The Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention
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, obesity, autism,
health information technology and other health domains.
CHIP's work is increasingly international in scope, with
projects underway, or planned, in China, Ethiopia, India,
Malaysia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Thailand,
Uganda, Ukraine and Vietnam.
CHIP serves as a nexus for investigators at
the University of Connecticut and other institutions to stimulate
collaborative partnerships for the development of major research
initiatives in health behavior change. CHIP has created a
multidisciplinary network of more than 125 affiliate
investigators at the University of Connecticut and beyond with
expertise in health behavior change and intervention. CHIP's network
of affiliates spans several University of Connecticut
campuses, representing nearly all Schools and Colleges within
the UConn system, and also draws from more than 30 other research
institutions. 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.
View the CHIP Brochure
2009-2010 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
Amy Gorin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology
Blair T. Johnson, Ph.D., 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 |
