Scholarly Colloquia and Events

  • 5/1 Finding Genetic Links to Personal Health & Fitness

    CHIP Lecture Series on Genomics & Health Behavior

    LECTURE AND WORKSHOP

    Thursday, May 1, 2014

    Location: Storrs, CT – with live, interactive videoconferencing in Farmington, CT

    Event website with location details and RSVP forms: http://www.chip.uconn.edu/pescatello-5-1-14/

     

    LECTURE: 12:30-1:30pm EDT
    “Why Don’t My Designer Jeans Fit? It’s Because of My Genes!”

    Dr. Linda Pescatello, University of Connecticut

    Participants at the Storrs location will be provided lunch if RSVP is submitted by 11am on Monday, April 28th. 

    For those who cannot make it to the Storrs or Farmington locations, the lecture will also be live streamed and archived at http://www.chip.uconn.edu/lecture-5-1-14.

     

    WORKSHOP: 2:00-3:30pm EDT
    “Overcoming the Hurdles to Designing Personalized Approaches to Lifestyle Risk Reduction Strategies”

    Panelists:

    • Deborah Fein (UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology)
    • Brenton Graveley (Professor of genetics and developmental biology, UConn Health)
    • Marc Lalande (UConn Institute for Systems Genomics)
    • George Weinstock (Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine)

    Moderator: Moderator: Linda Pescatello (UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology)



    For more details and to RSVP: Please visit http://www.chip.uconn.edu/pescatello-5-1-14/

    For more information, contact: Jennifer Wang, CHIP at jennifer.wang@chip.uconn.edu