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Prevention in Focus webinars feature research talks from prevention science experts and thought leaders who are making advances in public health. The webinar series provides an opportunity for the broader scientific community and members of the public to learn about the latest prevention research findings directly from expert voices across the globe.
Rising Stars in Physical Activity Research: Role of Physical Activity in Disease Prevention & Management
August 11, 2026
A Window of Vulnerability: Menopause and Dementia Risk
Amalia Peterson, M.D.
June 25, 2026
Ultra-Processed Foods and Health Outcomes: State of the Research to Inform Practice
Jerold Mande, M.P.H.
Josiemer Mattei, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Lauren O’Connor, Ph.D., M.P.H.
May 4, 2026
Later-in-Life Brain Health in Former Amateur and Professional Athletes
Grant L. Iverson, Ph.D.
September 25, 2025
Global Food Security: Research to Inform Evidence-based Policies and Practices
Lora Iannotti, Ph.D.
November 18, 2024
Emerging Evidence for Strategies to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Wade Self, Ph.D.
October 10, 2024
Unlocking Solutions: Menthol Smoking Cessation Strategies
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.
July 22, 2024
Intimate Partner Violence Among Birthing People: Rural–Urban Differences and Implications for Safety and Equity
Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Ph.D., M.P.A.
June 3, 2024
Is It More than PMS? Learn About PMDD
Marybeth Bohn
Sandi MacDonald
March 27, 2024
Addressing Maternal Mortality: Unveiling Racial Disparities and Charting a Path to Change
Karie E. Stewart, M.P.H., M.S.N., CNM, APRN
August 17, 2023
The Challenge and Promise of Food is Medicine
Hilary Seligman, M.D., M.A.S.
June 29, 2023
Cost Effective Interventions That Can Prevent Obesity and Chronic Disease, and Improve Health Equity
Steve Gortmaker, Ph.D.
January 19, 2023
Better Measurement of Multimorbidity: What’s New and What Funding is Available?
Jerry Suls, Ph.D.
Siran M. Koroukian, Ph.D.
Marcel Salive, M.D., M.P.H.
December 19, 2022
Say “Yes!” to Health Literacy in Cancer Prevention and Control
Cathy Meade, Ph.D.
Clement K. Gwede, Ph.D.
October 26, 2022
World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior for Persons with Disabilities: Process to Practice
Catherine Carty, Ph.D.
Lindsay Lee, M.P.P., M.Sc.
October 18, 2022
Spreading Effective Interventions to Support Healthy Child Growth: CDC’s Data Modernization and Implementation Science Efforts
Heidi Blanck, Ph.D.
August 18, 2022
FIERCE Exercise Study: A Community-Based Cancer Prevention Trial in Metabolically Unhealthy Black Women
Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D.
Chiranjeev Dash, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.B.S.
May 20, 2022
Update 2022: COVID-19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, and the Heart
Jane W. Newburger, M.D., M.P.H.
Dongngan Truong, M.D., M.S.
January 26, 2022