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. www.ctsi.ufl.edu georgiactsa.org

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! 🤩🎇🎄

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.

Dr. Iván Balán and his team are working on an new rectal microbicide study via the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN). The RevUP study compares the safety, adherence, and acceptability of 2 HIV prevention methods and introduces an adherence counseling intervention. www.hptn.org/research/stu...

In October, the Great Race Annual 5K Run/Walk was held in Perry, FL. Proceeds were donated to community efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Helene. CTBS Assistant Director, Sara Green participated and placed 3rd in gender/age group. Way to go, Sara!