Announcements
Obesity Disparities Symposium Series 2014
The People’s Scientific Conference to Promote Health and Eliminate Health Disparities
- June 19, 2013 — Health care disparities highlight of conference (Gainesville Guardian)
- June 22, 2013 — Radio Report (Noticias WUFT-FM)
Health-Smart Head Start Workshop: A Workshop on Obesity Prevention for Parents and Children in Alachua County Head Start Programs
- October 3, 2012— Head Start learns to be heart-smart (Gainesville Guardian)
- September 26, 2012— UF group hopes to spread obesity awareness to children, parents (The Independent Florida Alligator)
6th Annual Research Day in Nassau, Bahamas
- September 17, 2012 — University of West Indies School of Clinical Medicine & Research Hosts 6th Research Day
Culturally Sensitive Health Promotion Program
- Spring 2012 — Cultural Crusade: UF Psychology Professor Promotes Healthy Lifestyles In African-American communities
Ist Annual Walk to Eliminate Health Disparities presented by the UF Health Disparities Research and Intervention Program
- July 15, 2010 — Health walk highlights disparities in care
College of Medicine opened the UF Health Disparities Research and Intervention Program
- June 22, 2010 — New home for COM program aimed at eliminating health disparities
Gainesville Health-Smart Church Program Healthy Cook-Off
- February 18, 2010 — The healthy cook-off
- July 30, 2009 — Program sponsors veggie cook-off
Grant from the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida to launch new program
- November 25, 2008 — Will program cut obesity in blacks?
Patient-Centered Culturally Sensitive Health Care and Health Promotion Project
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September 19, 2007 — How does ethnicity affect your health care?
The Family Health Self-Empowerment Project Program
- August 6, 2007 — New community program helps minority families fight the fat
- September 7, 2006 — UF gets grant for project on anti-obesity
- August 30, 2006 — Pepsi gives $1.1 million grant to UF anti-obesity project
- August 29, 2006 — $1.1 MILLION PepsiCo FOUNDATION GRANT SUPPORTS FAMILY HEALTH SELF-EMPOWERMENT PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA