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 and Intervention Development.
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Seminar Series
2024-2025 Seminar Series
JaNelle Ricks Ph.D. | September 27, 2024
Skyler Jackson | October 25, 2024
Marlene Schwartz | January 31, 2025
Jennifer Secheck | February 28, 2025
Jennifer Roberts | April 25, 2025
2023-2024 Seminar Series
Malabika Sarker Ph.D. | September 29, 2023
Valerie A. Earnshaw Ph.D. | October 27, 2023
Mark Hatzenbuehler Ph.D. | January 26, 2024
Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, MPH | April 26, 2024
Research on Us, by Us: Centering a Racial Equity Lens in Addressing LGBTQ+ Health Disparities
10-28-22
Alison Cerezo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Counseling, Clinical and School of Psychology
University of California Santa Barbara
Health Disparities: A Health Communication Perspective
11-18-22
Ken Resnicow, PhD
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Measuring and Mitigating Disparities in Mental Health Care and HIV for Transgender and Nonbinary People
02-17-23
Aaron Breslow PhD
Assistant Professor with PRIME Center for Health Equity and Einstein-Rockefeller-CUMY Center for AIDS Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Using digital tools to reduce substance use and improve mental health among young people
03-10-23
Danielle Ramo PhD
Chief Clinical Officer at BeMe Health
Addressing racial trauma in substance use treatment for Black adults
10-08-21
Angela Haeny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race + Ethnicity in America (CSREA)
Social Determinants of Health from a Feedback Perspective: Insights and Opportunities
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
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Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Refugees Resettled in the US: Community Partnerships and the Role of Implementation Science
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
The Problem with the Phrase “Women and Minorities”: Intersectionality, An Indispensable Critical Theoretical Framework for Behavioral and Social Health Science Research
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
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Old Disparities, New Disparities: Time for Real Change
11-20-20
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race + Ethnicity in America (CSREA)
Digital Obesity Treatment Among the Medically Vulnerable
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
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Stealth Interventions to Motivate and Sustain Health Behavior Change: High Tech and High Touch Approaches
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
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Transgender Health: Lessons from the Field and Future Directions
10-25-2019
Jay Irwin
Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Program Chair
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Computer Based Training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: From Design to Dissemination
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
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Using Social Psychological Theory Integrated with Culture to Improve Physical Activity and Diet in South Africa
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
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Real Talk: Community Perspectives on Research Partnerships & How to Improve Them
02-14-2020
Community Engagement Panel
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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"HIV Prevention in the Digital Era: Is there an app for that? "
10-05-2018
"From 2BeatHIV to Digital LinCS: Using Crowdsourcing and Technology to Innovate HIV Research Engagement"
10-26-2018
Understanding youths' exposure to neighborhood stressors in real time: A youth engaged pilot test of EMA methods and measures
3-1-2019
"The Context for Choice: Food Marketing and Black Community Health."
4-19-2019
Policy and Environmental Interventions to Address Cardiovascular Disease with Native American Nations
10-27-2017
Valerie Jernigan, DrPH, MPH
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Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Behavioral Treatment: A Complementary Approach to Traditional
11-10-2017
Sara Becker, PhD
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PrEP Three Ways: Tailoring HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Programs to Local HIV Epidemics
11-17-2017
Patrick Sullivan, PhD, DVM
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Policy Disrupting single stories about Black male health equity
2-16-18
Wizdom Powell, PhD
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The emerging injection drug use crisis: Consequences and prevention options
3-02-18
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD
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The Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Epidemic: The Most Cost- Effective Prevention Strategies
5-11-18
Steven Gortmaker, PhD
Cash transfers: Addressing structural determinants to reduce HIV risk in young South African women
9-23-2016
Audrey Pettifor, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
UNC, Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Measuring Behavior Using Mobile Technology and Micro Ecological Momentary Assessment
11-04-2016
Stephen Intille, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Sciences,
Northeastern University
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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
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Sociocultural Determinants of Cardiometabolic Disease among South Asians: The MASALA Study
3-03-2017
Alka Kanaya, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of California
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Building and sustaining multi-modal digital behavioral health interventions
3-31-2017
Frederick Muench, PhD
Director, Digital Health Interventions, CASPIR at Northwell Health
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Eight years of building research partnerships with African American churches in Houston--Project CHURCH
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
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Using Social Media to Deliver Lifestyle Interventions
10-2-2015
Sherry Pagoto, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Understanding Disparities in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
10-23-2015
Andrea Acevedo, PhD
Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management
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Engaging Adolescent Girls in Community-based HIV Prevention in South Africa
2-26-2016
Abigail Harrison, PhD
Brown School of Public Health -BSS
2015 Innovations Award Winner
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Social Determinants and Smoking Cessation
3-25-2016
David Wetter, PhD
Department of Psychology
Rice University
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Toward a 4th Generation of Disparities Research to Achieve Health Equity
10-24-2014
Stephen B. Thomas
University of Maryland School of Public Health
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Text-Messaging for Alcohol Prevention: A Novel Qualitative Method for Intervention Development
11-21-2014
Rochelle Rosen
Brown School of Public Health
The 2014 RINS Innovations Award Winner
Social Network Approaches to HIV Prevention and Care
1-23-2015
Carl Latkin
Johns Hopkins
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Transforming Behavioral Healthcare via Science-Based Technology
2-27-2015
Lisa Marsch
Dartmouth
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Race, Risk and Resilience: Launching and Learning from the Jackson Heart Study
4-24-2015
Herman A. Taylor
Morehouse School of Medicine
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Alcohol Use among Populations at Greater Risk for HIV: Findings from China and Baltimore, MD
10-11-2013
Cui Yang
Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
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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
Health Promotion through Digital Innovation
11-22-2013
Andrea Parker
Northeastern University
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Catalyzing Communities to Prevent Obesity: A Systems Approach
1-24-2014
Dr. Christine Economos
Tufts University
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Addressing Health Disparities and Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-funded Workforce
2-28-2014
Judith Arroyo
NIAAA
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Future Directions for Data-Driven Study of Individual and Collective Health
4-25-2014
Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Harvard School of Public Health