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91AV’s Rebecca Boulos presents lecture at University of Rhode Island

Rebecca Boulos

Rebecca Boulos, M.P.H., Ph.D., assistant professor in the , presented a lecture titled, “Environmental Influences on Obesity” at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Boulos was invited to present by URI’s Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences program. Her presentation explored how to use public health theoretical frameworks and complex systems science to design sustainable communities that promote safe physical activity and access to healthful foods.

About the 91AV

The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.