Symposium on Addictive & Health Behaviors Research

List of Speakers

Invited Speakers and Presentation Topics  

Gilbert J. Botvin, PhD
Professor and Director
Institute for Prevention Research 
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Topic: “Advances in School-Based Prevention: Effects on Multiple Health Behaviors”
Presentation

Thomas H. Brandon, PhD
Professor of Psychology & Interdisciplinary Oncology
University of South Florida &
Director, Tobacco Research
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Topic: “Two Approaches to Preventing Smoking Relapse”
Presentation

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD
Professor and Chair of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Professor
Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders
Yale University &
Co-Founder and Director
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Topic: “A New and Important Frontier: Food and Addiction”
Presentation
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K. Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH
Senior Research Scientist and Chair
Department of Health Behavior
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Topic: “What the Marlboro Man Can Teach Us About Tobacco Control”
Presentation

Meg Gerrard, PhD
Professor of Health Psychology
Department of Psychology
Iowa State University
Topic: “Using Social Images in Health Behavior Interventions”
Presentation

Frederick X. Gibbons, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Iowa State University
Topic: “A Dual-Focus, Dual-Path Model for Health Intervention”
Presentation

Michael G. Perri, PhD,
Professor and Associate Dean
College of Public Health and Health Profession
University of Florida
Topic: “Improving the Long-term Management of Obesity”
Presentation

Judith Prochaska, PhD, MPH
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
Topic: “Multiple Risk Behavior Change: What Most Individuals Need”
Presentation
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Linda Carter Sobell, PhD
Professor & Associate Director of Clinical Training
Center for Psychological Studies
Nova Southeastern University
Topic: “Self-Change: Processes and Implications for the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors”
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