CEHDL 2006 Seminar Series

Variability in the Determination of the Glycemic Index Value: Does one size fit all?

Presented by The Hispanic Health Council
Sonia Vega-López, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator/Coordinator for Diabetes Peer Counseling Intervention Study

Tuesday, December 12, 2006
10:00 am–11:00 am
Hispanic Health Council, Auditorium
175 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06106

For more information contact Debbie Humphries
Phone: (860) 527-0856 ext. 240 or by
Email: dhumphries@hispanichealth.com

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Social capital, acculturation, nutrition, and health disparities among refugees in the UK, USA, and Canada: Challenges for research

Daniel W. Sellen, PhD
Associate Professor, Anthropology and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto Canada Research Chair, Human Ecology & Public Nutrition Director, Laboratory for the Study of Child Nutrition and Care

Friday, November 10, 2006
12:00–1:00 p.m.
University of Connecticut,
Student Union PRLACC Program Center, Room 437
2110 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269

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Why genes don't count (for racial differences in health)

Alan Goodman, Professor of Anthropology, Hampshire College

Friday, October 13, 2006
12:00–1:00 pm
Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center (PRLACC) Student Union (4th floor, South Wing)

Seminar reading: June 2006 CEHDL Paper of the Month

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The Latino Mortality Paradox Revisited: Is acculturation bad for your health?

Ana Abraido-Lanza, Ph.D.
http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/msphfacdir/profile.asp?uni=afl7
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

September 15, 2006
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Student Union, Room SU 437

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Evidence-Based Breastfeeding Promotion: The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Ph.D.
Director, Latino Health Disparities NIH EXPORT Center
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Public Health
Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Tuesday, May 30, 2006
12:00–1:00 P.M.
Academic Research Building (EG-013)

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Children at risk for Type 2 diabetes: A preventive medical, social and cultural perspective

Ana Lilia Rodriguez Ventura, MD, MS
Clinical Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University, School of Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, MA

May 26, 2006
12–1:00pm
RE Jones Bldg. Room 219

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Ethnic Diversity and eating patterns: Influence on the health and nutrition of older Hispanic adults

Odilia I. Bermudez, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.N.D.
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/faculty/bermudez_odilia.html
Assistant Professor at Tufts University Medical School and at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

February 28, 2006 (12:00–1:00 pm)
Hispanic Health Council auditorium

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