Social and Behavioral Sciences Program
Research
The major research focus of the SBS Program is directed toward
describing and understanding the etiology of important diseases
and disorders. Among ongoing research projects:
- Interventions to reduce HIV/sexually transmitted infections risk among pregnant teenagers
- Attachment/risk and male partners of teenage mothers
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Group interventions promoting mental health and HIV prevention
- Psychosocial predictors of survival after myocardial infarction,
hip fracture, and stroke
- Longitudinal studies of successful aging
- Racial/ethnic disparities
- Studies utilizing the Connecticut Tumor Registry
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia in pregnancy
- Exercise intervention in healthy women and breast cancer survivors
Interdisciplinary Research and Special Projects
- Cancer Prevention Program
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
- CT Women's Health Project
- Genetic Epidemiology Unit
- Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology
- Prevention Research Center
- Yale Aging Program
Faculty
PRIMARY
Jeannette Ickovics, Ph.D.,
Director
Nora E. Groce, Ph.D.
Kari Hartwig, Dr.PH.
Melinda L. Irwin, Ph.D.
Stanislav V. Kasl, Ph.D.
Trace S. Kershaw, Ph.D.
Becca Levy, Ph.D.
Tené Lewis, Ph.D.
RESEARCH
Kim M. Blankenship, Ph.D.
SECONDARY
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
Mayur M. Desai, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Selby Jacobs, M.D.
Peter Salovey, Ph.D.
David Snow, Ph.D.
Jack Tebes, Ph.D.
Mary E. Tinetti, M.D.
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