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9:15am EDT

TH9.15.20 Moving through the City Oxford (2nd floor)Chelsie Anderson • Kun Liu • Sébastien Lord • Katie Perumbeti • Yasminah Beebeejaun

11:00am EDT

TH11.00.19 Aging in the City: It’s Not What We Planned Michelangelo (2nd floor)Daniel Brady • David Saltman • Tatiana Sam • David Saltman

1:30pm EDT

TH1.30.19 Starving Cities: Issues of Food Security in Urban Areas Oxford (2nd floor)Ben Chrisinger • Matthias Fleischer • Stacy Moak • Joan Wesley, Jackson State University • Joan Wesley, Jackson State University

3:15pm EDT

TH3.15.19 Community-Based Research Partnerships for Preventing Health Risks among Urban Young Adults Oxford (2nd floor)Sofia Fernandez • Juliette Graziano • Michelle Hospital • Melissa Howard • Eric Wagner • Eric Wagner

8:05am EDT

FR8.05.19 Health, Well-being, and the Built Environment Cambridge (2nd floor)Antwan Jones • Christian King • Christine Spadola • Crystal Taylor • Edith Barrett

9:50am EDT

PS35.0 Urban Agriculture (UA): Innovative Use of Private Property for the Public Good Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)Rania Ahmed PS36.0 Evaluation framework for a new model of integrated sociomedical outreach at Florida International University Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)David Brown PS37.0 PROJECT TREBLE: An Examination of an Innovative Music Education Program for Promoting Resilience among Urban Minority Youth Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)Michelle Hospital PS38.0 Health Care for All: A Case Study of a Local Health Alliance and its Pursuit of Better Health Outcomes While Reducing Costs Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)Straso Jovanovski, Rutgers University - Camden PS39.0 Food Deserts and County-Level Health Outcomes: An Analysis of The 28-County Metropolitan Atlanta Area Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)Jason Plummer PS40.0 Landscape Anthropometrics: A multi-scale approach to integrating health into regional land use planning Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)Arthi Rao

10:30am EDT

FR10.30.18 Towards Health Equity: Understanding Approaches and Challenges Cambridge (2nd floor)Susan Longworth, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago • Mark Daniel • Michele Deegan • Kelechi Uzochukwu • Sulhee (Sunny) Yoon • Stacy Moak FR10.30.19 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Promoting Healthy Communities Michelangelo (2nd floor)Jane Branscomb • Colleen Casey • Laurie Cohen • Kimberly Libman • Kimberly Libman

1:45pm EDT

FR1.45.19 Addressing Social Determinants of Health through Mobile Health Centers: The FIU Approach Oxford (2nd floor)Frederick Anderson • Josya-Gony Charles • Charles Gonzalez • Kumar Ilangovan • Lorraine Nowakowski • Kumar Ilangovan FR1.45.18 Understanding the twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS affecting Latino communities throughout Miami-Dade County, Florida Cambridge (2nd floor)Frank Dillon • Hui Huang • Mariano Kanamori • Patria Rojas • Mariana Sanchez • Mario De La Rosa

3:40pm EDT

FR3.40.19 An Interprofessional Approach to Addressing Challenges of Urban Healthcare: Green Family Foundation Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program Cambridge (2nd floor)Sophia Lacroix • Onelia Lage • Lourdes Martin • Maria De Los Santos • Ebony Whisenant • Onelia Lage FR3.40.20 Inersections of Housing and Health Oxford (2nd floor)Maya Boustani • James Dunn • Christine George • Susan Popkin • Christine George