Four HDFS faculty, four HDFS graduate students, and three HDFS undergraduate students plan to present their research at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 41st Annual Meeting in San Francisco in early April. See all of the information here.
Faculty
Ronald Rohner receives Award for Lifetime Achievement
Emeritus Professor Ronald Rohner received the Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, February 28, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.
HDFS faculty & grad students will present at SRA conference
Ryan Watson featured in The Daily Campus
Assistant Professor Ryan Watson was featured in The Daily Campus article, “Community support leads to decrease in substance abuse of LGBTQ youth“.
Eva Lefkowitz quoted in Teen Vogue article
Professor and Department Head Eva Lefkowitz quoted in Teen Vogue in a column about teens who have never kissed before. Read the article.
Beth Russell’s project with police featured in UConn Today
Associate Professor Beth Russell and colleagues partnering with Waterbury police on a project designed to connect overdose survivors to behavioral health clinicians immediately after overdose, featured in UConn Today.
Rebecca Puhl interviewed by The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post recently interviewed Professor Rebecca Puhl on the topic of weight discrimination in the workplace.
Marlene Schwartz featured for her work on school meals
Professor Marlene Schwartz was featured for her work on school meals in two articles. Read the first article at foodnavigator-usa.com, and the other at medicalxpress.com.
Rebecca Puhl featured in greatist.com health article
Professor Rebecca Puhl was featured in a greatist.com health article for discussing weight stigma in the medical profession.
Rebecca Puhl featured on CNBC
Professor Rebecca Puhl was featured on CNBC video. Watch the video to learn how weight discrimination in employment affects high-weight workers and why there’s no legislation to prevent it.