We would like to spotlight CTBScience Research Faculty member and Scale It Up Florida program co-director Dr. Meardith Pooler-Burgess for her research talk on HPV and cervical cancer prevention among minorities presented at the 2021 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual meeting.
Dr. Ivan Balan, a Research Professor at CTBScience, is hosting a Grands Rounds lecture with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. His lecture is titled "A Dual HIV/Syphilis Rapid Test and Smartphone App to Facilitate Self-and Partner-Testing: Acceptability and Use Among Cisgender Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men" will be held April 22nd from 9:30 - 11:00am EST.
Inside the report, you will find a wealth of information related to CTBScience's activities during the 2019-20 reporting year, including updates for our five research programs, new programmatic initiatives, and information related to the wide variety of Center Mission objectives and progress toward our goals.
Florida A&M University Cooperative Extension and Florida State University’s Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families, and Children are collaborating to provide training on treating and preventing opioid misuse. This webinar is part of an overall Rural Opioid Technical Assistance project funded by a federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
Sara Green is a building force for the Center for Translational Behavioral Science. Her extensive knowledge of FSU policies and her professional relationships have directly contributed to the mission of CTBS. Our ability to pivot was tested during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past year, Sara kept us together, all the while focusing everyone around her on strategic development. Sara's dedication to CTBScience and support to faculty as we grow has been a vital force.
In collaboration with their community partners at CAN Community Health, led by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Laura Armas, Drs. Ennis and Butame will be presenting Barriers Impacting Telehealth Medical Appointment Adherence Among People Living With HIV/AIDS.
CTBScience congratulates Dr. Seyram Butame on his promotion from Post-doctoral Associate to Research Faculty! Dr. Butame has also assumed Co-lead of the CTBScience Methods Core. We look forward to continued collaboration with Dr. Butame in his new role.
Meardith Pooler-Burgess, DrPH, is a Meritorious Abstract award winner for her abstract submission to the annual Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) virtual conference scheduled for April 12-15, 2021. Her submission titled "Cervical Cancer & HPV Prevention Behaviors among Minority Mothers" was chosen by the program committee reviewers to be highlighted as an on-demand presentation to the Research Talk and Research Spotlight sessions, available to SBM conference attendees for the entire week of the virtual event.
This award recognized the faculty member who demonstrates promise to become an outstanding researcher as evidenced by any or all of the following:
We want to congratulate Dr. Julia Sheffler for her Internal KL2 Award! Dr. Sheffler will be funded from October 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 to support her work, which uses a pragmatic approach to examine the ways that psychology can improve adherence to a promising nutrition intervention for individuals at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Sheffler is Research Faculty for the Center for Translational Behavioral Sciences (CTBScience), Dept.
