Human Development and Family Sciences

M3EWB Talk @ InCHIP Lecture Series

Laura Kubzansky, MPH, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
“Aging with Well-Being: Considering Psychosocial Pathways”

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Dr. Laura Kubzansky is Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Kubzansky has published extensively on the role of psychological and social factors in health. Other research projects and interests include a) biological mechanisms linking emotions, social relationships, and health; b) relationships between early childhood environments, resilience, and healthy aging; c) the role of emotional well-being in individual and societal health, and c) how psychosocial stress or assets may interact with toxic environmental exposures (e.g., lead, air pollution) to influence health. She is a fellow in several professional associations, has served as an expert advisor to numerous panels at foundations and health agencies, and is a principal investigator or co-investigator on a wide variety of grants.

Are you interested in working with young children after you leave UConn?

Many career paths involve working with young children and their families.  Having knowledge of how young children learn & develop within the context of their families/communities can help you be more knowledgeable in your chosen career.  HDFS offers specialized coursework for either majors or minors that prepare students for this important work.  If you have questions about career options or want to learn more about this specialized coursework within HDFS, come to a virtual information session (dates/times listed below). Sign-up up for an info session with this link or email, mary.tabb@uconn.edu

Are you interested in working with young children after you leave UConn?

Many career paths involve working with young children and their families.  Having knowledge of how young children learn & develop within the context of their families/communities can help you be more knowledgeable in your chosen career.  HDFS offers specialized coursework for either majors or minors that prepare students for this important work.  If you have questions about career options or want to learn more about this specialized coursework within HDFS, come to a virtual information session (dates/times listed below).

In Recognition of Heart Health Month

Kenneth E. Freedland, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
“Treatment of Depression in Patients with Heart Disease”
February 27, 2025 | 12:30 PM | WebEx

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Dr. Freedland is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Most of his research has focused on depression in patients with heart failure or coronary heart disease. He has also conducted studies of other psychiatric comorbidities, behavioral problems such as poor self-care, and social determinants of health in patients with heart failure. He has been the principal investigator or a co-investigator on both single-site and multicenter trials of interventions for depression in cardiac patients and has served on clinical trial review committees for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). He also has expertise in behavioral trial methodology. Dr. Freedland is the founder of the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Cardiovascular Disease Special Interest Group and of the Behavioral Medicine Research Council, and a fellow of multiple organizations including the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He was the Program Director of the annual NIH Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials from 2020 to 2024. He has been a member of the Summer Institute faculty since 2007 and the faculty of the NIH-funded ORBIT Institute on Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health since 2022. He has also served as an Associate Editor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.