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Int'l Translation of the Adaptive Physical Activity Program

A Public Policy Symposium

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery

Date & Time

April 18, 2023, 5:00 pm7:00 pm

Description

Please join us Tuesday, April 18th at 5pm for a hybrid symposium event:

International Translation of the Adaptive Physical Activity Program:
Implementing Community-Based Exercise for the Elderly & People with Disabilities
Lessons Learned Pre- and Post-Covid

Featuring Keynote Speaker, Francesco Benvenuti MD

Panelists:

-Jennifer Lee, Howard County

Department of Aging and Independence


-Tera Reynolds, UMBC Department of

Information Systems


-Loren Henderson, UMBC School of Public Policy



Please join us in person in AOK Library Gallery, or view it via webex.

A reception will follow with light refreshments.

Leadership Acknowledgements
With this symposium and student travel fellowship to Italy, we want to honor the
leadership and innovation of Francesco Benvenuti MD, who conceived and started Adaptive Physical Activity (APA) in Italy and of Lou Grimmel, CEO, who established Lorien Health Services as a model for innovation and translation of international best practices into the U.S. We also want to thank Starr Sowers and others who made it possible to conduct a U.S. clinical trial for APA.