Events

Past Event

Health Equity Systems and Frameworks to Address Childhood Obesity

May 24, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
America/New_York
Online Event

Please join the Pediatric Obesity Initiative in the Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, for the first in a new speaker series. Panelists will discuss obesity, health equity, and frameworks to address them, followed by a Q&A.

Moderator Olajide Williams, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology, Associate Dean of Community Research and Engagement, Chief of Staff of the Department of Neurology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will be joined by William Dietz, MD, PhD, Chair, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, Chair, STOP Obesity Initiative, George Washington University School of Public Health and Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, Obesity Medicine Physician Scientist, Educator and Policy maker, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Register for this zoom webinar here. (Registration is required)

The speaker series is funded by a Provost Seed Grant Award for "Moving Towards Anti-Racist Systems and Policies to Reduce Childhood Obesity." For more information visit the Office of the Provost's Seed Grant Award page

Contact Information

Pediatric Obesity Initiative