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  • 11/19 CRC Seminar Series - Valerie B. Duffy, PhD RD

    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

    “Lessons from researching taste, diet and health: Can we assess usual diet consumption by merely asking what is liked?”

    Valerie B. Duffy, PhD RD
    Professor & Director of the Graduate Program in Allied Health Sciences
    Department of Allied Health Science
    College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources
    University of Connecticut
    Storrs, CT 

    Date:      Tuesday, November 19, 2019
    Time
    :     12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M.
    Location
    :  Low Learning Center– UConn Health, Farmington, CT

    WEB CAST:   http://mediasite.uchc.edu/mediasite41/Play/1d6a8ddfe46f4b36b9f0155a76f3eb781d
    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) Problem solve on overcoming the limitations in self-report dietary measures, including cognitively challenging, misreporting, not reflecting usual behaviors, over burdensome, and non-inclusive; b) Identify potential ways to incorporate novel dietary assessment into their research and practice settings; c) Identify new ways to tailor nutrition information.

    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.

    Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Valerie Duffy, have 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. Duffy 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.

    Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits.  An email from MyEvaluation.com with instructions will be sent to participants.  Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.  If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office. 

     

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