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On behalf of the Center for Vulnerable Populations, the CTSI Community Engagement Program, Dr. Dean Schillinger and I, we would like to extend an invitation to you to participate in a unique opportunity of interest to anyone in the adult literacy or health fields.
Health Literacy Summit
Hosted by the National Institute for Literacy and its LINCS Region III Resource Center and Literacyworks in partnership with SF State College of Humanities
Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Literacy Education (CIRCLE)
Community Engagement Program, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Center for Vulnerable Populations, UCFS/San Francisco General Hospital
WHEN:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 ~ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
WHERE:
San Francisco State Downtown Campus,
Westfield Center 6F
835 Market Street (at Powell Street)
Directions: http://www.cel.sfsu.edu/downtowncampus/transportation.cfm
The Health Literacy Summit will address the pivotal role adult
literacy providers can play in partnership with health care providers to eliminate literacy barriers to quality health care.
Come join Adult Education State Directors from 16 Western states and their Professional Development staff, literacy providers at the state and university level, health care professionals from various fields, public health officials, adult literacy learners, and community leaders as they (1) assess the health literacy needs in their states and communities, (2) discuss potential partnerships to address these needs, and (3) learn from potential funders what is needed in order to successfully find funding for these partnerships.
The adult literacy classroom and tutoring session remain untapped resources in the effort to address health disparities among under-served populations and those with limited literacy skills. This Summit will provide a rare opportunity for adult literacy and health services providers to sit down and engage in meaningful conversations about common interests and collaborative potential.
Become a major player in the health and literacy fields as we work together to develop a plan for partnering around health issues so as to make health and health information more accessible to our adult learner population.
Space is limited. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY: http://www.literacyworks.org/hls
Registration Deadline: February 18, 2008
For more information, call or email: Paul Heavenridge, Director, NIFL Region III Resource Center and Literacyworks
Phone: 510-658-4630 Email pheaven@literacyworks.org
We hope to see you there…
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UCSF’s Center for Health and Community
and Center on Social Disparities in Health
request your company at a special screening of
UNNATURAL CAUSES:
Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Date: Monday, March 17, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: 521 Parnassus Avenue, Nursing Building, N- 225
A preview of an upcoming PBS series on the social determinants of health, followed by a panel discussion of current research on the social determinants of health and the policy implications for improving health and eliminating disparities.
Panelists include:
- Larry Adelman, California Newsreel
- Nancy E. Adler, PhD, Director, Center for Health and Community
- Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Director, Center on Social Disparities in Health
- Haile Debas, MD, Executive Director, Global Health Sciences
- Steve Schroeder, MD, Professor, Division of General Medicine
For more information, please visit
http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/
For more information, contact Dina Dudum at dudumd@chc.ucsf.edu
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Wen-Chi Hsueh, PhD, MPH,Assistant Professor in Residence, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, UCSF
The UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Presents a Pizza Seminar Featuring Wen-Chi Hsueh, PhD, MPH.
Genetic Epidemiological Studies of Lifespan and Biological Aging in the Old Order Amish
The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania represent a genetically closed homogeneous Caucasian population of Central European ancestry. Their extensive genealogical records allow researchers to trace all living Amish to their founding ancestors in the early 1700s. In this presentation, the rationale, study designs and findings from our family studies of age-related complex traits and lifespan in the Amish will be discussed.
“The making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders"
Kathy Davis
Senior Researcher at the Institute of History and Culture at Utrecht University in the Netherlands
The book Our Bodies, Ourselves is a feminist success story. Selling more than four million copies since its debut in 1970, it has challenged medical dogmas about women's bodies and sexuality, shaped health care policies, energized the reproductive rights movement, and stimulated medical research on women's health. The book has influenced how generations of U.S. women feel about their bodies and health. Our Bodies, Ourselves has also had a whole life outside the United States. It has been taken up, translated, and adapted by women across the globe, inspiring more than thirty foreign language editions. Kathy Davis tells the story of this remarkable book's global circulation and why Our Bodies, Ourselves could never have been so influential if it had been just a popular manual on women's health. Inviting women to use their own experiences as resources for producing situated, critical knowledge about their bodies and health, allowed the book to speak to so many women within and outside the United States.
Dedicated to Ginnie Olesen, Professor of Sociology (Emerita), Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Room N225 (Nursing Bldg at Parnassus Campus)
Co-Sponsored By:
University of California, San Francisco Center for Gender Equity, Student Activity Center, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Student Health Services and The Gender, Race and Health Emphasis, Doctoral Sociology Program
For more information, please contact Chelsea Simms at csimms@genderequity.ucsf.edu or 415-476-5222.
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“Health in an Unequal World: WHO Commission
on Social Determinants of Health”
Sir Michael Marmot has been at the forefront of research into health inequalities for the past 30 years. He is Principal Investigator of the Whitehall Studies of British civil servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality. He leads the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), is a Vice President of the Academia Europaea, a member of the RAND Health Advisory Board, a Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine, chairs the British Heart Foundation Primary Prevention Committee, and was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. He directs WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. This goal of the commission to lay the foundations for health equity is to be a shared global goal, and for an understanding that acting on that goal demands action on the underlying causes of ill health. The twenty Commissioners are global and national leaders from political, government, civil society, and academic fields and from all geographic regions of the world.
Sir Michael Marmot
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London
Date: Monday, April 7th
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: 521 Parnassus Avenue, Nursing Building, N-225
Co-Sponsored By:
The Center for Health and Community, Global Health Sciences, the Center on Social Disparities in Health, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Bramham Lectureship
William Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Time: 8:00-9:00 am
Location: UCSF Parnassus campus, N-217
Pediatric Grand Rounds:
What can we do about the obesity epidemic?
Time: 9:00-10:00 am, Reception
Location: Nursing School Lobby
Time: 10:30 am- 12 Noon
Location: Toland Hall Auditorium , UC Hall Bldg, 533 Parnassus Avenue
Research Presentations and Open Discussion with Dr. Dietz:
Time: 10:30 am
Andrea Garber, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Meghan Gould
UCSF MS4
Division of Adolescent Medicine
“Efficacy of a clinic-based nutrition intervention to increase knowledge, change behavior and reduce BMI in obese adolescents and their parents”
Time: 10:55 am
Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition
“Risk Factors for Obesity in Infants – Role of Maternal Depression”
Time: 11:20 am
Robert Lustig, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology
"Fructose is a chronic hepatotoxin"
Time: 11:45 am: Open Forum/General Discussion
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“Foundation as Agents of Social Change"
Steven Schroeder, MD
Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care
Date: Monday, April 23rd
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: UCSF Laurel Heights, Conference Room 474
Co-Sponsored By:
The Center on Social Disparities in Health and CHC Fellowship of Fellows
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“State of Mind: Depression and Anxiety in Midlife and Older Women"
Women suffer twice as often as men by most forms of depression and anxiety disorders.
Please join the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, the Older Women’s League and The Transition Network for an educational program focusing on topics related to Mental Health in Midlife and Older Women.
Dr. Ellen Haler and Dr. Patricia Areán from the UCSF Department of Psychiatry will be presenting on topics such as Recognizing the Signs of Depression and General Anxiety Disorders, Early Intervention Methods, Current Research, and the Range of Treatment Options that are available. A reception will take place immediately following the program.
Date: Monday, April 23rd
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: Herbst Hall, UCSF Mount Zion Hospital 1600 Divisadero Street (2nd Floor), San Francisco
Fee: $10.00
To Register call 415-885-3658 or email bertina.lee@ucsfmedctr.org
Web site: http://www.ucsf.edu/coe/news.html#stateofmind
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“Open Hearts Build Lives: Loving-Kindness Meditation Raises Positive emotions and Builds Personal Resources"
Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD
Barbara Fredrickson received her B.A. in Psychology from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and her Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. After a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, she held faculty positions at Duke University and the University of Michigan. She joined the Social Psychology faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006. Her research centers on emotions and well-being and she is most known for her broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
Location: UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine,
1701 Divisadero, Suite 150
For more information, please contact Marcia Gutierrez s at gutierrezm@ocim.ucsf.edu or 415-353-9645.
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“Eating for a Healthy Heart"
Toby Morris, MS, RD
UCSF Department of Food and Nutrition Services
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and the UCSF Department of Nutrition and Food Services will be hosting a free lunchtime program to commemorate Women’s Health Week: Eating for a Healthy Heart. UCSF Clinical Dietician, Toby Morris, MS, RD, will be covering topics such as heart disease in women and improving heart health through diet and lifestyle. She will also be demonstrating some quick, heart healthy recipes.
Date: Thursday, May 15th
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: UCSF Women’s Health Center at Mount Zion in Ida’s Cafe, 2356 Sutter St., 1st Floor
Space is limited and pre-registration is encouraged.
To register or for more information, please contact: Bertina Lee at (415) 885-3658 or bertina.lee@ucsfmedctr.org
Web site: http://www.ucsf.edu/coe/news.html#healthy
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“Sexuality after 60"
Liz Macera, PhD, NP-C
UCSF School of Nursing, Gerontological Advanced Nursing Practice
Please join the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and the UCSF School of Nursing for an upcoming educational program on the topic of Sexuality after 60.
Liz Macera, PhD, NP-C from the UCSF School of Nursing, Gerontological Advanced Nursing Practice, will presenting on topics such as: myths of sex and sexuality in late life; how normal changes of aging affect sex & sexuality, and the importance of physical and emotional intimacy throughout the lifespan.
Date: Monday, May 19th
Time:
10:00-11:00 am
Location:
San Mateo Senior Center
2645 Alameda De Las
Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94403
To register or for more information, please contact: Bertina Lee at (415) 885-3658 or bertina.lee@ucsfmedctr.org
Web site: http://www.ucsf.edu/coe/news.html#sexuality
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Retraining the Brain for Resiliency and Wellness
Laurel Mellin, MA, RD
Director, Developmental Skills Training Center for Excellence
UCSF Center for Health and Community
UCSF Associate Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Pediatrics
12:15 to 1:15 pm
HSW 302 UCSF Parnassus campus
Developmental Skills Training (DST) Courses
Inaugural Lecture of the Wellness Grand Rounds series
Sponsored by the Chancellor's Council on Faculty Life
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Center for Health and Community
Fall Welcome Reception
*Open to CHC affiliate faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars
View profiles of CHC affiliate faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars - 2007
4:00- 5:30 pm
3333 California Street, Laurel Heights Campus
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Friday, October 24, 2008
The UCSF Health Disparities Research Symposium II
Highlight faculty research on health
For questions regarding the symposium please contact
Karen Newhouse:
knewhouse@aaeod.ucsf.edu
415-502-5666
UCSF Disparities Research Symposium Program (PDF) file
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Topic: Psychological Impediments and Influences on Evidence-Based Decision Making
Harvey Fineburg, MD
President, Institute of Medicine
2008 John Eisenberg Legacy Lecture
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Fisher Conference Center, Stanford University, Stanford
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