For Immediate Release                                                            February 9, 2010

Contact: Gary Gaston, ggaston@tennessee.edu                        (615) 248-4280

 

Nashville, TN – This event features a panel of local experts focusing on Dr. Richard Jackson’s recent lecture: "Health — Spanning Disciplines: Agriculture to Architecture, Housing to Transportation,” offering insights and discussion on the ways to positively impact health and the built environment for Nashville’s citizens.   Link to Dr. Jackson’s Lecture:http://160.36.161.128/UTK/Viewer/?peid=3cd0b797faf24271b3eb0189bab356f0

Panelists include:

 

Dr. Shari Barkin, Director of Pediatric Obesity Research in the Diabetes Research and Training Center, and Chief of General Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Cassi Johnson, Executive Director of Manna-Food Security Partners

 

Leslie Meehan, Transportation Planner for the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

Dr. William S. Paul, Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County

Moderated by Gary Gaston, Design Director of the Nashville Civic Design Center

Join us Wednesday, February 17 at the Nashville Civic Design Center from 4:30-6:00 (138 Second Avenue North – Suite 106) for this discussion.  This event is free and open to the public.  AIA Continuing Education Credits are also available for this event.

For additional information on the lecture series and full bios of the speakers and panelists please visit the NCDC web site at: www.civicdesigncenter.org/health

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