Healthy Youth/Healthy Environments (HY/HE) Colleague Spotlight 

HY/HE focuses on how to create healthy, equitable environments with and for young people.  This year, they are highlighting the work of one person each month.  HY/HE is a collaboration between UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Department of Human Ecology and the Center for Regional Change.

Erik Fernandez y Garcia, M.D., M.P.H

UC Davis Health System

Dr. Fernandez y Garcia's research focuses on racial and ethnic healthcare disparities; parental depression identification and reduction in pediatrics; and cultural humility-based resident/medical student education. It is his goal to address pediatric healthcare and health maintenance through the lens of family dynamics.  He strives to form cooperative relationships with the parents of patients and their communities to ensure that his patient (the child) reaches their fullest potential.   He hopes to propagate this philosophy by teaching pediatric residents at the UCD General Pediatric Clinic, the Wellspace Oak Park Clinic, and UCD medical students in the Transforming Education and Community Health for Medical Students (TEACH-MS) program.   He also brings this philosophy of care to his research in pediatric-based intergenerational mental healthcare.  Click here for more information on Dr. Fernandez y Garcia's work.

Call for Nominations: U.S. EPA's National Smart Growth Awards
 The  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for the prestigious 2015 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, that recognizes communities using innovative planning, design and revitalization strategies to strengthen their economies, provide housing and transportation choices, and protect the environment. Does your community have a smart growth success story?   Click  here to apply. Deadline: September 5
 

Call for Session Speaker Proposals

In anticipation of the 14^th annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference, organizers are looking for a multidisciplinary panel of strong speakers that represent various sectors, perspectives and ethnic/gender diversity.   Speakers should provide high quality content focused on the implementation of practical tools and innovative strategies designed to attract a multi-disciplinary audience.  Deadline: July 11

Date: January 29-31, 2015

Place: Hilton Baltimore Hotel - Baltimore, MD

Click here to submit a proposal.

Call for Abstracts: LUCID Young Researchers Conference

The Lund University Centre for Excellence for Integration of the Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID) invites you to submit abstracts for their early career researchers conference on Integrating the Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability.

Date: October 8-10, 2014

Place: Center for Sustainability Studies - Lund, Sweden

Conference registration is free of charge.  For submission directions, please email LUCID.  Deadline: July 15

Sacramento Regional Affordable Housing Forum

Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Sacramento Housing Alliance

This forum will highlight the importance of neighborhood conditions in improving health outcomes in the built environment focused on how affordable housing is one of the foundations to healthy communities.

Date: Wednesday - July 23

Time: 9am-Noon

Place: 720 Seventh Street - Sacramento

Email Leilani Barnett for more information or click here to register (Cost $5/$10 incl. lunch).

Imagining America 2014 National Conference
 Imagining America is hosting a consortium of universities and organizations dedicated to advancing the public and civic purposes of humanities, arts and design.

Date: October 9-11

Place: Atlanta, GA

Apply to participate in each seminar. To ensure robust and inclusive conversation, participation is capped for each session. Click here to register.

UC Davis Seeking a Community Food Systems Analyst

This analytical position resides in the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) under the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.  ASI is directly responsible for statewide UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP).  This position is part of SAREP's Food & Society program.  On the UCD career opportunities website, use REQ #03012418 to apply.  Deadline: July 3