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URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/hettalks-hall-leech/
SUMMARY:Het Talks: Marissa Hall and Kathryn Leech
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy presentations by this year’s recipients of the Phillip 
 and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Scholarly Achievement. The talks will provid
 e an engaging look into these distinguished early career scholars’ work.
  The late Phillip Hettleman\, a member of the Carolina class of 1921\, and
  his wife Ruth established their prestigious named award in 1986 to recogn
 ize the achievements of outstanding junior faculty.\n\nCheck out all of th
 e Hettleman Winner's Presentations throughout the week:\n\nHet Talks: Sara
 h Cohen and Alex Zhukovitskiy\nHet Talks: Lindsey James and Angel Hsu\nHet
  Talks: Marissa Hall and Kathryn Leech\n\n\nThese are virtual\, CLE Credit
  events.\n\nRecorded Webinar:\n\n\n2025 Hettleman Winners\n\nMarissa Hall\
 , Health Behavior\, Gillings School of Global Public Health\nHall\, a memb
 er of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center\, is transforming how
  we understand and influence health behaviors through policy. Her research
  focuses on how product labeling\, marketing\, and availability shape cons
 umer choices\, especially around tobacco\, alcohol\, and food. She uses ex
 perimental methods to simulate real-world purchasing environments\, and he
 r work has demonstrated that pictorial warnings and front-of-package label
 s can significantly reduce the consumption of products like sugary drinks 
 and cigarettes.\n\nCurrently\, Hall leads NIH-funded studies on alcohol wa
 rning labels\, exploring how stronger\, more visible warnings can inform c
 onsumers about risks like cancer. Her research also addresses how labeling
  policies affect populations with limited English proficiency\, a group of
 ten overlooked in public health communication.\n\n\n\nKathryn Leech\, Scho
 ol of Education\nLeech investigates how everyday conversations between adu
 lts and children shape early language\, literacy\, and STEM development. H
 er work spans observational studies in authentic environments\, experiment
 al research to uncover causal mechanisms\, and the design of innovative in
 terventions that empower families to support their children’s learning.\
 n\nLeech’s research reveals that the quality of adult-child interactions
  plays a more critical role in children’s development than the quantity.
  Her studies have shown that decontextualized language — references to p
 ast or future events and explanatory dialogue — are linked to stronger v
 ocabulary\, narrative skills\, and scientific reasoning in young children.
  Her work is funded by an NSF CAREER award\, with additional support from 
 NIH and from partnerships funded by the Gates Foundation.
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CATEGORIES:CLE Credit Event,Department of Health Behavior,Gillings School
 of Global Public Health,Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research,School
 of Education,Virtual Event
LOCATION:https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GB1qzoJWQli58pP4QLeSmQ
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