Category: Past News

The 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health is co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and AcademyHealth and is set for December 4-6, 2017 in Arlington, VA. This purpose of the conference is to bridge the gap between research, practice, and policy in health and health care. This year’s theme, A Decade of Progress and the Path Forward, will reflect on the accomplishments of and challenges to the field, and will focus on opportunities ahead.  Go here for more details.

Associate Director of OIBR, Dr. Phaedra Corso,  and OIBR Affiliate and Grantsmanship Development Program participant, David Okech (GDP Class of 2014-16), have been named as Fellows to the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program for the 2017-18 academic year.

The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. It has three components: a university-level development program designed by each institution for its own participants (i.e., fellows); two SEC-wide workshops held on specified campuses for all program participants; and a competitive fellowship designed to provide administrative growth opportunities for former fellows.

To learn more about the SEC ALDP, go here.

The Owens Institute for Behavioral Research is proud to be a part of one of the largest research grants in our state’s history! In September, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $55 million to expand a collaborative partnership that includes the University of Georgia, Emory, Georgia Tech and Morehouse School of Medicine. The group will be known as the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) and will focus on improving clinical research and translating results into better outcomes for patients.

Lillian T. Eby, PhD., Director of OIBR, will be representing OIBR’s expertise with faculty development and mentoring on this important grant. A member of our Grantsmanship Development Program, Dorothy Carter (GDP Class of 2016-18), is also a part of this effort and is offering her expertise in team science and leadership.

There are over 25 people across UGA Colleges/Schools that are Co-Investigators on this grant. They include: Family and Consumer Sciences, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Public Health, Pharmacy, Education, Terry School of Business, Franklin, Vet Med, Graduate School as well as the Institute of Gerontology, Center for Drug Discovery, Center for Family Research, Regenerative Bioscience Center, Clinical and Translational Research Unit, Institute of Bioinformatics, Office of the VP for Research, Innovation Gateway, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, Center of Teaching and Learning, Online Learning, Office of VP for Instruction, Cooperative Extension, and Archway Program.

To learn more about Georgia CTSA and this grant, go here.

We are so proud of our very own Phaedra S. Corso, Ph.D.!! She is one of fifteen people profiled in the Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report from the President’s office. In addition to being the Associate Director for the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, she is also a UGA Foundation Professor in Human Health and the Director of the Economic Evaluation Research Group. Her research analyzes the costs and impacts of public health interventions on critical societal challenges such as violence, substance abuse, and childhood obesity. She is a two-time recipient of the College of Public Health’s Outstanding Teaching Award and a recipient of the UGA Creative Research Medal. For more information, go here.