Feast for Your Brain Fed Hunger for Healthy Brain Knowledge
Attendees at the inaugural Feast for Your Brain event at the Health Sciences Innovation Building on Sept. 10 try on special eyeglasses that simulate macular degenerative disease.
The inaugural Feast for Your Brain community event sponsored by the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Precision Aging Network was held Sept. 10 on the Health Sciences campus in Tucson. It included 23 information tables, a variety of activities, presentations, music, dance performances, tai chi demonstrations, health screenings and prize raffles.
The event was to teach people about healthy aging, brain health, and the Precision Aging Network, a community-engaged brain aging research project that will help researchers discover how to reduce cognitive decline and age-related disease. About 50 attendees completed a 10-minute online memory test at the event.
“This event brings together our many community partners in southern Arizona and our health science expertise in healthy aging for a fun day of information and performances,” said Zhao Chen, PhD, MPH, professor and associate dean for research at the Zuckerman College of Public Health. “We want to engage people and show them the benefits of participating in the Precision Aging Network research studies.”
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The inaugural Feast for Your Brain event sponsored by the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Precision Aging Network featured several UArizona Health Sciences speakers, 23 information tables and various music, dance and tai chi demonstrations.
Participants at the inaugural Feast for Your Brain event take part in a group stretch between presentations in the Forum of the Health Sciences Innovation Building.
Amanda Sokan, PhD, MHA, LL. B, an assistant professor of practice in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, spoke to attendees at the Feast for Your Brain event about the college’s Student Ambassador Program.
Students volunteer at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health information table during the inaugural Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10.
(From left) Sabrina Plattner, MEd, and Lindsay Bingham, MPH, CHES, both senior health educators in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, volunteer at an activity table during the inaugural Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10.
Members of Ballet Folklorico Tapatio dance during the inaugural Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10.
Gabby Mendez smiles at her parents as she dances with the Ballet Folklorico Tapatio group during the Feast for Your Brain community event.
The youngest dancers in Ballet Folklorico Tapatio show their moves during the Feast for Your Brain event on Sept. 10.
Kate Ellingson, PhD, an associate professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, speaks to Feast for Your Brain attendees about healthy aging and COVID-19.
Tomas Nuño, PhD, an assistant research professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, presents about the relationship between healthy eating and healthy aging as part of the Feast for Your Brain event.
Attendees practice virtual reality tai chi while wearing VR headsets and holding touch controllers during the Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10.
(From left) Juan Contreras II, a research program administrator, greets Tony Philippe, LL.B, a health educator, as they begin their volunteer shift at the University of Arizona Cancer Center information table at the Feast for Your Brain event.
(From left) Zhao Chen, PhD, MPH, professor and associate dean for research in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and Elizabeth Cozzi, associate vice president of community development at the United Way of Tucson, pause for a moment at the Feast for Your Brain event.
Members of Edna Silva’s Center for Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan demonstrate tai chi at the Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10.
Matt Huentelman, PhD, an associate research professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, explains how the MindCrowd project helps inform the Precision Aging Network, which co-sponsored the Feast for Your Brain event.
(From left) Gabby Wen, a graduate research assistant in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, helps Bobbie Herrera as she prepares to take the MindCrowd memory test during the Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10.
Members of the University of Arizona Asian Music Club’s Purple Bamboo Ensemble perform during the Feast for Your Brain community event on Sept. 10 in the Forum of the Health Sciences Innovation Building.