Latin American Affairs
Goals
- Support academic events and research in obesity in Latin America.
- Increase the presence of programming on obesity in Latin American populations at the annual meeting scientific meeting.
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Please contact Sadie Campbell, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Governance and Executive Assistant if you have any questions.
Publications
Latin American Affairs Newsletter November 2012
Latin American Affairs Newsletter August 2012
Leaders
Dr. Arturo Jimenez-Cruz (Chair 2012-2013)
Univ. Autónoma de Baja California, México
Dr. Arturo Jiménez-Cruz is a Professor at the Univ. Autónoma de Baja California, México, at the Medical and Psychology School in Tijuana. Arturo is conducting research in childhood and adult obesity prevention; he and his team are trying to understand the environmental factors that are associated with childhood and adult obesity in Mexico. His research group performs investigative research on risk factors of obesity, and the group is currently conducting lifestyle inquiries to prevent obesity in children and teenagers. Dr Jimenez Cruz is a National Scientist of the Mexican System of Scientist since 1989, a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Science since 2003, a fellow of both the American College of Nutrition and the Obesity Society since 2002. He has conducted research in Mexico, Spain and the USA. He has published more than 200 papers in peer review journals.
Dr. Marcela Rodríguez Flores, MD (Co-Chair 2012-2013)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Dr. Rodríguez Flores is an attending physician at the Obesity and Eating Disorders Clinic at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, and at the Internal Medicine Department at the Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre in Mexico City. Her research has focused on cardiovascular disease in people with obesity and obesity programs in Mexico, participating in the development of a National Obesity Program at a Public Health Institute (ISSSTE). From 2012 she works on the Study of Deep Brain Stimulation for the treatment of obesity at the the Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre in Mexico City. Dr. Rodríguez Flores is a Member of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association since July 2004, of the Mexican Association of Internal Medicine since February 2006, and of the Obesity Society since October 2008. Joined the Canadian Obesity Network in July 2008.
Paule Joseph, (Student Representative 2012-2013)
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Paule Joseph is a doctoral student at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Nursing. Paule is a Registered Nurse who holds a Master degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Paule is interested in studying and understanding the underlying biology and genetics of sweet preference in obesity. She joined the laboratory of two experts in this field, Dr. Danielle Reed, a geneticist with expertise in obesity, taste receptor and signaling biology and Dr. Julie Mennella, an expert in human taste behavior at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. Paule is a member of the Obesity Society, the American Nurses Association, the American Society of Human Genetics, & Co-Chair of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics Metabolic Special Interest Group..
