3rd Annual Salud America! Scientific Summit
September 14-16, 2011
Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
About 75 Salud America! and RWJF leaders and grantees discussed innovations in Latino childhood obesity research in San Antonio, Texas.
Check out presentations on:
- Childhood Obesity GIS online mapping, Dr. Chris Fulcher, University of Missouri
- Target marketing, Dr. Sonya Grier, American University
- Text messaging for Latina teen fitness, Dr. Deborah Parra-Medina, UTHSCSA
- Youth advocacy, Dr. Terry Huang, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Leadership, Dr. Laura Santana, Center for Creative Leadership
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2nd Annual Salud America! Scientific Summit
September 22-24, 2010
Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
About 75 Salud America! and RWJF leaders and grantees discussed innovations in Latino childhood obesity research in San Antonio, Texas.
View the Summit Report
Inaugural Salud America! Scientific Summit
September 9-11, 2009
Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
About 200 leading researchers, policy-makers and community leaders attended the Summit for a series of panels and discussions on a variety of topics–policy, built environment, nutrition, physical activity, and marketing—related to Latino childhood obesity.
View the Summit Report
Special guest speakers included:
- Dr. Richard H. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
- Ex-NBA player Sean Elliott and his wife, health columnist Claudia Zapata
- Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong
- Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.
- Several Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dignitaries
View Dr. Carmona’s Speech
“The summit went a long way in increasing awareness of the challenge of childhood obesity among Latinos,” said Dr. Amelie Ramirez, director of Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the Health Science Center. “The summit also enhanced knowledge of the work being done to reduce the epidemic and created opportunities for collaboration.”
