2006 LDI Alumni Faculty Exchange: Health in Context: Impact of the Built, Social, and Natural Environment

Leonard Davis Institute Alumni-Faculty Exchange

Health in Context:
Impact of the Built, Social, and Natural Environment

3:30 - 5:00 P.M.
G60, Jon M. Huntsman Hall

Distinguished faculty will present ongoing research that assesses the health impact of various aspects of the built, social, and natural environment. Panelists include:

Charles C. Branas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, LDI Senior Fellow, on The Relationship Between Drinking, Alcohol Outlets, and Shootings in the City of Philadelphia

Dennis P. Culhane, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Welfare Policy
LDI Senior Fellow, on Homelessness and Housing Policy

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies, Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, School of Medicine, LDI Senior Fellow, on Culturally Appropriate Interventions to Prevent or Treat Obesity Among African Americans

Linda A. McCauley, Ph.D., F.A.A.N, R.N.
Nightingale Professor of Nursing, Associate Dean for Nursing Research, on Reducing Pesticide Exposure Among Minority Farm Workers

Sponsored by
the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Wharton School,
School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Dental Medicine
and Annenberg School.