Science Café 360
Date and Time
Jun 12, 2018 6:00 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Jun 12, 2018 6:00 pm
Brookland
Please join the Clinical Translational Science Institute-Children’s National (CTSI-CN) for Science Café 360, Screen Time: Engaging Youth to Develop Video Games that Increase Healthy Behaviors and Reduce Health Disparities in the Pearl Bailey Room.
The featured speakers are: Dr. Qing Zeng, Director, Biomedical Informatics Center and Professor, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership at George Washington University; and Dr. Linda Zanin,Director of Strategic Partnerships at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Zeng will discuss her research that co-creates video games with teenagers to disseminate health information and promote healthy behavior among teens. Dr. Zanin will share her work in developing mutually beneficial community partnerships that expand knowledge in the field of health sciences while also forming a highly trained workforce. The evening will be moderated by Tonya Vidal Kinlow, Vice President for Community Engagement, Advocacy and Government Affairs and leader of the Child Health Advocacy Institute at Children's National. Ms. Kinlow is an advocate for health-education partnerships, community engagement and the link between health and academic outcomes. Come learn about this innovative partnership with high school students to address health disparities and challenges for teens!
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Science Café 360° is a casual forum, held at a local coffee shop, for community members to talk with pioneering health researchers about pressing local health issues. Each discussion focuses on a different health topic – sickle cell disease, sleep and stress, or obesity, for example. Leading researchers in the field will explain their work, and the impact they hope it will have on health in the District. In turn, community members have the opportunity to ask questions and share their own experiences.
