Announcements

CHBR and the Abramson Cancer Center are holding information sessions for men interested in improving their health. 

Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, along with top leaders in the field of community healh from Penn and beyond, discussed opportunities for the food industry to create a healthy and equitable food system. 

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Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, receives one of the thirteen COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants from Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute

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Helpful information for researchers, school administrators, and public health decision-makers regarding the CDC evidence review of environmental and policy strategies to improve school nutrition, and their impact on eating behaviors and weight-related outcomes. https://www.upennprc.org/review-school-nutrition-policies/

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Dr. Brian Jenssen presented: "Helping Parents Quit Smoking in Pediatric Settings."

We are grateful for the robust interest in this event, and we hope to reschedule it soon. Please check back for updates!

Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert presented: "Academic-Community Partnerships for Translational Research in Cancer Health Disparities"

A Penn Nutrition Science and Medicine Center Symposium, Wednesday December 18, 2019

Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI)

Dr. Glanz recently received funding from Healthy Eating Research and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study the impact of real-time incentives on fruit and vegetable purchases and diet. 

ABOUT CHBR

Established in 2009, the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Behavior Research is an institution-wide collaborative effort, dedicated to conducting health behavior research, fostering advances in measurement of health behaviors, advancing the use of health behavior theory, and promoting collaboration among faculty, fellows and students. 

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Center for Heath Behavior Research
University of Pennsylvania
837 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021

Office Number: 215-573-4529
Fax Number: 215-573-5315