STS - 2011 - Agenda

The Science and Policy of Obesity

Agenda

3:00pm Reception and Check-in

3:30pm Part I: The Science of Obesity

Panel Discussion:
Britt Burton-Freeman, PhD, Director of Nutrition and Assistant Professor Research in Biology, Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology

Kristen Knutson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago

Arlene L. Hankinson, MD, Instructor, Preventative Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Moderator:
Mary Hendrix, PhD, President and Scientific Director, Children's Memorial Research Center

5:00pm Reception and Check-in

6:00pm Part II: The Policy of Obesity
Keynote Lecture:
Bechara Choucair, MD, Commissioner, Department of Public Health, City of Chicago

Panel Discussion:
Adam Becker, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children

Lisa Powell, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Mike Simmons, Policy Director, Mayor's Office, City of Chicago

Rapporteur:
Jens Ludwig, PhD, McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, School of Social Service Administration and the Harris School; Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab

7:30pm Adjourn