Cross-borders Approaches to Applying Novel Methods for Child Growth and Obesity Research
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Online in Zoom and 2690 SPH I, 1415 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
This is a two-part hybrid event focused on fostering cross-border collaboration and knowledge-sharing and the collaborative experiences between researchers from Chile, Mexico, and the US. Part I of this webinar focuses on the collaborative experience doing child growth and obesity research between The Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), The National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP), and The University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH). Part II will center on an in-depth discussion of the "Biological determinants of linear growth during puberty in two children’s cohorts from Mexico and Chile" and an overview of the Superimposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) and Newton's growth model (NGM) models with a hands-on practice exercise in R at the end.

Cross-borders Approaches to Applying Novel Methods for Child Growth and Obesity Research

icon to add this event to your google calendarJune 28, 2023
10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Online in Zoom and 2690 SPH I
This event is both online and in person
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Contact Information: Laura Arboleda-Merino (larb@umich.edu)

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This is a two-part hybrid event focused on fostering cross-border collaboration and knowledge-sharing and the collaborative experiences between researchers from Chile, Mexico, and the US. Part I of this webinar focuses on the collaborative experience doing child growth and obesity research between The Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), The National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP), and The University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH). Part II will center on an in-depth discussion of the "Biological determinants of linear growth during puberty in two children’s cohorts from Mexico and Chile" and an overview of the Superimposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) and Newton's growth model (NGM) models with a hands-on practice exercise in R at the end.

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