BoHS
Spring Conference & Youth Obesity Prevention Summit
Advancing the Human Sciences: Ideas to Actions

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration
3:00 - 8:30 p.m. BoHS Board of Directors Meeting and Dinner
           

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration 
8:00 -10:45 a.m.
 
BoHS Advocacy &
Working Group Meetings
Southern Region FCS
Program Leaders Network Meeting
Presider: Dr. Jorge Atiles, SR. FCS PLN Chair

Youth Obesity Prevention Summit

11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Opening Presentation
Dietary Guidance: Why Are We Being Ignored and
What Can We Do About It?
Dr. Alice Lichtenstein of Tufts University
Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy
Director and Senior Scientist, Cardiovascular Nutriion Labratory
Presider: Dr. Billie Collier of Florida State University 
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation
Preventing Youth Obesity:
Behavior in Environmental Context
Dr. Brian Wansink of Cornell University
Professor and John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Presider: Dr. Stephan Wilson of Oklahoma State University 
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Prevention and Intervention to
Reduce Issues of Youth Obesity
Dr. Donna Matheson of Stanford University
Behavior Change in Diverse School and Home Settings
Dr. Laura Bellows of Colorado State University
Influence of School-based Diet and Physical Activity on Obesity Prevention among Pre-School Children
Presider: Dr. Kathleen Morgan of Rutgers University  
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Networking Break
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Family Centered Model Programs for
Youth Obesity Prevention
Dr. Peter Clarke of the University of Southern California
Professor of Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine and Professor of Communications in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Dr. Susan H. Evans of the University of Southern California
Senior Scientist in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
 
The Model of successful programs with a community development and family systems focus that serves diverse, low-income and high-risk populations
Presider: Dr. Mary McPhail Gray of McPhail Consulting, LLC
4:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Youth Obesity: A Transdiciplinary Multi-Institutional
Graduate Education Model
Dr. Wanda Koszewski of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Program Director for Nutrition and Health Sciences
 
Dr. Koszewski will describe a collaborative model program that addresses issues of youth obesity in an innovative multi-institutional partnership
Presider: Dr. Pamela White of Iowa State University
 
5:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Implications: A Response and Call to Action            
Proposing Implications and actions for the human sciences
 
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Reception, Dinner and Roundtable Discussions
Featuring discussion of collaborative obesity prevention initiatives 
           

Thursday, March 8, 2012

7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration
 
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Featured Presentation
Life as a Member of the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans National Committee:
How do we Prepare Professionals for this Role?
Dr. Cheryl Achterberg of The Ohio State University
 
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Youth Obesity Prevention Summit Working Session
Action Plan for the Board on Human Sciences and Collaborators
 
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
& Conclusion of  Youth Obesity Prevention Summit
 
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Advocacy and Advancement of the Human Sciences:
University Leadership
A panel of speakers from the Board on Human Sciences share success stories about ways they have advanced human sciences on their campuses
 
Development Director's
Break-out Session
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Program
Feed the Future at Home and Abroad
David Beckmann President of Bread for the World
 
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Consumer and Environmental Sustainability
A group presentation led by Dr. Soyeon Shim of the University of Arizona
 
3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
Current Trends in Military Families Programs and Research
Brent Elrod of USDA-NIFA Division of Family & Consumer Sciences
 
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Break
 
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Gala Dinner
Celebrating the Board on Human Sciences
           

Friday, March 9, 2012

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Roundtable Discussions
 
8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
BoHS Business Meeting
 

Development Director's
Break-out Session

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Concluding Program Session
From Ideas to Action in the Human Sciences
 
12:00 noon
Optional Lunch Meetings
(such as Working Groups)