Please join us for the second seminar of our Spring 2025 Public Health Speaker Series where Denise Payán will present on "Partnering with the Charitable Food System to Improve Nutrition Environments and Policy." Light refreshments will be provided!
- Date: Wednesday, March 12
- Time: 12-1:30pm PT
- Location: COB-1 320 (Willow Room)
- (Zoom available upon request)
About the Speaker
- Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Payán is a leading expert in state and local health policy research whose work focuses primarily on obesity and nutritionrelated racial/ethnic health disparities, and understanding how policy impacts health behavior. She conducts state and local policy surveillance research and evaluates community-engaged studies implemented in a variety of settings from schools and faith-based organizations to safety net clinics and academic medical centers. Dr. Payán is also the Faculty Director of the California Initiative for Health Equity and Action (Cal-IHEA), a state-wide research and policy center that supports the translation of research evidence into state health policy and public health practice to improve health equity in California.
