[COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH] A SMART START: A Symposium on Preventing Childhood Obesity Please join the Mailman School for its continuing exploration of obesity-prevention programming. Thursday, April 16 1:00-5:00 p.m. Black Building, 650 West 168th Street Alumni Auditorium RSVP online today<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://t.e2ma.net/click/gdn5i/gp4q0m/ci4yre&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=ooMHzKpuDQinBBbb0I1eAxuruoX4qSbVVflvfhZMO50%3D%0A&s=2c31d0a92074c1994cd8632baef6afaa4b2a1ca6a797b8e10f3c3fc4f557b6d2> PLENARY: Why Focus on Pregnancy and Early Childhood? Andrew Rundle, DrPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Co-Director of Obesity Prevention Initiative, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health PANEL 1: Gestational Weight Change, Prenatal Factors and Childhood Obesity Moderator: Virginia Rauh, ScD, Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Speakers: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, Associate Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program, Medical Director of Perinatal High-Risk Clinic, Columbia University Medical Center Dympna Gallagher, EdD, Associate Professor of Nutritional Medicine, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons David A Savitz, PhD, Vice President for Research, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University PANEL 2: Early Childhood Factors and Early Childcare Practice and Policies Moderator: Gretchen Van Wye, PhD, MA, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Division of Epidemiology Speakers: Cynthia Colen, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University Sally E Findley, PhD, Professor of Population and Family Health & Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, Senior Advisor, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Round Table: Future Directions for Research and Action Moderator: Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management and Co-Director of Obesity Prevention Initiative, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Speakers: Kiyah Duffey, PhD, Director of Global Scientific Affairs, LA Sutherland Group; Parenting blogger and proud mother of three, ages 5 and under Christine Johnson Curtis, MBA, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Tobacco Control at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Tina Kauh, PhD, Program Officer, Research-Evaluation-Learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [http://webdev.mailman.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/utencils-640.jpg] [view all events] [facebook] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://t.e2ma.net/click/gdn5i/gp4q0m/sa5yre&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=ooMHzKpuDQinBBbb0I1eAxuruoX4qSbVVflvfhZMO50%3D%0A&s=743c965f696ace4d87d01421adc452280d04323680cbaea2872e283956046888> [twitter] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://t.e2ma.net/click/gdn5i/gp4q0m/825yre&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=ooMHzKpuDQinBBbb0I1eAxuruoX4qSbVVflvfhZMO50%3D%0A&s=f7a6d51bde44d0394d73ba8ea300ce62176d749e6640eb0a284b4ca5163cb8fc> [youtube] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://t.e2ma.net/click/gdn5i/gp4q0m/ov6yre&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=ooMHzKpuDQinBBbb0I1eAxuruoX4qSbVVflvfhZMO50%3D%0A&s=c7f6b229989374cb39435f25ed53c5e4e1af2c678bbe937d693e897692edb5ed>