Vermont Center on Behavior and Health

Completed Lectures	Date	Presentation
Sarah Heil, PhD University of Vermont, Vermont Center on Behavior & Health	May 20, 2020	Virtual via Zoom
Andrew Pipe, MD - **CANCELLED** University of Ottawa Heart Institute	April 15, 2020	Davis Auditorium  UVMMC Campus Burlington, VT
Quinn Pack, MD - **CANCELLED** University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate When willpower after a heart attack isn’t enough: Helping smokers quit with medications, cardiac rehab, and technology.	March 18, 2020	Davis Auditorium  UVMMC Campus Burlington, VT
Betsy Hoza, PhD University of Vermont Leaving the Ivory Tower: Can Physical Activity Help Manage ADHD Symptoms in the "Real World?"	February 19, 2020	Video
Alan Budney, PhD Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Cannabis Misuse and Cannabis Use Disorder: Prevention and Intervention Approaches	January 15, 2020	Slides
Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA University of Wisconsin Eliminating Tobacco Dependence in the United States: A Clinical and Policy Path to Achieve that Goal	December 13, 2019	Video
Robert Althoff, MD, PhD University of Vermont Assessing Risk for Suicide in Healthcare Settings: Development and Testing of Novel Approaches	November 20, 2019	Video
*7th Annual VCBH Conference Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD University of Minnesota Role of Tobacco Harm Reduction in Tobacco Control or Role of Tobacco Product Regulation in Tobacco Control	October 10-11, 2019	To view Dr. Hatsukami's talk and others, please click here.
Greg Miller, PhD Northwestern University Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Health Consequences of Childhood Poverty	September 18, 2019	Slides
Daniel Forman, MD University of Pittsburgh Refining Behavioral and Clinical Approaches to Cardiovascular Care to Better Align With the Needs and Priorities of an Aging Population	June 26, 2019	Video
Tim Lash, DSc, MPH Emory University Significance Testing is the Reason that Scientific Results have Poor Reproducibility	May 15, 2019	Video
Elizabeth Evans, PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst Addressing Opioid Use Disorders Over the Life Course Among Criminally Involved Adults	April 10, 2019	Video
JoEllen Tarallo, Ed.D., Center for Health & Learning, & Vermont Suicide Prevention Center and Thomas Delaney, PhD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Introduction to the Zero Suicide Framework: Suicide Safe Pathways to Care	March 15, 2019	Video
Benjamin Bearnot, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Meeting People Who Use Drugs Where They Are: Career Development in Addiction Research and Implementation	February 13, 2019	Video
Andrew Stokes, PhD Boston University Association of Electronic Cigarette Use with Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths	January 23, 2019	Video unavailable.
Mary Brunette, MD Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Using Technology to Address Smoking in Disadvantaged Populations	December 19, 2018	Video unavailable.
Sherry Grace, PhD York University Strategies to Increase Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation	November 14, 2018	Presentation Slides
*6th Annual VCBH Conference Keynote Speaker: Sharon Walsh, PhD University of Kentucky Title: Deploying Science and Ethics to Change Hearts and Minds: The American Opioid Crisis	October 11-12, 2018	Video
David Holtgrave, PhD Johns Hopkins University Title: History and Status of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the US: Applications of Policy Modeling and Implementation Science	September 19, 2018	Video not available.
Adam Leventhal, PhD University of Southern California The Multi-faceted Impact of Vaping on Population Health: Implications for Precision Regulation	May 16, 2018	Video
Kelly Dunn, MS, PhD Johns Hopkins University Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Evaluating and Maximizing Pharmacotherapies	April 18, 2018	Video
Richard Rawson, PhD University of Vermont/UCLA Evaluation of Vermont's Hub and Spoke Opioid Addiction Treatment System	February 2, 2018 *Co-hosted with UVM Psychiatry Grand Rounds	Video
Jaimie Gradus, DSc, MPH U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Trauma and Suicide in Denmark: Current Understanding and Future Directions	January 17, 2018	Video
Matthew Price, Ph.D. University of Vermont Technology strategies to evaluate the mental health outcomes of exposure to traumatic events	December 1, 2017 *Co-hosted with UVM Psychiatry Grand Rounds	Video
Reagan Wetherill, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Sex Differences in Nicotine Use Disorder: Findings from Neuroimaging	November 16, 2017	Video not available.
Mitch Zeller, J.D. Director, FDA Center for Tobacco Products "FDA's New Comprehensive Plan for Nicotine Regulation	October 5, 2017	Video
Michelle Lofwall, M.D. University of Kentucky "Clinical Research Pertinent to Rural Populations Affected by the Opioid Epidemic"	September 20, 2017	Video
Steve Keteyian Ph.D. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit “Cardiac Rehabilitation: Improving on an Already Successful Intervention”	May 17, 2017	Video
Brad Appelhans, Ph.D.  Rush University "The Challenge of Temptation in Management in Obesity Control"	April 26, 2017	Video
Michael Toth, Ph.D. Larner College of Medicine "Muscle Disuse During Aging and Physically Disabling Events: Physiology and Interventions"	April 12, 2017	Video not available.
Holly Hagan, Ph.D. New York University "Toward Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus Infection in People who Inject Drugs"	February 15, 2017	Video
Gordon Jensen, Ph.D., M.D. Larner College of Medicine, UVM "Overweight and Obesity: Impact of Metabolic Risk Upon Health and Mortality Outcomes"	January 18, 2017	Video not available.
Elise Weerts, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University "Neuroimaging, Genetic and Pharmacological Approaches towards Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder Risk and Treatment" Co-sponsored by Psychiatry Grand Rounds	December 2, 2016	Video
Neal Cohen, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Human Memory, Hippocampus, and Navigating Life"	November 16, 2016	Video
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D. Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University "Harnessing Research to Maximize Impact on Public Policy”	October 6, 2016	Video
Eric Slade, Ph.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine “Economic Assessment Approaches for Implementation and Dissemination Studies in Psychiatry"	September 21, 2016	Video
JoAnn Manson, M.D., DrPH Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health Harvard Medical School "Women and Cardiovascular Disease: The Power of Prevention"	May 11, 2016	Video
Robert Schwartz, M.D. Medical Director, Senior Research Scientist Friends Research Institute "Entry and Engagement in Opioid Agonist Treatment"	April 27, 2016	Video
Kai Ling Kong, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine University of New York, Buffalo "Obesity Prevention: It's Never Too Soon to Start"	March 23, 2016	Video
Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry  University of Minnesota "Changing the Landscape of Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco Harm"	March 16, 2016	Video
Amy Trentham-Dietz, Ph.D. Professor, Population Health Sciences Program Leader for Cancer Control, Carbone Cancer Center University of Wisconsin-Madison "Challenges in Evaluating the Impact of Modifiable Behaviors on Breast Cancer Prevention"	February 17, 2016	Video
Rick Rawson, Ph.D. Retired Co-Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences  "Can Exercise Be Useful in Reducing Drug Use?"	January 20, 2016	Video
Cynthia Rand, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine "Take this Pill Twice a Day Forever: Adherence in the Age of Polypharmacy, Chronic Illness and Multi-morbidity"	December 16, 2015	Video
Rodger Kessler, Ph.D. University of Vermont "An Emerging Bold Standard for Conducting Relevant Research in a Changing World"	November 18, 2015	Video
Steven F. Maier, Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder "Behavioral Control Blunts Reactions to Contemporaneous & Future Adverse Events: Medial Prefrontal Cortex Plasticity & A Corticostriatal Network”	October 9, 2015	Video
Howard Rachlin, Ph.D. Stony Brook University "Altruism: A Behavioral Analysis"	September 16, 2015	Video not available.
Alan Blum, M.D. University of Alabama "Blowing Smoke: The Lost Legacy of the Surgeon General's Report"	August 26, 2015	Video
John Ware Jr., PhD University of Massachusetts “Standardizing and Integrating Disease-specific and Generic Patient-reported Outcome Measures"	June 24, 2015	Video
Mary Cushman, MD University of Vermont “The Simple 7 Approach to Health”	April 15, 2015	Video
Xiaozhong Wen, PhD University of Buffalo “Developmental Origins of Obesity: Pre-Postnatal Tobacco Exposure as an Example”	March 18, 2015	Video
Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago "Obesity Interventions in Underserved Populations: What Works and What Doesn't"	February 18, 2015	Video