ACE Summit

SUMMIT OBJECTIVES

  • Understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACES) in Louisiana
  • Describe the current status of efforts to educate professionals and communities
  • Identify opportunities for collaboration among established, emerging, and future community-based efforts to build resilience and prevent child abuse and neglect
  • Recognize evidence-based strategies to identify and intervene with children who have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Women! A Vulnerable Population in Occupational Settings

Please join us for an innovative and scholarly lecture on the health of women and children by Dr. Qamar Rahman. Dr. Rahman, Dean of Research and Science and Technology and a research professor in chemical engineering at Amity University in Lucknow, India, is an expert in inhalation toxicology, especially of nano particles and asbestos. Her talk will focus on home and occupational threats to the lung health of women and children in India and the developing world.

Anti-Bullying Symposium

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and the Picard Center will host a symposium on Anti-Bullying. Parents, educators, administrators, and children are all welcome to attend. The Picard Center will offer babysitting services for your children in the Child & Family Resource Library. The topics that will be discussed at the symposium will be geared towards teens and pre-teens. The symposium will be held Saturday, October 21st from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. There are still spots available, so please be sure to join us!

Mardi Gras Celebration at the Picard Center

We are happy to announce that the Picard Center's Child & Family Resource Library is now open for Open Play every other Friday from 3p-5p! Join us for our next Open Play event on Friday, Feburary 24th for a Mardi Gras theme. We will have arts and crafts, dress-up time, puppet play, story time, and a mini Mardi Gras parade! Mark your calendar for every other Friday, and be sure to follow us on Facebook for event reminders and info! 

The Picard Center is thrilled by another strong showing in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research Recognition Awards!

Professor Paula Zeanah, Research Excellence Award for 2019-20 recognizing her exceptional scholarship in her home College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions

Principal Investigator Kara Farmer-Primeaux, Outstanding Achievement in Externally-Funded Research for 2019-20 and 2020-21 recognizing her award of more than $1 million dollars in externally sponsored projects in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.

UL Lafayette celebrates research excellence with faculty recognition

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette honored faculty Feb. 11 during an annual ceremony for research excellence. Faculty from each college along with research staff were recognized during the Research Recognition Ceremony at the LITE Center.

“Collectively, all of your efforts galvanized the transition and transformation of the University into an R1 top-tier research university, per the recent Carnegie Classification,” said Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, vice president for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.

Foundations of Infant Mental Health

The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health (BFH) is pleased to announce the Fall schedule for the Foundations of Infant Mental Health (FIMH) educational program.  FIMH is a collaborative effort between BFH, Tulane University's Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The program is offered twice per year; presenters are Paula Zeanah, PhD, MSN, RN (ULL) and Julie Larrieu, PhD (Tulane).

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