The University of Michigan's Center for Health Communications Research (CHCR) offers a series of seminars that reflects important trends in public health communication. The seminars are held monthly by a variety of speakers who cover the field's emerging topics. The Center invites local experts as well as international scholars in public health, communications, statistics, and technology.

The seminars are available as videos online. Quicktime is required to view them. You can download Quicktime free here: www.apple.com/quicktime

Seminar topics include:

• Identity-based motivation and health promotion
• Why gender matters in physician-patient communication
• Motivational interviewing in medical and public health settings
• Cultural sensitivity in public health
• Individual tailoring of health communications