Dr. Julia Sheffler at the ISL 2026 Student poster day career panel
Dr. Julia Sheffler participated at the ISL 2026 Student Poster Day hosted by the Institute for Successful Longevity. She joined a distinguished career panel. The event highlighted the importance of mentorship and collaboration as students navigate careers in research. Read more: lnkd.in/ekCCZEis
Dr. Laura Marks' congratulations on mid-career award for excellence in counseling health psychology from the division 17 health psychology section. Spotlight post.
Congratulations to Dr. Laura Reid Marks on receiving the Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Counseling Health Psychology (Division 17 Health Psychology Section). This honor recognizes her significant contributions advancing research and practice to improve health and well-being.
PRE-CONFERENCE COURSE at the 2026 Society of Behavioral Medicine 2026 annual meeting. Title: Introduction to the Revised ORBIT Model for the Design & Preliminary Testing of Health-Related Behavioral Interventions. Date and time: Wednesday, April 22, 2026; 11:00 AM — 1:00 PM. Location: Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL. Important remark: Early bird registration is open until February 25, 2026. Presenters include Drs. Sylvie Naar, Lynda Powell, Ken Freedland, and Susan Czajkowski.
REGISTER TODAY! SBM Pre-conference course. This interactive session will introduce the Revised ORBIT Model and provide practical guidance on designing and conducting early-stage behavioral intervention research. Early bird ends February 25, 2026.
Register here: www.sbm.org/events/annua...
Dr. Julia Sheffler's team joined Wisdom Adult Day Care Services for a day of service playing bingo with their seniors. Special thank you to the seven student volunteers for representing our lab and center so thoughtfully!
CTBS Assistant Director and Research Development Core lead, Sara Green, MSW, received the FSU inaugural Ethos Award for Research Integrity and Ethics last semester. This award recognizes Sara’s exceptional commitment to the highest standards of ethical conduct and accountability in research.
We are proud to share Dr. Amy Hall’s latest publication, which focuses on the Theory of Asthma Self-Management (TASM) offering a valuable framework for nurses and healthcare teams to support more effective asthma care.
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The 2026 NIH-sponsored ORBIT Institute, a training for scientists with interest in behavioral treatment development to improve health behaviors. The application deadline is Dec 4, 2025. For more information about requirements, eligibility criteria, and how to apply: ctbs.fsu.edu/nih-orbit-in...
BSSM Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Dr. Nicole Ennis, was appointed to the Editorial Board for Healthcare, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that focuses on interdisciplinary research in medicine and healthcare.
#CTBScience #HealthcareResearch #FSU #SubstanceUse #ImplementationScience
🎙️Dr. Julia Sheffler was a guest on Institute for Successful Longevity podcast series, "Voices of Longevity." If you haven't had a chance to listen yet, you can check it out here:
🎧 YouTube: lnkd.in/eKKMwdTh
🎧 Spotify: lnkd.in/edEPF4d2
✨Over the summer, we welcomed Jason E. Chapman, PhD, as Research Faculty III at CTBScience! With over 20 years of NIH-funded research experience, Dr. Chapman brings deep expertise. We’re incredibly excited about the innovation and impact his work will support.
Welcome to the team, Dr. Chapman!
🤩 Earlier this summer, Dr. Sylvie Naar delivered a practical overview segment at the 18th International Symposium on Neuropsychiatry & HIV in Barcelona, Spain.
#HIVCare #MotivationalInterviewing #Neuropsychiatry #BehavioralHealth #FSUMedicine #CTBScience #TranslationalScience
Dr. Sylvie Naar and colleagues at the 2025 Motivational Interviewing (MI) Summit, hosted by the #FSU Center for Behavioral Health Integration, a global gathering of leaders, practitioners, and researchers shaping the future of MI.
#MotivationalInterviewing #CTBScience #FSUBehavioralHealth
💫The ORBIT Institute launched its 3rd cohort! Fellows engaged in intensive sessions on the ORBIT model. The program's lead investigator is Dr. Sylvie Naar.
ORBIT Institute: ctbs.fsu.edu/nih-orbit-in...
#ORBITInstitute2025 #BehavioralScience #HealthInterventions #ResearchExcellence #ORBITModel
Congratulations Drs. Ravinder Nagpal and Julia Sheffler! 🎉 They were awarded an Institute for Successful Longevity (ISL) Planning Grant for their project on the gut-microbiome-brain axis elements in older adults.
#HealthyAging #CognitiveHealth #MicrobiomeResearch #ISL #FSUResearch #AgingScience
CTBScience welcomed several new team members during the spring semester 🤩 Thank you all for your support to our center's mission and goals! 👏
Huge shoutout to three outstanding SIU-FL team members — Grace Sanders, Milo St. Ives, and Kayla Hicks — for representing CTBS at the 21st Annual College of Medicine Research Fair with three poster presentations!👏
The event showcased the innovative research happening across the College of Medicine.
🎉 Super excited to share that TWO abstracts have been selected for presentations at the 2025 National Sexual Health Conference this July in Denver! 🧭 Poster presentation led by Sara Shaw Green, MSW, and concurrent session led by Rebecca Giguere, MPH.
We had the pleasure of having our newest postdoc scholar, Dr. Amy Hall, visit CTBS and attend FSU College of Medicine Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine BSSM Post Doc Research Day. 😊
Thank you Dr. Ennis and Michelle Childs, for organizing a successful program for our Postdocs!! 👏
Congratulations Dr. Sylvie Naar, one of the ✨NEW Society of Behavioral Medicine Fellows!!! 🤩 And it has been delightful to have a wonderful FSU team together at #SBM2025
CTBScience at #SBM2025 Society of Behavioral Medicine Exhibit Hall Sessions. Brenda Echeverri and Sara Shaw Green, MSW, are promoting CTBS initiatives, including the ORBIT Institute and the FSU College of Medicine Postdoctoral opportunity.
More info: ctbs.fsu.edu
Drs. Sylvie Naar and Ken Freedland kick-off Wednesday morning at Society of Behavioral Medicine with pre-conference course talk on 💡Understanding and Applying the ORBIT Model👏
More about the ORBIT Institute: ctbs.fsu.edu/nih-orbit-in...
Dr. Sylvie Naar at the 2025 Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference hosted by the Georgia CTSA. Joined by other FSU College of Medicine colleagues. Dr. Naar was a moderator during the "Healthy Communities" session.
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Dr. Sylvie Naar and Jonathan Morgan presented at the HIV Implementation Science Symposium, a UF/FSU collaboration. Dr. Naar spoke on tailored motivational interviewing and Jonathan shared on a protocol for a type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial.
CTBScience welcomed a few new team members recently! Welcome to the team: Isaac Richardson, Gerard Thomas, Emily Marie Barlow, Bianca Philippe, Jason Rogers, Tiana Baker, Trinity Sims, and Edward Bennett.
🎉 Huge congratulations to Amy Hall! 🎉 We are proud to share that Amy Hall has successfully completed her dissertation, "Asthma Self-Management in Black Emerging Adults"! A special thank you to her committee, including Dr. Karen MacDonell.
#AsthmaResearch #PublicHealth #WayneStateUniversity
Rebecca Giguere shares about her lead-author protocol article for the YACHT study in @jmirpub.bsky.social JMIR Publications. Check it out! 📽️
Marie Denis-Luque, MPSH, MPH, presented a collaborative paper in progress on "Exploring Organizations' Revenues and Transparency Seal: A Deep Dive Study" at the 2024 ARNOVA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Marie works with Dr. MacDonell at CTBS as program director in the Health Justice Lab.
Holiday fun with CTBS team members! 🤩🎇🎄
Promotional materials for ORBIT Institute - deadline December 6, 2024.
The #ORBITInstitute2025 application deadline is this Friday Dec 6! Any post-graduate investigator and scientist with an interest in developing and testing behavioral treatments to improve health behaviors is eligible to apply to this course. Learn more: ctbs.fsu.edu/nih-orbit-in...
Dr. Laura Reid Marks received the William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award! 🏆 Her doctoral student, Nicholas Reese, M.A., nominated Dr. Reid Marks and attended the McKnight Fellows in a special celebration at the 39th Annual McKnight Fellows' Meeting and Research & Writing Conference in Tampa FL.
