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  • 4/14 CRC Seminar - Julie Wagner, PhD

    The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
    Clinical Research Center (CRC) Seminar Series
    On Methods in Clinical Research

    Provided by
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Clinical Research Center

    “Diabetes Prevention in Cambodia

    Julie Wagner, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health
    Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences
    University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
    UConn Health
    Farmington, CT

    Date:              Tuesday, April 14, 2015
    Time:              12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M.
    Location:      Low Learning Center – UCHC, Farmington, CT

    WEB CASThttp://mediasite.uchc.edu/mediasite41/Play/a107b83f5a544080b6753bd0706903dc1d

                           (Note:  No CME’s given for Web Cast viewing)

    Light lunch and beverage provided from 11:30 AM-12:00 noon

    Target Audience:  Faculty, staff, residents, and students interested in clinical research

    Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to:  a) Outline barriers to care among Cambodians; b) Describe East Asians’ unique risk profile for type 2 diabetes;  c) Discuss psychosocial risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

    Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.  Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

    The activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Wagner, has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.  Dr. Wagner will not be discussing the off-label use of any product.

    This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.  Food and refreshments provided by the CRC. 

    For more information, contact: Lisa Godin at Godin@uchc.edu