Loma Linda University School of Public Health is hosting the Healthy People in Healthy Communities Conference, an annual event now in its 44th year. The conference will be held on March 2 and 3 at the Drayson Center, and will present its first annual Symposium on Blue Zone Science and Health.
A Blue Zone® is identified as a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives. Loma Linda was revealed to be the only Blue Zone in the United States when Dan Buettner published his article debuting this concept in National Geographic in 2005. He has grown the concept into books, a web resource and the Blue Zones Project.
Buettner will offer the keynote address on day one of the conference and participate in several informative sessions.
What’s more, for the first time, researchers from the five demographically and epidemiologically confirmed Blue Zone regions will congregate under the same roof to share their scientific findings and offer present-day applications for modern communities. They are:
• Michel Poulain, PhD, Sardinia, Italy, Blue Zone
• Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD, Ikaria, Greece, Blue Zone
• Makoto Suzuki MD, PhD, Okinawa, Japan, Blue Zone
• Xinia Fernández Rojas, PhD, Nicoya, Costa Rica, Blue Zone
• Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, Loma Linda, California Blue Zone
Fraser is principal investigator of Loma Linda University’s groundbreaking Adventist Health Study, a long-term epidemiologic investigation into the connections between lifestyle, diet, disease and longevity.
The Symposium on Blue Zone Science and Health underscores Loma Linda University Health’s legacy of promoting health, longevity and wholeness, while creating a platform for exploring the role of Blue Zone areas as a paradigm for public health practice.
Preregistration is recommended, as space is limited.
The conference takes place when alumni from Loma Linda University’s eight professional schools, LLU-La Sierra graduates, and all current and former Medical Center and University staff members will come together for a weekend of celebration, fellowship and continuing education opportunities March 2-6, on the Loma Linda University Health campus during its inaugural “One Homecoming” event. The weekend will include many activities that will bring the groups together for joint events and receptions.
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Note: Previously advertised presenter Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general, will not be speaking due to his schedule.
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