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Collins named fellow of Society of Behavioral Medicine

Bradley Collins, director of the Health Behavior Research Clinic and director of graduate programs in social and behavioral sciences, has been named a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. “This honor recognizes what we in the college already know about our esteemed colleague, Dr. Collins—that he is a highly accomplished researcher, recognized nationally and internationally for his work on tobacco control in low-income and predominantly minority families,” said Stephen Lepore, chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Collins is trained as a ps...
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sarah Bass and Mohammed Alhajji

Bass, Alhajji receive top honors from Society of Behavioral Health

Research projects on HIV prevention in Philadelphia and hereditary disease in Saudi Arabia have won top honors for two researchers in the College of Public Health’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.  The Society of Behavioral Health will award annual prizes for best research abstracts in the nation to Sarah Bass, associate professor and director of the Risk Communication Laboratory, and Mohammed Alhajji, a PhD candidate and research assistant in the Lab.  Alhajji, who won in the student research category, proposed a promising intervention to prevent the spread...
HIV/AIDS
Global health
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Brittany Schuler

Schuler named to PHMC Visiting Scholars Program

Public Health Management Corporation’s Research and Evaluation Group has invited Brittany R. Schuler, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, to its inaugural Visiting Scholars Program for the 2019-2020 academic year. In collaboration with PHMC researchers and practitioners, the visiting scholars will pursue and strengthen their research, build a knowledge base in a specific area of public health and further support their academic goals.  Schuler’s research aims to understand and improve daily household routines in an effort to improve well-being and protect chi...
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School of Social Work
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Lisa Bedore

Bedore named Fellow of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Lisa Bedore, professor and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been named a Fellow by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She will be recognized at ASHA’s 2019 Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida, in November.  Among the highest honors in the organization, the status of Fellow recognizes achievement in the field of speech-language-hearing and is given to those whose contributions “are significant and would be so regarded within and beyond one’s community or state.” The status is retained for life and bestowed upon...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
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