PACE team member Rosemary Corriero had an abstract for poster presentation accepted. “Association of insurance coverage with HPV vaccination rates pre- and post-Affordable Care Act” will be presented during the Wednesday poster session from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.

Dr. Jennifer Gay will be talking about, “Weight Management Behaviors among Mexican American Youth: Variation by Growth and Maturation” during the paper session “Diet, Activity and Weight Management in Racial and Ethnic Minorities” on Friday at 12:30pm.

For more information on the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Annual Meeting, click here.

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Dr. Jennifer Gay is Center for Teaching and Learning Teacher of the Week

On February 27, 2016 Dr. Jennifer Gay will give a presentation on short bouts of physical activity and glucose control at the 11th Annual Cardiac, Vascular & Stroke Care Conference at Athens Regional Medical Center. Her presentation highlights how episodes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity  physical activity that are less than 10 minutes in duration may be beneficial for preventing or managing type 2 diabetes.

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Read more from the article published in the Journal of Behavioral Health. http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=173773.

MPH student, Ellen Wenders, will be presenting her research on, “Community walkability and population health status: a study of Georgia counties” at the 2016 Active Living Research Conference in Clearwater, Florida. This research is a collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Gay, Rosemary Corriero (MPH student), and Dr. Sara Robb in Epidemiology at the University of Georgia. To view the program for this conference, please visit ALR2016