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Date: January 20, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
Agenda
10:30 Registration and Poster Sessions
11:00 Welcome from Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, NYAM President
11:10 Special Guest Keynote: Lynne Holden, MD, President and Executive Director, Mentoring in Medicine
11:20 Remarks from Legislators
11:30 Obesity and Nutrition in New York
Brian Elbel, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, New York University and Principal Investigator, NY-Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Policy Research and Evaluation Network
11:40 Panel 1: School and Community Food Interventions
Effective ideas to ensure all New Yorkers have access to healthy foods. Followed by questions.
Benjamin Ortiz, MD, New York City School Meals Coalition
Stephen Ritz, Hunts Point HS and Green Living Technologies of Rochester
Kimberly George, Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition and CAMBA
Monica Serrano, United Neighborhood Houses
Amy Klein, Capital District Community Garden
12:30 Box Lunch Break with Networking and Poster Session
1:00 Physical Activity Interventions: Strategies from Across the US
Kevin Dedner, MPH, State/Local Policy Team Leader, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
1:10 Panel 2: Physical Activity Interventions
Effective ideas to ensure all New Yorkers have opportunities for physical activity and wellness. Followed by questions.
Julia De Martini Day, Transportation Alternatives
Juan Ramon Rios, Highbridge Community Life Center
James Mcdougal, Concerned Community 4 Change
Josh Wilson, North Country Healthy Heart
Kyle Stewart, New York State YMCA
1:50 An Invitation to Work Together: Designing a Strong and Healthy New York
2:00 Adjourn
This symposium is sponsored by The New York Academy of Medicine, the New York State Health Foundation, The NYU Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Policy Research and Evaluation Network, the NYC Food and Fitness Partnership, the NYC Strategic Alliance for Health, Healthier NYC, and the American Heart Association.
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