Date:  Tuesday, January 10
Time:  Noon
Place:  Discovery 1, 915 Greene Street, Room 140*
Speaker:  Delia West, Ph.D.

"Behavioral Weight Control in a Wired World: Over a decade of RCTs to Improve Technology-Assisted Weight Control"

Dr. West, SmartState Chair and Director of the TecHealth Center, will present a look back into the history of her early online behavioral weight control research and updates on an ongoing current study to improve weight loss outcomes from evidence-based programs delivered by the Internet using financial incentives.

Presented by:

 TecHealth

Technology Center to Promote Healthy Lifestyles

A South Carolina SmartState Center at USC Arnold School of Public Health

 Tech Tuesday Talks, is a free, monthly seminar series bringing together researchers from across the USC campus who share an interest in technology-assisted health promotion and disease prevention interventions and research.  The series presents a forum to learn about one another’s work, spark collaborations, as well as  introduce students to the ongoing research conducted on the USC campus which incorporates technology in health promotion.  All interested faculty, staff, students and the general public are invited to attend.  Tech Tuesday Talks are presented on the second Tuesday of the month in Discovery I Building, Room 140 at noon.  To learn more, visit http://techealth.sc.edu/tech-tuesday-talks or contact magradey@mailbox.sc.edu.