Press Release

For Immediate Release
Contact: Kaylyn Kendall Dines
www.umdnj.edu
(973) 972-7276

At UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMDNJ and Johnson & Johnson Invite the Community to a Diabetes Awareness
Day Event
This free event is being sponsored during National Minority Health Month

Health professionals at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) will host a Diabetes Awareness Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event will take place at the Eric B. Chandler Health Center, 277 George Street, New Brunswick.

The event is being hosted by UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Johnson & Johnson's Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement (HOLA).

Local residents attending this event will have an opportunity to visit health stations for various screenings including blood pressure and body mass index (BMI). Fitness demonstrations, nutrition and healthy lifestyle tips, raffles, gift giveaways, music and food will also be offered. For more information contact Monica Clear, outreach coordinator of the Eric B. Chandler Health Center of UMDNJ, at (732) 235-6730.

CALENDAR LISTINGS/BRIEFS

WHAT: UMDNJ and Johnson & Johnson Organize Diabetes Awareness Day: A fun, free family-centered event in the New Brunswick community
WHEN: Saturday, September 28, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Eric B. Chandler Health Center of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 277 George Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey

To arrange an interview with Dr. Eric Jahn, medical director of the Eric B. Chandler Health Center at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, please contact Kaylyn Kendall Dines at (973) 972-7276.

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