Research

Goals and objectives of the Department of Behavioral Science include the following:

Conducting behavioral research on cancer risk behaviors, including the development of a behavioral sciences knowledge base
Expanding interdisciplinary collaborative research programs between behavioral scientists and other disciplines, including basic science, clinical research and population-based sciences
Assuring a cohesive, multidisciplinary, critical mass of behavioral science investigators within a well-funded research program
Building clinical research programs in smoking cessation, genetic counseling and testing for hereditary cancer susceptibility and psychosocial oncology
Expanding the psychobiology research program for the purpose of conducting research on nicotine dependence, withdrawal and relapse and on basic biobehavioral mechanisms
Focusing research programs on high-risk, underserved and minority populations wherever possible

Read about our Behavioral Science research programs in the Research section, in Prevention and Personalized Risk Assessment.