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Agenda for UC Merced Farmworker Health Research Conference
WHEN:
Friday, April 9, 2021
10:00 am – 3:45 pm (PST)
WHY:
The purpose of the conference will be to share knowledge about the impact of workplace health and safety (including COVID-19); to identify gaps and priorities for future research; and to identify how to coordinate data to transform health and health care access in the future.
WHO:
Researchers investigating issues related to the health of California farmworkers.
Opening Speaker:
Juan Sánchez Muñoz
University of California, Merced Chancellor
Keynote Speaker:
Anna Caballero
California State Senator
Closing Speaker:
Robert Rivas
California State Assembly Member
Chair:
Dr. Edward Flores
Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Community and Labor Center at UC Merced
Committee:
Paul Brown (UC Merced) Ana Padilla (UC Merced)
Christy Getz (UC Berkeley) Joel Diringer (Diringer and Associates)
Ron Strochlic (UC ANR) Nimrat Sandhu (UC Merced)
Noe Paramo (CRLA Foundation)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Funding and support for the conference are provided by the California Department of Public Health, and the California Endowment.
