.

The series events:

• Friday, Jan. 16: "Sexual Risk Reduction for Patients at an STD Clinic: Results
  from a Randomized Controlled Trial," presented by Carey;
  

  
  

• Friday, Jan. 30: "Possibilities for Collaboration in Public Health in Central
  New York," presented by Tom Dennison, Professor of Practice in the Maxwell
  School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and associate director of the Central
  New York Master of Public Health Program;
  

  
  

• Friday, Feb. 6: "Emotion Regulation on the Street: How Goals Foster Illness or
  Resilience in Urban Youth," presented by Craig Ewart, CHB senior scientist
  and professor of psychology;
  

  
  

• Friday, Feb. 20: "Implementation and Effectiveness of a Lifestyle-Oriented
  Nutrition Counseling Model," presented by Tanya Horacek, associate
  professor of nutrition and dietetics in the College of Human Ecology;
  

  
  

• Friday, Feb. 27: Stats Intro: "Understanding Meta-Analysis," presented by
  Lori Scott-Sheldon, CHB research faculty;
  

  
  

• Friday, March 6: "Hookups Among First-Semester College Students:
  Characteristics, Predictors and Consequences," presented by Robyn Fielder,
  clinical doctoral student in the Department of Psychology;
  

  
  

• Friday, March 20: "The Role of Geography and GIS Mapping in Health
  Research," presented by Jonnell Allen, community geographer at the Maxwell
  School;
  

  
  

• Friday, March 27: "Stats Intro: Social Relations Analysis," presented by Alecia
  Santuzzi, CHB research faculty and assistant professor of psychology;
  

  
  

• Friday, April 3: "The Challenge of Cardiovascular Disease: A Call for
  Biopsychosocial Integrative Research," presented by Randall Jorgensen, CHB
  research faculty and associate professor of psychology; and
  

  
  

• Friday, April 17: "Communicating Palliative Care: Who, What, When, To
  Whom and Through Which Channels?" presented by Fiona Chew, Newhouse
  Endowed Chair of Public Communications at the Newhouse School.
  

For those interested, the CHB can send a reminder e-mail a few days before each
lecture. Contact Rebecca Bostwick at rabostwi@syr.edu or (315) 443-9007 to be added
to the list.

The CHB is a University-wide center that facilitates and encourages research on the
behavioral and psychosocial aspects of health, including topics such as the health
effects of aging, alcohol use, arthritis, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, HIV, smoking
and stress. Scientists in the center often develop and evaluate programs to promote
health in children, adolescents, college students, adults and families. Research-in
laboratories, hospitals, schools and community-based agencies and in collaboration
with colleagues in the United States and abroad-is supported by grants from the
National Institutes of Health and public and private sponsors. For more information,
visit http://chb.syr.edu.