Caswell Diabetes Institute Community Seminar Series

Name: Caswell Diabetes Institute Community Seminar Series
Start: 2026-10-14T18:00:00
End: 2026-10-14T19:30:00

Diabetes Community Seminar Series Event Series

Date:

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Time:

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Location:

Detroit Public Library- Main
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202

About This Event

CDI is taking diabetes research at U-M on the road. Join us in Detroit for the next CDI Community Seminar Series topic, What Shapes Our Health? Diabetes, Genetics, and Environment, featuring:

Stephen Parker, PhD
Professor, Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Department of Human Genetics, Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan

Susan Woolford, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
University of Michigan

Ted Gloster Jr.
Founder & Executive Director of The Forigin Initiative

More on the topic- Our health is shaped by more than the choices we make—it’s influenced by our genetics, our environment, and the communities where we live. Join the Caswell Diabetes Institute for an engaging conversation exploring how these factors can impact diabetes, obesity, and overall health. Hear from experts working in research, medicine, and the Detroit community, and learn how science and community efforts can work together to support healthier lives.

Presenters

Stephen CJ Parker, PhD

Professor

Susan J Woolford, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Dr. Woolford, is an Associate Professor in the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center, a Co-Director for the Program for Equity in Adolescent and Child Health (PEACH), the Michigan Child Equity Collaborative (MiCHEC), and the C. S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. She leads the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) Translational Science Summer Program at the University of Michigan and is a faculty member in the MICHR Community Engagement Program. From 2006 to 2016 she was the Medical Director of the Pediatric Comprehensive Weight Management Center (PCWMC). In this role she led the development and implementation of the programs offered by the PCWMC from its inception, including the Michigan Pediatric Outpatient Weight Evaluation and Reduction (MPOWER) programs, intensive, multidisciplinary interventions for children with obesity and their families. Her research is focused on using new technologies in conjunction with message tailoring to enhance provider-patient communication, particularly with diverse populations, using community-engaged approaches. Her work has been informed by over 10 years of general pediatric practice, completion of a rigorous pediatric health service research fellowship, and completion of the Masters of Public Health degree. Her NIH funded research is focused on automated delivery of tailored messaging to improve adherence to treatment recommendations among adolescents and their parents participating in lifestyle modification and the use of location-linked mobile applications designed to prompt adolescents living in obesogenic communities to make healthy food choices at the point of sale. Due to her work in the area of e-communication, she served as the founding Chair of The Obesity Society Section on eHealth/mHealth, as the Co-Medical Director for the Children’s Hospital Association Expert Exchange on Childhood Obesity, and as a member of the Advisory Board for the American Academy of Pediatrics Institute for a Health Childhood Weight.

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