BODY COMPOSITION AND HEALTH DISPARITIES IN CHILDREN: BOTH HIDDEN & IN PLAIN VIEW
Dr. Jody Clasey, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, will be sharing some of her research experiences including the validation of field methods for assessing body composition and discussing identified health disparities in children.
Are you interested in learning about different health disparities in youth? Dr. Jody Clasey will highlight the various different established and new disparities in children and examine body composition and the most common method of measuring body composition: the Body Mass Index (BMI). There will be a networking reception directly following the lecture.
FALL 2023 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE HHS OFFICE OF RESEARCH
COMMUNICATING YOUR SCIENCE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH INFOGRAPHICS
Have you heard about infographics, but you aren’t quite sure what they are? Have you ever thought about using infographics to communicate your science, but you weren’t quite sure where to start?
Join Dr. Jaclyn Maher for an overview of the process of developing infographics to communicate your science effectively. Tips, resources, and lessons learned to help you effectively communicate your science to a broader public through infographics will be discussed. Attendees will also have the opportunity to develop their own infographic based on a recently published, under review or in preparation manuscript.
FALL 2023 WOMEN’S NETWORKING LUNCH
Hosted on October 27, 2023 following the Scholarly Workshop
Women faculty and students were invited to network over lunch, hear about Dr. Jody Clasey’s successes and challenges, pearls of wisdom, followed by a Q&A and discussion – which provided an opportunity for students and young faculty to hear from those who are in positions they aspire to be.