f Health Behavior Theories Workshop

Agenda

Monday, September 8, 2025

12:00–12:05 p.m. Welcome and Introduction
Jane Simoni, Ph.D., Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
12:05–12:10 p.m. Overview of the NIH Health Behavior Theories Project
Sydney O’Connor, Ph.D., OBSSR, NIH
12:10–12:20 p.m. Setting the Stage: What Is a Health Behavior Theory?
Alex Rothman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
12:20–1:00 p.m. What a Health Behavior Theory Should Do and How We Can Get There
Angela Bryan, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Moderator: Darrell Hudson, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Michigan School of Public Health
1:00–1:40 p.m. Health Disparities and the Development and Use of Health Behavior Theories
María Fernández, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Sydney O’Connor, Ph.D., OBSSR, NIH

Moderator: Genevieve Dunton, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Southern California
1:40–1:50 p.m. Break
1:50–2:30 p.m. Synthesizing Evidence to Advance Health Behavior Theories
Talea Cornelius, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S., Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Emily Hennessy, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Moderator: Paschal Sheeran, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:30–3:10 p.m. Novel Approaches for Advancing Theory Development and Testing
Marissa Burgermaster, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
David Conroy, Ph.D., FACSM, FSBM, University of Michigan

Moderator: Bryan Kutner, Ph.D., M.P.H., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
3:10–3:20 p.m. Break
3:20–4:20 p.m. Synthesis and Discussion of Future Directions
Moderator: William (Bill) Klein, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, NIH
4:20–4:30 p.m. Summary and Closing
Sydney O’Connor, Ph.D., OBSSR, NIH
Angela Pfammatter, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Elise Rice, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging, NIH
Alex Rothman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

*Attendees are responsible for meals and/or light refreshments are at their own expense. The government and/or government contractors are not involved in facilitating the provision of food and/or light refreshments.