Nutrition and physical activity trends in the U.S.: Implications for policy, research and practice
19 October 2016
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Deakin Melbourne Corporate Centre
IPAN is hosting a free seminar titled Nutrition and physical activity trends in the U.S.: Implications for policy, research and practice.
Event details
On October 19, IPAN is hosting a free seminar titled 'Nutrition and physical activity trends in the U.S.: Implications for policy, research and practice'. The keynote presenter is Dr Charlotte Pratt from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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About the speaker
Charlotte Pratt is a Program Director, and a Health Scientist Administrator in the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Pratt joined NHLBI in 2000, after appointments at Virginia Tech, and Michigan State and Eastern Michigan Universities, and after serving as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Malawi, and as Director of the Resource Center for Cardiovascular Health, Michigan Public Health Institute.
At NHLBI, she has served as acting branch chief for the Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch. She manages more than 50 research grants in cardiovascular risk reduction, obesity, nutrition, physical activity, community trials of cardiovascular health, and health disparities research.
She is the program director for the NHLBI Nutrition Academic Award program to medical schools across the U.S. and has hosted and/or chaired many NIH sponsored workshops related to nutrition, nutrition in medicine and obesity.
She has published many peer-reviewed papers on topics such as nutrition, obesity and physical activity that have appeared in high impact journals such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Circulation, and American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Key information
Date/Time
19 October 2016
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location
Deakin University Melbourne Corporate Centre
550 Bourke Street Melbourne
Contact us
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN)
+61 3 9244 6613
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