Childhood trauma expert Dr. Robert Anda describes his work with the Adverse Childhood Experiences study - Oct. 23, 2012

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6-8 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Childhood trauma expert, Dr. Robert Anda, co-investigator of the Centers for Disease Control Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, will be at UAA on Oct. 23 to describe the ACE study and discuss ways the university can help address critical issues related to child maltreatment.



This interactive presentation will include a panel discussion about what tomorrow's leaders--our students--need to know to make a difference. Dean Bill Hogan of the UAA College of Health will be the moderator for this event.



This event is free and open to the public!

Anda will also be speaking earlier the same day at the Alaska Childhood Maltreatment Conference at the Anchorage Hilton. He will be facilitating a workshop presentation, "Barriers to Change: A Public Health Approach to Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)," that includes 10 state leaders from the fields of behavioral health, public health, public safety and child welfare.

Both the lecture and conference are sponsored by the UAA College of Health, the Justice Center, the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, the Department of Health Sciences and the School of Social Work.

Questions about Dr. Anda's UAA lecture? Please contact Harriet Paule with the UAA College of Health at (907) 786-4852 or anhrp@uaa.alaska.edu.