2010 SCIENTIFIC MEETING -- SPEAKER NOTES

Monday, Feb 8th     Tuesday, Feb 9 (A)     Tuesday, Feb 9 (B)      Wednesday, Feb 10th

Monday, Feb 8th

Keynote Address

Dr. Larry Green

"Reforming Health Behavior Research During AAHB First Decade: TranslatingLiteral Evidence to Literal Populations and Settings"

Lawrence W. Green, DrPH, ScD(Hon)

Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

University of California at San Francisco

Co-Leader, Program on Society, Diversity, and Disparities, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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PRESENTATION I:   "Strengthening the Evidence Base for Health Behavior Change by Maintaining the Focus on Real World Policy and Practice"

Dr. Shawna Mercer, Msc, PhD,  Director, The Guide to Community Preventive Services Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (Proposed); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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PRESENTATION II:   "Advancing the Science of Implementation: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges"

Dr. Enola Proctor, PhD, Chief and Senior Investigator of the Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute,  National Institute of Health.

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PRESENTATION III:   "Building Consumer Demand for Evidence-Based Health Behavior Change Interventions: Fresh Perspectives from Consumer Product Design Leaders"    

Dr. C. Tracy Orleans, PhD, Senior Scientist and Distinguished Fellow for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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PRESENTATION I:  "Translating Evidence-Based Health Behavior Research to Practice:Setting the Stage"

Dr. Ross Brownson, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, St. Louis University School of Public Health; Co-Director SLU Prevention Research Center.

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PRESENTATION II:   "Translational Community-Based Participatory Research: New Research Applications"

Dr. Karen Emmons, Professor in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health and Associate Dean of Research at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Deputy Director of the Center for Community-Based Research (CCBR) at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

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PRESENTATION III:  "Using Intervention Mapping to Adapt Evidence Based Programs to New Settings"

Dr. Guy Parcel,  John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health.

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PRESENTATION I:  "Beginning with Measurement In Mind: Evidence Needed to Support Translation and Decision-Making"

Dr. Lisa Klesges, Professor and Director of the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis.

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PRESENTATION II: "Measuring Adherence and Implementation for Behavioral Interventions in Child Welfare and Children’s Mental Health Service Contexts"

Dr. John Landsvert, Director, Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, Children’s Hospital–San Diego; Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, San Diego State University

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NOTE:  Due to severe weather, Dr. Liz Stuart was unable to attend the AAHB meeting and present as part of this distinguished panel.

PRESENTATION I: "Thinking about Adoption, Implementation, and Sustainability on the Front-End of Drug Abuse Prevention Research"

Dr. Aleta Meyer,  Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse

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PRESENTATION II:  "Bridging the Gap: What We Can Learn from the Science And Practice of Implementation"

Dr. Karen Blase,  Senior Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute University of North Carolina –Chapel Hill

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