Active Girls Healthy Women hosting coffee talk on optimizing bone health
The University of Kentucky’s Active Girls Healthy Women Program is hosting a Coffee Talk session noon Monday, Oct. 27, on Zoom. These events are open to all university and community members.
As part of the Sports Medicine Research Institute in the UK College of Health Sciences, the Active Girls Healthy Women Program is a group of researchers, clinicians and professionals who are working together to improve the health of girls and women through research, outreach and educational efforts.
Coffee Talks aim to discuss evidence-based strategies to advance girls’ and women’s physical activity and health. This month’s coffee talk topic is on how to optimize bone health for girls and women across their healthspan.
Topic: Optimizing Bone Health for Girls and Women Across the Healthspan
Date: Oct. 27
Time: noon
Location: Zoom (Register here)
Speaker: Jocelyn Wittstein, M.D., orthopedic surgery, Duke University Medical Center.
Wittstein specializes in sports medicine and women’s joint health, with pioneering research on arthritis, adhesive capsulitis and the role of hormones in bone and joint aging.
A former collegiate gymnast, runner and mom of athletes, she is passionate about helping athletes of all ages return to the activities they love.
