NICHD Health Equity Seminar Series: Lessons Learned Engaging Diverse Communities in Obesity Research

April 29, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Agenda


Monday, April 29

10:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Della White
    NICHD, NIH, HHS
  • Yvonne T. Maddox
    NICHD, NIH, HHS
  • Catherine Y. Spong
    NICHD, NIH, HHS
  • Van S. Hubbard
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, HHS
10:20 a.m. A Community-Academic Community Based Participatory Research Partnership on Obesity in Children with Disabilities (PDF - 393 KB)
Jeffrey W. Cooper
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Pennsylvania
   

10:45 a.m.

Healthy Nurses and Healthy Children in the Pacific (PDF - 3 MB) 
Kristine Qureshi
University of Hawaii at Manoa

   

11:10 a.m.

Community Engagement and Youth-Led Action for Obesity Prevention (PDF - 1 MB)
Vikki C. Lassiter
African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN)

   

11:35 p.m.

Panel Discussion

  • Jeffrey W. Cooper
    United Cerebral Palsy of Central Pennsylvania
  • Kristine Qureshi
    University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Vikki C. Lassiter
    AACORN
  • Shiriki Kumanyika
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  • Mary Segal
    Temple University School of Medicine
  • Alice Tse
    University of Hawaii at Manoa

12:25 p.m.

Closing Remarks
Regina James
NICHD, NIH, HHS

   

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

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