Title: The Importance of Culture in Addressing the Health of Latino/a/x/es
Speaker: David X. Marquez, PhD
Time: 9:00-10:000am (EST), February 7, 2025,
Zoom: Meeting ID: 862 9700 1299
https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/86297001299
Speaker Biography
David X. Marquez, PhD, earned a doctoral degree and a master’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Loyola University Chicago. He is a Professor and Department Head of Kinesiology and Nutrition and Director of the Exercise Psychology Laboratory at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). He is also Leader of the Latino Core of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. His research focuses on reducing health disparities, and primarily focuses on older Latino adults. He served as one of 17 experts on the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee; and was a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) to inform the development of the Physical Activity Guidelines Midcourse Report on older adults.
He has been involved with many federally-funded, interdisciplinary, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the cognitive, functional, and psychosocial changes as a result of physical activity interventions. The BAILAMOSTM dance program he co-created is at the heart of his work. Dr. Marquez is a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the Gerontological Society of America, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the National Academy of Kinesiology.