Driving innovation in health behavior research with interdisciplinary collaboration, groundbreaking theories and tools, and expert training for future research leaders.
Established in 2009, the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Health Behavior Research (CHBR) is an institution-wide collaborative effort, dedicated to conducting health behavior research, fostering advances in measurement of health behaviors, advancing the use of health behavior theory, and promoting collaboration among faculty, fellows, and students. Through theory-based research and a broad focus on measurement of health behavior, the CHBR contributes to both fundamental and applied research to help individuals, populations, and clinicians improve health behaviors and outcomes.
The University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center has received a $6.5 million CDC grant to advance community-based prevention research, focusing on improving shared decision-making for older cancer patients. This five-year project will study interventions tailored to patients’ needs, enhancing outcomes in Philadelphia and beyond.
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Visit the Penn LDI blog to read the five key takeaways from an assessment of 39 reviews published over the past 15 years. Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, and colleagues examined […]
From Questions to Action: Join Us for Community-Driven Research Day 2026 For 16 years, Community-Driven Research Day (CDRD) has been a catalyst for partnerships that advance health through community-based research. […]
Please register and join us for a special seminar from the leaders of the Center for Global Oncology. Dr. Larry Shulman and Dr. Surbhi Grover will guide us through “Providing […]
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, is the George A. Weiss University Professor with joint appointments in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing. Her work focuses on translating theory into practice to address critical public health issues like physical activity, obesity, and health equity.
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