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Tucson Child and Family Health and Wellness Symposium – Changing the Course Through Collaboration
Come together to re-imagine and re-energize our vibrant multi-sector coalition to address child and family health in our community. Engage with community partners and share your work to discover new opportunities for partnerships that reduce duplication and increase impact. Let’s work together to change the course!
Keynote speaker will be Christina D. Economos, PhD, professor and chair of the Division of Nutrition Interventions, Communication and Behavior Change, the New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition, and dean for research strategy, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; professor of public health and community medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; lead investigator for Catalyzing Communities to Prevent Obesity, and co-founder and director, ChildObesity180; and vice chair of the National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions.
Closing remarks will be given by Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tucson-child-family-health-and-wellness-symposium-tickets-381845599467
When: Sept. 22, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building, HSIB Forum, 1670 E. Drachman St., Tucson
Contact: Annemarie Medina, annemariemedina@arizona.edu
This event is hosted by the University of Arizona Health Sciences, UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Activate Tucson, and Catalyzing Communities to Prevent Obesity – a ChildObesity180 initiative hosted through Tufts University.
