A Panel Discussion on Women, Diabetes and Health Equity

The event, A Panel Discussion on Women, Diabetes, and Health Equity, will take place on World Diabetes Day — November 14 — from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Harrell Medical Education Building.

World Diabetes Day is November 14, and UF College of Nursing post-doctoral associate Lisa Scarton, Ph.D., R.N., is participating in a panel discussion, hosted by the UF Diabetes Institute, in celebration of the day.

The event, A Panel Discussion on Women, Diabetes, and Health Equity, will take place from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Harrell Medical Education Building.

Marian Limacher, M.D., senior associate dean for faculty affairs and professional development at the UF College of Medicine will moderate five panelists representing the College of Nursing, UF Center for Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies Research, College of Public Health and Health Professions and IFAS.

Scarton has been making waves at the college, researching the effects of diabetes in Native American populations and the impact it has on families.

Over the summer, Scarton was selected by the National Institutes of Health Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity to participate in the NIH Future Research Leaders Conference in September.