UCLA HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY/BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE SEMINAR
Winter 2012
Psychology 425
Wednesday, 12-1PM
5461 Franz Hall
DATE
PRESENTER
TITLE
1/11/12
Karen A. Matthews, Ph.D.
Childhood Roots of Risk for Cardiovascular
Disease
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Epidemiology and Psychology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
1/18/12
George M. Slavich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellow
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
University of California, Los Angeles
1/25/12
Annette L. Stanton, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology, UCLA
2/1/12
Shelley E. Taylor, Ph.D.
From Social Rejection to Social Genomics: How
Stress Gets Into the Brain and Onto the Genome
to Affect Health
Adjustment to Cancer: Coping Processes and
Psychosocial Intervention Trials
Pathways Linking Social Support to Health
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology, UCLA
2/8/12
Rena Repetti, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology, UCLA
2/15/12
Suzanne Phelan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Kinesiology Department
California Polytechnic State University
2/22/12
William J. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Health
Professor of Psychology
UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research
2/29/12
Julienne E. Bower, Ph.D.
Interlacing of Experiences, Behavior, Psychology,
and Biology in Daily Family Life
Promoting Long Term Weight Control: The
Secrets of Success
Primary Care: Impetus or Graveyard for Health
Promotion?
Mind-Body Interactions and Interventions
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, UCLA
3/7/12
Lonnie Zeltzer, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Pain Program
Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA
Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Understanding Pain Across Puberty: The Role of
Experimental Pain Models
Jennie C.I. Tsao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UCLA Pediatric Pain Research Program
Department of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
3/14/12
Neal Halfon, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Health Sciences,& Policy Studies
UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities
Improving Maternal and Adolescent Health
[MCAH] Through Translational Research: A Life
Course Approach
This interdisciplinary seminar is sponsored by the UCLA Health Psychology Program (Department of Psychology). Interested persons are encouraged to attend any or all
of these sessions. The seminar is also offered for two credits per quarter. For additional information, please contact Professor Chris Dunkel Schetter (310) 206-8116 or
dunkel@psych.ucla.edu)