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.
Leadership
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
George A. Weiss University Professor
About the Director
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH is George A. Weiss University Professor, Professor of Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine, Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing, and Director of the University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center. She is also Associate Director for Community Engaged Research and Program Leader for Cancer Control, at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute on Health Economics, the Center for Public Health Initiatives, and the Penn Institute for Urban Research, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. She was previously at Emory University (2004-2009), the University of Hawaii (1993-2004), and Temple University.
Core Staff
Krista Scheffey, MPH, MSW
Research Project Manager
Josh Aronson
Research Project Manager
Claudia Caponi
Program Coordinator
Margaret Clawson, MPH
Project Coordinator
Amanda Fultz, PhD, RDN
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yolande Goncalves, MPH
Senior Research Coordinator
Ashley Iwu
Research Coordinator
Betsy Kaage
Communications Coordinator
Collin Kather
Senior Research Coordinator
Pui (Flora) Kwong, MPH
Statistical Analyst
Emma Adelia Soliva
Research Coordinator
Trainees & Mentees
Recent CHBR Trainees & Mentees
Sandra Amaral, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Lowenthal, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Senbagam Virudachalam, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Julia Alber, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Cal State Poly San Luis Obispo
Bryan Kim, PhD
Program Director, Outcomes Research Branch (ORB) of the Healthcare Delivery Research Program, National Cancer Institute
Karyn Tappe, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Rowan University