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12/14/2009 - Spring Seminar Series announced.
The Center is an All-University Center committed to facilitating and supporting funded research on the behavioral aspects of health. The CHB Seminar Series is part of the Center's efforts to promote health-and-behavior research on campus, and to strengthen collaborations across campus. This series is free and open to all.

You can read about the seminars here.

Announcing the 8th Annual CHB Lecture - Professor Nicholas Christakis on Monday, April 12 at 4 pm in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium.
The broad topic of the Lecture will be "Social Networks and Health." Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is an internist and social scientist who conducts research on social factors that affect health, health care, and longevity.

7/17/2009 - Rebecca Bostwick named Center for Health and Behavior's first Deputy Director
Rebecca Bostwick has agreed to serve as the first Deputy Director of the Center.

old CHB news archive
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