THE CENTER FOR HEALTH, INTERVENTION, AND PREVENTION (CHIP)

The Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to the study of the dynamics of health risk behavior and processes of health behavioral change in individuals and targeted at-risk populations. Since its founding, CHIP researchers have launched major new health behavior change initiatives at the University of Connecticut, including new work in the areas of HIV prevention, medical adherence, diabetes management, cancer prevention, nutrition, pharmacology, substance abuse, health information technology, and other health domains. In the past year CHIP's work has become increasingly international in scope. CHIP investigators now have projects planned, or underway, in South Africa, China, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Romania, and Nepal.

CHIP serves as nexus for investigators at the University of Connecticut and other institutions as a means to stimulate collaborative partnerships for the development of major research initiatives in health behavior change. CHIP has created a multidisciplinary network of affiliate investigators at the University of Connecticut with expertise in health behavior change and intervention that spans several University of Connecticut campuses and represents nearly all Schools and Colleges within the UConn system. The network enables CHIP to assemble teams of investigators able to respond within short time frames to large-scale research funding opportunities as they arise. CHIP is headed by Professor Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D. of the Department of Psychology, Social Psychology Division, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.


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2007-2008 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Michael M. Copenhaver, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Allied Health
Deborah H. Cornman, Ph.D., CHIP Associate Director and Research Associate, Department of Psychology
Pamela I. Erickson, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D., CHIP Director and Professor of Psychology
Blair T. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Seth C. Kalichman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Kerry L. Marsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
Patricia J. Neafsey, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing (Pharmacology)
Linda S. Pescatello, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology
Leslie B. Snyder, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences