REGISTRATION OPEN! Obesity Disparities Symposium Series | May 31, 2014 | UF Health in Jacksonville, FL

Providers, Researchers, Adult and Child Patients, Families, and Community Stakeholders Talk to One Another about Achieving a Healthy Weight and Reducing Obesity among Different Patient Groups

WHEN: Saturday, May 31, 2014

WHERE: Learning Resources Center Auditorium at UF Health Jacksonville (653 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209)

WHAT: A Symposium Series on Achieving a Healthy Weight and Reducing Obesity

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: SYMPOSIUM 1

Researchers talk about research on obesity and obesity disparities that can help adult and child patients and others achieve a healthy weight (Audience members respond)

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: BREAK

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM: SYMPOSIUM 2

Providers talk about barriers to treatments and research aimed at helping minority and other patient groups achieve a healthy weight, and strategies overcoming these barriers (Audience members respond)

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: LUNCH

2:30 PM – 4:30 PM: SYMPOSIUM 3

Part 1. Patients and their family members talk about the motivators of and barriers to achieving a healthy weight and reducing obesity in their family and community (Audience Members Respond)

Part 2. Community stakeholders talk about their resources for promoting a healthy weight and reducing obesity disparities among patients most impacted by obesity (Audience Members Respond) 

REGISTRATION:

REGISTRATION IS FREE, BUT REQUIRED! Register for Symposium 1, Symposium 2, and/or Symposium 3 no later than Friday, May 23, 2014 by calling 1-866-290-5770 (toll free) or by visiting http://ufhealthdisparities.med.ufl.edu. (Webcast registration is also available.)

SYMPOSIUM SERIES FLYER:

DOWNLOADFLYER (PDF)

INVESTIGATORS:

Principal Investigators: Dr. Carolyn M. Tucker, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Dr. David Janicke, & Dr. David Wood

Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Stephen Anton, Dr. Ronald Cohen, Dr. Kenneth Cusi, Dr. Sunita Dodani, Dr. Mark Gold, Dr. Kenyatta Lee, Dr. Anne Mathews, Dr. Neil Rowland, & Dr. Eric Stewart

Multidisciplinary Academic-Community Obesity Disparities Research Team

Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) CTSA grant UL1 TR000064