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Research Day 2019
Highlights from Research Day on March 21, 2019 A joint project of the DBEI and the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Penn. Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH started off the day with her Featured Faculty Talk, "Food and Nutrition Environments: Is There...
Article by Glanz and her team receives honor from major nutrition journal
UPenn PRC Director Karen Glanz, MPH, PhD and her co-authors received the 2019 High-Impact Award from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) for a highly cited paper published in 2016. The publication focuses on synthesizing the evidence about how...
A call for answers for the ‘Three Identical Strangers’
UPenn PRC Director, Karen Glanz, MPH, PhD and Holly Fernandez Lynch of Penn's Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy , shine a light on the responsibilities of the research ethics community when it comes to deceptive experiments like the 1960’s study featured...
Year in Review – 2018
As we begin the new year 2019, we’ve compiled some highlights of the past year at the UPenn Prevention Research Center. Enjoy the video, and note some of our key accomplishments: We saw results of our research in skin cancer prevention communication...
Karen Glanz named Associate Director and Program Leader at the Abramson Cancer Center
Monday, November 26, 2018, Abramson Cancer Center director, Robert Vonderheide and deputy director, Katherine Nathanson announced the appointment of Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH as Associate Director for Community Engaged Research and Leader for the Cancer Control Program....
Highlights from the 2018 Evidence Academy
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Taking more than one precaution to prevent skin cancer
Bleakley A, Lazovich D, Jordan AB, Glanz K. Compensation Behaviors and Skin Cancer Prevention, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 55, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 848-855 In the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers evaluate the beliefs in...
Call for Flash Talks at the Tobacco Control Conference
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are seeking researchers, graduate students, postdocs, and community public health practitioners to give 6-minute “flash talks” about tobacco research, practice, or advocacy at the Tobacco Control Science Evidence Academy on...
A 1-day conference on tobacco control and products in Philadelphia
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Linking a Child’s Environment to Obesity
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]There is a global childhood obesity epidemic and researchers in the United States are working toward solutions, including prevention. Compared to adults, there has been relatively little research linking a child’s...