InCHIP Lecture Series, Spring 2016
“Diabetes, Culture and Mental Health in Vulnerable Populations”
Julie Wagner, PhD, UConn Health
12:30 - 1:30pm
Co-Sponsors:
UConn Center for Public Health and Health Policy
UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UConn Department of Communication
UConn Department of Human Development and Family Studies
UConn Marketing Department, UConn School of Business
UConn Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace
UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
UConn School of Business
UConn School of Medicine, UConn Health
UConn School of Pharmacy
Location
Video Conference Room 204, 2nd floor
J. Ray Ryan Building, 2006 Hillside Road
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
For directions and maps, see http://www.chip.uconn.edu/about/directions-to-chip/.
Accessibility: elevator available in building lobby on ground floor.
Web Stream
You can view this talk streamed live during the lecture – or archived after the lecture – here.
About the Speaker
Dr. Julie Wagner is a licensed clinical health psychologist. She is Associate Professor in the division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Connecticut Health Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine where she is a teacher and researcher. She teaches a biopsychosocial approach to diabetes, and has designed innovative curricula to promote cross-cultural communication between patients and healthcare providers. She researches psychosocial factors in diabetes among women and minorities. She investigates the relationship between mood disturbance and vascular complications of diabetes, psychophysiological mechanisms of stress and discrimination, and culturally relevant behavioral interventions to prevent diabetes and improve diabetes outcomes among minorities in the US and Southeast Asia. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disorders, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Wagner holds or has held leadership positions in professional societies including the American Diabetes Association, the American Psychological Association (Division 38 Health Psychology), and Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange (BRIDGE).
More information available at: http://www.chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/spring-2016-schedule/
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