Gary Bennett Email & Phone Number

Gary Bennett is dean of the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University. As dean, Dr. Bennett is responsible for defining and articulating the strategic mission of Trinity College, ensuring a world-class liberal arts education in a research environment for all students, and attracting, retaining, and nurturing a diverse community of distinguished faculty. He is a professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, medicine, and nursing, and is the founding director of the Duke Digital Health Science Center. Dr. Bennett is a behavior change scientist with expertise in developing innovative digital health solutions that deliver patient engagement and clinically proven improvements in health outcomes. Bennett writes, consults, teaches and speaks about health behavior change and technology. He is the past president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the nation's largest professional organization of behavior change experts. Dr. Bennett has also co-founded three digital health ventures. Crimson Health Solutions developed digital disease management interventions and was acquired by Health Dialog in 2007. In 2014, he co­ founded Scale Down, a digital obesity treatment startup based on the science of daily self-weighing. Scale Down was acquired by Anthem in 2017. He is a co-founder of Coeus Health, a leading provider of health APIs. Dr. Bennett advises leading digital health and consumer electronic organizations on the science of health behavior change.Dr. Bennett has authored nearly 200 scientific papers, and his research program has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health with more than $20m in grant support. Dr. Bennett is an elected member of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and Behavioral Medicine Research Council. Dr. Bennett is a frequent speaker to academic, industry, and lay audiences on the interface of digital health science and behavior change. Dr. Bennett is a board member at Girl Trek and the Council on Black Health, and has served on treatment guidelines panels for the American Psychological Association and the American Heart Association, and has worked with committees at numerous organizations, including the Institute of Medicine and American Council on Exercise to reduce Americans’ high rates of physical inactivity and obesity.

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