The Department of Community and Health Behavior's brown bag lectures present speakers offering a broad range of research ideas and community activities, in service to improve the health of populations, communities, and people.
Thurs., March 2, 2023
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. EST
Biomedical Education Building 125
Family History and Breast Health: Learning from the past to improve our future
Laurene Tumiel Berhalter, PhD
Directory of Community Translational Research
Department of Family Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
A recording of this session will be available on our YouTube channel following Dr. Tumiel Behalter's presentation!
Tues., April 11, 2023
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST
Biomedical Education Building 125
The Role of Food Insecurity in the HIV Care Continuum: A mixed methods approach to a complex public health phenomenon
A dissertation defense for PhD candidate, Jacob Bleasdale, MS
This presentation will be live streamed simultaneously via zoom. Please register for the zoom link!
Dr. Carole Rudra, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, presents her current research: Clinical and cost-related outcomes of palliative care.
Doctoral candidate, Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, presents her dissertation defense titled: Exploring the Acceptability and Potential Use of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States of America.
Doctoral candidate, Amanda Ziegler, presents her dissertation defense titled: Adolescent Eating Autonomy: Defining and Measuring a Novel Construct to Assess Adolescents’ Autonomous Eating Behaviors.
Dr. Ashare, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at UB, presents her current research:
Determinants and outcomes of tobacco and cannabis use in the context of medical comorbidities.
Doctoral candidate, Christina Kasprzak, presents her dissertation defense titled: Evaluation of pre-implementation capacity and implementation effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention for mobile produce markets.
Doctoral candidate, Danielle Smith, presents her dissertation defense titled, Adult Co-Use of Cannabis and Nicotine: Multiple perspectives on a complex phenomenon.
Community Health and Health Behavior adjunct instructor, Dean S. Seneca, presents: Raising Awareness of American Indian/Alaska Native Health Disparities: Addressing social determinants and promoting health equity.
Doctoral candidate, Jessica O'Neill, presents her dissertation defense titled: Financial scarcity, eating self-regulation, and obesity.
To view other previously recorded student and faculty presentations, visit Community Health and Health Behavior on YouTube.