Presented by: Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D, RYT-500 McKnight Presidential and Mayo Professor Division Head Division of Epidemiology and Community Health University of Minnesota This presentation will address the question: What can the practice of yoga offer in terms of improving body image and potentially reducing eating disorders? In this presentation, Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer will…

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Care partners have a foundational role when assisting persons with complex health needs and disabilities, including throughout the trajectory of dementia care. Care partners often serve as a critical source of information about a patient’s health history, coordinate treatments, facilitate care planning, and participate in routine and high-stakes decision-making. The competence and capacity of care…

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The Summer Public Health Institute provides a space where innovation happens, allowing faculty and experts to create short courses that respond to current advances in their fields. Most courses span one week and provide participants with applied research and practice skills that can be used right away. The 2023 Institute will feature over 30 intensive…

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Catherine Coleman Flowers unearths America’s dirty secret in her talks about environmental justice, touching on one of the least discussed forms of inequality – equal access to water and sanitation. As Catherine shares, these issues are often “out of sight, out of mind” for most of the United States, but they need our attention. Flowers…

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