Science Cafés
The purpose of the Science Café program is to strengthen science literacy by engaging the community and translational scientists in an informal setting through bi-directional dialogue of current scientific and medical issues and their translational impact on our culture and society.
About Science Cafés
The very first Science Café (also know as Café Scientifique) was held in Leeds in the United Kingdom in 1998.The founder of this grassroots movement, Duncan Dallas, describes a Café as “a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, people meet to discuss the latest ideas of science and technology which are changing our lives.” Since then, the Science Cafés have popped up all over the globe, with over 200 worldwide in more than 40 countries and at least 50 in the United States alone. Our Science Café series is the first in Southeast Wisconsin.
According to the website www.sciencecafes.org, a Science Café resource site maintained by the WGBH Educational Foundation, there are several ways in which Science Cafés can have educational impact:
- Conversations increase understanding. Participating in a discussion gives people the chance to think through new ideas and reformulate them in their own words.
- Conversations increase interest. The open-ended nature of a science café enables people to explore whatever aspects of a topic, or the scientific process in general, interest them most.
- Conversations lead to more conversations. People enjoy talking about issues at a science café and are therefore likely to discuss the topic outside of the café with friends and family.
- Conversations are equalizers. Face to face conversations help to dispel misperceptions and stereotypes of scientists and their work.
For our Cafés, the primary focus will be on translational science. We will be able to utilize translational scientists affiliated with the CTSI partner institutions, which affords us a very wide range of topics.
Virtual Science Café Presentation Series 2021
Date/Time | Host | Presentation Title |
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Thursday, January 28 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Canaan Missionary Baptist Church | Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels: The Path to Healthy Food Choices and Weight Loss A Collaboration Between the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and General Baptist State Convention of WI |
Saturday, February 6 8:00 – 9:00 am | General Baptist State Convention of WI Congress of Christian Education | No Flu for You: Protect Yourself, Protect Others (Vaccination) Introducing Antibody Testing |
Monday, February 15 6:00 – 7:00 pm | True Love Missionary Baptist Church | Love Your Heart: Heart Health for Women of Color |
Monday, February 22 6:00 - 7:30 pm | Greater Mt. Eagle Baptist Church | Protect Against COVID-19: What You Need to Know to Vaccinate with Confidence |
Monday, March 8 6:00 – 8:00 pm | General Baptist State Convention of WI | A Year Into COVID-19: Vaccinations, Antibody Testing and What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself |
Tuesday, March 9 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Hallowed Missionary Baptist Church | The Trouble with Chronic Renal Disease and What You Need to Know to Protect Your Kidneys |
Monday, March 15 6:00 - 7:30 pm | Second Baptist Church | Follow-up: Get on Top of Low Mood |
Monday, March 22 6:00 - 7:30 pm | Providence Missionary Baptist Church | Colorectal Health: Pitfalls and Opportunities and What You Need to Know |
Tuesday, April 20 6:00 – 7:30 pm | True Love Missionary Baptist Church | Don't Lose Sight of Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy: How You can Prevent Blindness |
Monday, April 26 6:00 - 7:30 pm | Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church | A Holistic Approach to Care: How to Take Care of a Person with Alzheimer’s and Dementia While Taking Care of the Caregiver |
Tuesday, May 18 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Hallowed Missionary Baptist Church | Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Monday, May 24 6:00 - 7:30 pm | Providence Missionary Baptist Church | Intermittent Fasting: Weight Management and Diabetes Prevention |
Thursday, May 27 6:00 – 7:30 pm | True Love Missionary Baptist Church | Menopause |
Tuesday, June 15 6:00 – 7:30 pm | GBSC Laymen | Men’s Health |
Tuesday, August 24 6:00 – 7:30 pm | True Love Missionary Baptist Church | Childhood Immunization and COVID-19 Vaccine Update |
Thursday, September 16 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Friendship Missionary Baptist Church | Sickle Cell Disease |
Tuesday, September 28 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Greater Spring Hill | Let’s Move |
Tuesday, October 5 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Hallowed | Church Safety |
Thursday, October 28 6:00 – 7:30 pm | True Love Missionary Baptist Church | Breast Cancer |
Tuesday, November 9 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Antioch Missionary Baptist Church | Alzheimer’s Disease: Research Update |
Thursday, November 18 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Canaan Missionary Baptist Church | Intermittent Fasting |
Tuesday, December 7 6:00 – 7:30 pm | True Love Missionary Baptist Church | Adult Immunization (Flu) and COVID-19 Vaccine Update |