SYMPOSIUM ON IMMIGRATION AND ALTERNATIVE HEALING SYSTEMS
November 3, 2005
5-7 PM
CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Lounge, Room 9100
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), New York City
A wine and food reception will follow
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Laurie Sherwen, Dean Schools of the Health Professions
Hunter College, CUNY
Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor,
Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College, CUNY
Presenters:
Dr. Ina Vandebroek, Institute of Economic Botany
New York Botanical Garden
"Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominicans in
New York City"
Dr. Anahi Viladrich, Immigration and Health Initiative
Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College, CUNY
"Botanicas in America's Backyard: Revealing the World of Latino
Immigrants' Folk Healing Practices in NYC"
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Sana Loue, Department of Bioethics, Case Western University
Editor of the Journal of Immigrant Health
"Healing Strategies among Immigrant Communities: Trends in the
Literature"
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This event is sponsored by the Schools of the Health Professions, the School
of Health Sciences, the Urban Public Health Program, the Center for Puerto
Rican Studies at Hunter College, the CUNY Urban Health Collaborative and the
Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC). The event is free.
Visit us at: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/schoolhp/uph/immigration
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