Class Schedule
Behavioral Medicine Seminar: Assessment Issues
Fall, 2012
Date
Topic; Leaders/guest/s; Location
08/30/12
Review of Syllabus; Introduction to Course and Topic; Writing a Review Paper;
Linda Gallo; Sky Park
09/06/12
Socio-environmental Assessment; Guadalupe X. Ayala, Ph.D. MPH, (SDSU
Graduate School of Public Health, SDSU) Vons, 3550 Murphy Canyon Road/
then Sky Park
09/13/12
Sexual Risk Behaviors; Guest Tom Patterson, Ph.D. (UCSD Department of
Psychiatry); Sky Park
09/20/12
Assessment Issues in Chronic Pain; Guest Tom Rutledge, Ph.D. (UCSD
Department of Psychiatry); Sky Park
**Further Discussion of Systematic Review Assignment (Linda Gallo)
09/27/12
Dietary Assessment; Guest Cheryl Rock, Ph.D., R.D. (UCSD Department of
Family and Preventive Medicine); Moores Cancer Center, Conference Room
2007
10/04/12
Physical Activity and Fitness; Guests Jim Sallis, Ph.D. and Jeanne Nichols,
Ph.D. (Director, Adult Health Fitness Center, SDSU Department of Exercise and
Nutritional Sciences); Sky Park
Review paper assignment: One page topical proposal due
10/11/12
Sleep Assessment; Guests Sean Drummond, Ph.D. and Sonia Ancoli-Israel,
Ph.D. (UCSD Department of Psychiatry); SDVAMC -Veterans Medical Research
Foundation - building 13, room 305 conference room.
10/18/12
Alcohol and Drug Use; Neal Doran; (UCSD Departments of Psychology and
Psychiatry); SDVAMC, room tbd
Review paper assignment: Outline of methods and shell tables due
10/25/12
Obesity and Body Mass; Linda Gallo; Sky Park
11/01/12
Cardiovascular Disease Risk; Guest Matt Allison, M.D., MPH (UCSD Department
of Preventive and Family Medicine); 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite A206
11/8/12
Biomarkers/Physiological Assessment; Paul Mills, Ph.D. and Suzi Hong, Ph.D.
(UCSD Department of Psychiatry); UCSD Hillcrest Clinical Teaching Facility, 200
West Arbor Drive, room CTF-B101
Review paper assignment: PRISMA flowchart and reference list due
11/15/12
Social Status/Ethnicity/Disparities Related Issues in Assessment; Linda Gallo;
Sky Park
11/22/12
Thanksgiving, no class
11/29/12
Tobacco Assessment: Environmental and Individual Approaches; Georg Matt,
Ph.D., and Mark Myers, Ph.D. (UCSD Department of Psychiatry); Sky Park
12/06/12
Review paper assignment: Student Presentations
12/13/12
Review paper assignment: Final papers due by class time