Set for May 16, Health Matters is free and open to the public and will feature educational programs about health for the entire family.
April 17, 2015
A community event that explores the latest in advancements in medicine and health at Stanford Medicine will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 16 at the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge.
The event, Health Matters, is free and open to the public. It will feature educational programs about health for the entire family, including lectures by Stanford Medicine faculty members on maintaining cognitive health and preventing dementia, preventing heart disease, reducing the risk of infectious disease, understanding breast cancer biology, and staying healthy and injury-free when exercising, as well as on new genetics research on longevity and aging.
“One thing we truly appreciate on the Stanford campus is having colleagues a few steps away who work in different disciplines,” said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine. “The opportunity to collaborate with so many top experts in an array of fields enriches your own work and accelerates the speed at which new knowledge about how disease works can be transformed into better, safer treatments. Likewise, collaborating with our local community deeply matters.”
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Stanford Health Library, medical librarians will be on hand to answer health questions and help visitors research health-related topics. High school students can take part in a “mini medical school” program.
Event-goers can also visit the health pavilion, a collection of exhibits featuring interactive, hands-on attractions and activities for the whole family: Climb aboard the Stanford LifeFlight helicopter; play with cutting-edge robotic and 3-D technologies; cuddle up with canines from the pet-assisted wellness (PAWs) program; get answers to health questions from a variety of Stanford experts; and watch cooking demonstrations with Stanford nutrition experts.
Seating at the talks is limited and pre-registration is strongly suggested. The online registration deadline is 5 p.m. May 11. After that time, you can register for the event onsite.
For more information and to register online, visit http://healthmatters.stanford.edu.
About Stanford Medicine
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