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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Or call 212-481-4439

 

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