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Curriculum Vitae
Gary G BennettClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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Duke University
417 Chapel Drive
Box 90086
Durham, NC 27708
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(919) 617-1020 (office)
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- Education
- Areas of Interest
- Obesity
Health psychology
Behavioral interventions
Information technology
Health communication
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Harvard University School of Public Health
- Assistant professor, Society, Human Development and Health, 2003 - 2010
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Assistant professor, Center for Community-Based Research, Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, 2003 - 2010
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Great Place to Work Award, Harvard School of Public Health, January, 2007
Health Disparities Scholar, NCMHD, National Institutes of Health, 2005
Career Opportunities in Research “COR-Star” Award, NIM, NIH, 2004
Ten Outstanding Young Leaders of Boston Award, Boston Jaycees, 2004
- Recent Grant Support
- Cell phone Intervention Trial for Young Adults, National Institutes of Health, U01HL096720, 2009/09-2014/08.
- Community-based obesity prevention among Black women, National Institutes of Health, R01 DK078798, 2008/09-2013/08.
- Weight loss among Chinese adults, 2010/12-2012/12.
- Assessing the impact of grassroots community-wide environmental changes on encouraging children to be physically active, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010/12-2012/12.
- Cancer risk factors and vitamin D supplementation in Blacks, None, 2007/09-2012/08.
- Using a new media weight loss intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes among women with a history of gestational diabetes, National Diabetes Education Program, 2011/07-2012/06.
- Integrated technologies for weight and blood pressure control in urban community health centers, National Institutes of Health, U01HL087071, 2006/09-2011/08.
- Provider delivered interventions in primary care, National Cancer Institute, P50CA148596, 2010/07-2011/06.
- Conferences Organized
- Editorial Board, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2010 - present
- Program Chair, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2009 - present
- Obesity Working Group, Disease Management Association of America, 2007 - 2008
- NCI SEP Study Section – Subcommittee G, 2008
- America’s Fitness Index Development Committee, American College of Sports Medicine, 2007
- Professional Service
- University Committee
- Academic Council, 2010 - present
- Duke Social Science Research Institute Advisory Board, 2010 - present
- Duke Interdisciplinary Studies Strategic Planning Committee, January 2009
- Major Advisor
- Search Committee, Cantor Center for Nursing and Patient Care Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2007
- Other Dept Service
- Co-leader, Clinical area brown bag seminar, 2010 - present
- DGHI reporting metrics committee, 2010 - present
- DGHI undergraduate doctoral scholars program, 2010 - present
- User’s Committee, Population Sciences Combined Cores, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, 2006
- Professional Activities
- Observational Study Monitoring Board, Jackson Heart Study, 2009 - present
- African American Cooperative Obesity Research Network, 2006 - present
- Member, NIH Office of Women's Health Obesity Working Group, January 2009
- NIH Study Section Health Disparities ZRG1 RPHB-K (50) R, January 2009
- CDC Prevention Research Centers Study Section, 2008
- Department of Defense Study Section – CDMRP Prostate Cancer Research Program, 2005
- Community Service
- National Medical Advisory Board, Prostate Health Education Network, 2006
- Advisory Board, Leadership Conference, 2006
- Speaker, Commission to Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities, Massachusetts State Legislature, 2005
- Leader, African American Male Prostate Cancer Support Group, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2005
- Speaker, Session on the Health of African Americans in Massachusetts, Joint Health Committee, Massachusetts State Legislature, 2004
- Fellow, The Partnership, Inc., 2004
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- eHeath methods in dissemination and implementation research, NIH Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health, 28 December 2011
- Obesity disparities., NHLBI Invited Workshop on Sleep Disparities, Bethesda, MD, 28 December 2011
- The Duke Obesity Prevention Program: Local solutions, global reach., DGHI 5th Anniversary Celebration. Durham, NC, 28 December 2011
- Using a new generation of tools for characterizing the personal environment in broadly based epidemiological studies, Exposure Biology Program, NIEHS, 28 December 2011
- Using new media technologies for weight loss in disadvantaged primary care settings, Carolina Seminar on Behavioral Research with Minority Populations. Chapel Hill, NC, 28 December 2011
- Discrimination, context and obesity: The Pitt County Study, American Psychosomatic Society, Portland, OR, 30 December 2010
- Doing, feeling, and being better: Obesity basics, Women’s Health Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 30 December 2010
- Obesity: What we [think we] know, Piedmont Health Services, Carrboro, NC, 30 December 2010
- To treat or not to treat: Obesity treatment among socially disadvantaged populations, North Carolina Association of Nutrition Directors, Raleigh, NC, 30 December 2010
- What divide? Use of new media technologies for weight loss in disadvantaged primary care settings, University of Illinois Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, Il, 30 December 2010
- Designing sustainable cancer prevention interventions for populations of low socioeconomic status, American Association of Cancer Research, 13 January 2009
- Use of new media technologies for weight loss in the primary care setting, Boston Obesity Working Group, 2009
- Internet interventions for obesity, Washington University Siteman School of Medicine, 2008
- Obesity and cancer disparities: A population health approach, American Association of Cancer Research, 2008
- Use of eHealth technology to promote weight loss in the primary care setting, Harvard School of Public Health, 2008
- When is advantage and advantage: Future directions in the study of SES and obesity among Blacks, African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network Bi-Annual Invited Workshop, 2008
- Best practices for physical activity measurement in diverse samples, American College of Sports Medicine, 2007
- Engaging “communities” in obesity prevention: Best practices and practical strategies, Commission to Lower Childhood Obesity in Chicago, 2007
- Multilevel approaches to understanding physical activity among racial/ethnic minority populations, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2007
- Affective response to mental stress and the John Henryism hypothesis, 2006
- Community-based obesity prevention research, Boston University School of Public Health, 2006
- Context matters: the social epidemiology of obesity among Blacks, Morehouse College, 2006
- Physical activity promotion and obesity reduction among low income Blacks: the benefits and challenges of community-based research, University of North Carolina Minority Health Conference, 2006
- Strategies for building effective community collaborations, 2006
- When knowing isn't enough: Physical activity among low income, multiethnic housing residents, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2006
- Policy approaches to ending cancer disparities, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Legislative Breakfast, 2005
- The contribution of social and behavioral factors to prostate cancer disparities, African American Prostate Caner Disparity Summit, 2005
- The impact of racial discrimination on racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare, Commission to Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities. Massachusetts State Legislature, 2005
- Publications (listed separately)
Last modified: 2011/12/28
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