March 5, 2015

Photo: Culture’s impact on health

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., MPH, spoke at Vanderbilt recently on the impact on health outcomes of acculturation — the adoption of the cultural traits of another group.

(photo by John Russell)

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., MPH, talks with George C. Hill, Ph.D., following her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Fuentes-Afflick, vice chair of Pediatrics and professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke on the impact on health outcomes of acculturation — the adoption of the cultural traits of another group.