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Gary Bennett
Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 1, 2023
Preceded byValerie Sheares Ashby
Personal details
RelativesGeoff Bennett (brother) [1]
EducationMorehouse College (BA)
Duke University (MA, Ph.D)

Gary G. Bennett Jr.[1] is the Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Global Health and Medicine at Duke University.[2] In November 2022, he was appointed Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, effective February 2023.[3][4]

Education and career

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Bennett earned a Ph.D and MA in clinical health psychology at Duke University and a bachelor's degree from Morehouse College.[5]

In July 2018, Bennett was appointed Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at Duke University. He is the founding director of the Duke Global Digital Health Science Center.[6] He co-founded Crimson Health Solutions, acquired by Health Dialog in 2007. In 2014, he co-founded Scale Down, a digital obesity treatment startup acquired by Anthem in 2017. He also founded Coeus Health, a provider of health APIs.[7][8]

He is the former President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.[9][10][11]

Bennett developed the interactive obesity treatment approach (iOTA); and his research program designs, tests, and disseminates digital obesity treatments.[8][10]

Recognition

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Bennett is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and is an elected member of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and Behavioral Medicine Research Council.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Gary Bennett Obituary". Legacy.com. Courier-Post (Camden, N.J.). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "New Study Suggests Breakthrough Method To Help Black Women Maintain Healthy Weight". HuffPost. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. ^ "Bennett Appointed Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  4. ^ "Vice Provost Gary Bennett named next dean of Trinity College". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  5. ^ "Gary G. Bennett, PhD". Duke Global Digital Health Science Center. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  6. ^ "Gary Bennett". Duke Global Health Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  7. ^ "Gary G. Bennett". Bass Connections. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ^ a b "Gary Bennett | Duke University". duke.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  9. ^ "Full Article | Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)". www.sbm.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  10. ^ a b "Interventions for medically vulnerable patients". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  11. ^ Steinberg, Dori M.; Levine, Erica L.; Askew, Sandy; Foley, Perry; Bennett, Gary G. (2013-11-18). "Daily Text Messaging for Weight Control Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Women: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 15 (11): e2844. doi:10.2196/jmir.2844. PMC 3841371. PMID 24246427.
  12. ^ "COUNCIL MEMBERS". BMRC. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
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