UCLA HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY/BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE SEMINAR DATE 1/10/07 Winter 2007 Psychology 425 Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:00 5461 Franz Hall PRESENTER Julia H. Rowland, Ph.D. Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS 1/17/07 No Lecture 1/24/07 Beth Glenn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Health Services UCLA School of Public Health 1/31/07 Barbara Newman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Human Development and Family Studies University of Rhode Island 2/7/07 Doug Granger, Ph.D. Professor Departments of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies Pennsylvania State University 2/14/07 Michael Irwin, M.D. Norman Cousins Professor Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA 2/21/07 Edith Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Canada Research Chair University of British Columbia 2/28/07 Cindy Yee Bradbury, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology University of California, Los Angeles 3/8/07 Thursday 12:00-1:00pm 5461 FH Nancy Collins. Ph.D. 3/16/07 Friday,12:00-1:00pm 300 Medical Plaza Room 3200, Cousins Center Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology University of California, Santa Barbara Professor Department of Psychology Carnegie Mellon University TITLE Lifestyle behaviors of cancer survivors: A new challenge for health psychology Barriers to genetic testing for breast cancer risk among ethnic minority women: An exploratory study The relationship of changes in social support to depression in the transition to high school Salivary alpha-amylase in bio-behavioral research: Recent developments and applications Mind-body approaches: Research priorities and perspectives for aging How the social environment affects children's health: socioeconomic status and inflammatory pathways in asthma Stress and Emotional Reactivity in Schizophrenia: Preliminary Findings Will you be there when I need you; Perceived partner responsiveness regulates support-seeking behavior, expectations, and perceptions of support in couples Stress, social networks, social status and the common cold 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 Christine Dunkel Schetter (206-8116 or dunkel@psych.ucla.edu).