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Center for Health Behavior Research (CHBR)

Driving innovation in health behavior research with interdisciplinary collaboration, groundbreaking theories and tools, and expert training for future research leaders.

About CHBR

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.

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The University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center Awarded a $6.5 Million CDC Grant

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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Press Release

The University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center Awarded a $6.5 Million CDC Grant
October 15, 2024

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.
Announcement

Community Driven Research Day 2024
February 9, 2024

via CHOP Center for Violence Prevention and CDRD Community-Driven Research Day (CDRD) is a program that encourages collaboration between researchers and community-based organizations (CBOs)/community groups that have research questions they […]
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Mixed News: Cancer Rates Drop, But More Younger Patients Affected
January 22, 2024

The latest cancer statistics report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) paints a complex picture of our struggle against the disease. While cancer mortality rates are declining, a worrying trend […]
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Glanz receives top honors in medicine and research
December 6, 2023

  Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, received two distinguished honors in the month of November. Dr. Glanz is the George A. Weiss University Professor, Professor of Epidemiology in the Perelman School […]

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