CHB Seminar Series, Fall 2009

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.

All talks will take place from 8:30am to 9:30am in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, located on the first floor of Bird Library.

Questions may be directed to Rebecca Bostwick at (315) 443-9007 or rabostwi@syr.edu

Friday, September 11, 2009
“A Bioethics Perspective on Health Care”
Gregory L. Eastwood, MD
University Professor, State University of New York
Professor of Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine,
Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Past President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Friday, October 9th
“Youth Violence Prevention”
Kara Williams, M.P.H.
Director of Operations, Bureau of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Onondaga County Health Department

Friday, November 13th, 2009
“Childhood Obesity: What is Evidence-Based Practice Telling Us?”
Kay Stearns Bruening, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics
College of Human Ecology, Syracuse University

Friday, December 11th
“The Coming Epidemic of Cancer in Developing Countries:
Breast Cancer Beliefs and Practice in Ethiopia”
Timothy Dye, Ph.D.
Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Director, Center for Research and Evaluation
SUNY Upstate Medical University