Past Events
We have promoted prevention science events for over 20 years. Find all of our past events here.
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April 25, 2023
PRC Seminar: Topics in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Prevention Science and Practice
Recipients of the PRC's Early Career Diversity Research Award
April 19, 2023
Expanding Empathy Speaker Series: Ways to Channel Empathy
Anat Perry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Psychology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Director of the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Lecture title: "The Contribution of Different Information Channels to Empathy and Social Communication"
Antti Kauppinen, Ph.D.
Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki
Lecture title: "Empathy, Bias, and Manipulation"
April 13, 2023
7th Annual Lecture on Compassion: “Making Room for Our Voices: Centering African Americans in Mind-Body Intervention Research and Practice”
Natalie Watson-Singleton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Spelman College
April 12, 2023
Expanding Empathy Speaker Series: Moral Learning
Victor Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the interdisciplinary Mind and Morality Lab at Boston University
Lecture title: "What We Can Learn from the Historic Decline of Anti-Gay Attitudes"
Oriel FeldmanHall, Ph.D.
Alfred Manning Associate Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University.
Lecture title: "How Emotion Influences Social Learning"
April 12, 2023
Compassion Workshop: “Deepening the Inner Work of Flourishing Together: The Power of Socially-Engaged Mindfulness for Compassionate Action in Troubled Times”
Rhonda V. Magee, M.A., J.D., Director, Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics, University of San Francisco School of Law
April 3, 2023
Expanding Empathy Speaker Series: Empathy, Effort, and Common Ground
Patricia Lockwood, Ph.D.
Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham
Lecture title: “How Willing Are We to Put in Effort to Help Others? Prosocial Motivation across the Lifespan and in the Brain”
Hannah Read, Ph.D.
Researcher, Duke University
Lecture title: “The Benefits of Risk of Empathy and Common Ground”
March 30, 2023
Seminar and Flash Talks: “Pursuing Health Equity through Implementation Science”
Dr. Prajakta Adsul, Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico
Flash Talk Presenters:
Sarah Chilenski, PhD
Lauren J. Van Scoy, MD
Gail D’Souza, MPH, CHES
William Calo, PhD, JD, MPH
Jennifer Moss, PhD
March 28, 2023
PRC Seminar: “Promoting Self-Regulation and Healthy Eating Habits among Toddlers Living in Poverty”
Robert Nix, Ph.D., Audrey Rothermel-Bascom Professor in the School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin
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