CDRD Pilot Grant Funding for 2022-2023

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 12:00

The Community Engagement and Research Core (CEAR) and Penn Center for Public Health (formally Center for Public Health Initiatives, CPHI) at the University of Pennsylvania have awarded pilot grant funding for 2022-2023. Two projects were selected to receive funding.

Evaluating the gun violence prevention potential of the 60th Street Strong Coalition

ACHIEVEability, Carly Maurer
Penn School of Nursing, Dr. Sara Jacoby

Building capacity to address equity in sexual health and wellness among transgender and gender nonbinary communities in Philadelphia

PHMC, Lee Carson
Penn School of Nursing, Dr. Steven Meanley

Community-Driven Research Day (CDRD) is a program that encourages collaboration between researchers and community-based organizations (CBOs)/community groups that have research questions they are interested in answering.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Post-doc position at Center for Health Behavior Research at University of Pennsylvania

Aug 13, 2024

The Center for Health Behavior Research at the University of Pennsylvania is seeking a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join the Center. The Center, directed by Dr. Karen Glanz, focuses on advancing the development, application, and testing of health behavior measurement and theories.

Pre-Order the 6th Edition of ‘Health Behavior’ for a more global and inclusive perspective

Jul 29, 2024

The fundamentals of theory and conceptual frameworks for explaining and changing health-related behavior enable students and professionals to make important impacts on the health of populations. The authors wrote this new edition to communicate these ideas, applied to new and emerging public health issues and concerns.

Philadelphia Communities Conquering Cancer

May 16, 2024

The goal of PC3 is to empower Philadelphians to reduce cancer disparities through community engagement, resource alignment, information sharing, research, and prevention. A training session was held on May 4 with community members recruited by the cancer research collaboration.

ABOUT CHBR

Established in 2009, the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Behavior Research is an institution-wide collaborative effort, dedicated to conducting health behavior research, fostering advances in measurement of health behaviors, advancing the use of health behavior theory, and promoting collaboration among faculty, fellows and students.

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Center for Heath Behavior Research
University of Pennsylvania
837 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021

Office Number: 215-573-4529
Fax Number: 215-573-5315