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Coming June 5, 2012:
Social Determinants of Health Disparities: Moving the Nation to Care about Social Justice
The 18th National Health Equity Research Webcast
(formerly known as the Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health)
"Thank you for selecting three speakers who were excellent and provided three different and thought provoking perspectives on health disparities." (read more
participant comments from last year)
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June 5, 2012 live, interactive Internet broadcast from Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium in the UNC School of Social Work. The 18th National Health Equity Research Webcast, presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (link), and other partners. Featuring Camara P. Jones, Ronny Bell, Aida Giachello, and moderator Cedric Bright. Live questions (telephone and email) from the national audience.[more] |
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33rd Annual Minority Health Conference
“Translational Research: The Road from Efficacy to Equity” The 14th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, and the 1st Annual Victor J. Schoenbach Health Disparities Keynote Lecture by Nina Wallerstein, DrPH are available on-demand. (More about the conference.)
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17th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health
“Health Equity: Progress and Pitfalls”
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Archived from 2/25/2011:
“The Development of Indigenous Knowledges in Public Health: Epistemological Diversity as an Essential Component of Health Equity”. The 13th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture (More), by Bonnie M. Duran, DrPH.
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Archived webcast:
“What Will Health Care Reform Mean for Minority Health Disparities?”, The 16th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health (More).
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Archived webcast:
“Community Organizing and Community Building: Public Health Watchwords for the 21st Century”, The 12th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture, by Robert E. Fullilove, EdD ("I was a community organizer for SNCC - which is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary - in Mississippi in 1964 and in '65 ... much of what I have done as a public health guy comes straight from that experience.").
From the 31st Annual Minority Health Conference of the Minority Student Caucus, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, "Building Community in the Age of Information: Fighting Health Inequality in the Modern World". (More)
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DON’T MISS
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“United Church of Chapel Hill presents Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD”
- June 3, 2012, United Church of Chapel Hill, Fellowship Hall, 1321 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
10:00-10:50 AM, "A Gardener's Tale: Three Levels of Racism", UCCH Adult Forum (open to all); 3:30-5:30 PM, "Race, Health and Well-being in the US", Community Forum (free)
(Posted 4/21/2012)
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“Addressing Health Disparities in Asthma: Creative Solutions”
- May 8, 2012, Hamner Conference Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, Durham.
Asthma Alliance of North Carolina presents its 2012 North Carolina Asthma Summit, featuring a keynote lefture by State Health Director Dr. Laura Gerald.
(Posted 4/18/2012)
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“Remembering the Past and Envisioning the Future”
- April 20-21, 2012, Hilton North Raleigh-Midtown, Raleigh NC.
From Health Disparities to Health Equity 20/20: Conference and Gala on the 20th Anniversary of the NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
(Posted 2/20/2012)
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“Empowering Communities in the Era of Health Reform”
- June 27 - July 1, 2012, Hilton Americas, Houston TX.
The 25th Anniversary of the Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, & Health Equity. Featured speakers include Dr. Kenneth Shine, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Texas System, Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Dr. Nadine Gracia, DHHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Dr. Linda
Burhansstipanov, Executive Director and President of Native American Cancer Research Corp and Dr.
Marjorie Kawaga Singer, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Professor. Early Bird registration until May 25, 2012; special hotel room rates until Monday, May 28, 2012.
(Posted 5/13/2012)
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“AETC-NMC CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND HIV WEBINAR SERIES - 2012”
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Cultural Competence:Strengthening the Clinicians Role in Delivering Quality HIV Care within Hispanic Adolescent Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Communities,
When: Thursday, February 9, 2012 2:00PM-3:00PM EST, Presenter: Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH;
Cultural Competence: Strengthening the Clinicians Role in Delivering Quality HIV Care within Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Transgender Communities,
When: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:00PM-4:00PM EST, Presenters:
Sapna Mysoor, MPH - Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center and
Cathy Kapua - Life Foundation;
Cultural Competence: Strengthening the Clinicians Role in Delivering Quality HIV Care within Native American Transgender Communities,
When: Thursday, March 8, 2012 2:00PM-3:00PM EST,
Presenter: Elton Naswood
Navajo Program Coordinator, Red Circle Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles
Continuing education credits available
(Posted 2/1/2012)
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“Lawrence Zollicoffer Symposium and 32nd Annual Zollicoffer-Memorial Lecture”
- February 16-18, 2012 (lecture Friday, February 17, 12:00pm-1:00pm), Alumni Center (Lecture: G100 Bondurant Hall, UNC School of Medicine).
The Lecture will be presented by Marie A. Bernard, M.D., a noted geriatrician and educator from the University of Oklahoma and current deputy director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Dr. Bernard has a major leadership role in directing the nation's research program on aging and on age-related cognitive change.
Sponsored by UNC Chapter of SNMA and The Merrimon Family
(Posted 2/7/2012)
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“A Community-based Approach to Address Breast Cancer Disparities”
- February 20, 2012, Fox Auditorium, School of Nursing, UNC.
The 2012 Ethnic Minority Visiting Scholar Lecture will be given by Ms. Donna Thompson, RN, MS, CEO, Access Community Health Network. Ms. Thompson has been on the front-line of patient care delivery for more than 30 years. In her 7 years as CEO, Ms. Thompson has led ACCESS to become one of the largest federally qualified health care organizations in the country, serving more than 200,000 patients annually in 50 health center locations in the Chicago area.
(Posted 12/16/2011)
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“Intersectionality: Exploring Diversity from Varied Perspectives”
- November 18, 2011, Sonja Haynes Stone Center, UNC.
The 2011 Carolina Diversity Summit will be held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on November 18th. This day-long summit will feature a keynote speaker and concurrent breakout sessions in the morning and afternoon and will include a networking lunch.
RFPs are now being solicited and should be submitted electronically to Dr. Cookie Newsom by September 1 via email at: newsom@email.unc.edu.
Download RFP from www.unc.edu/diversity/2011diversitySummitRFP.pdf
(Posted 6/11/2011)
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“Working Together to Translate Research into Practice: BCHW and SAAPHI”
- October 29, 2011, Washington, DCC.
In collaboration with the Black Caucus of Health Workers (BCHW), the Society for the Analysis of African-American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI) is soliciting abstracts for the 2011 annual scientific symposium which will be held in conjunction with the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C on October 29 - November 2, 2001. The BCHW/SAAPHI symposium will be held on Saturday October 29, 2011.
(Posted 5/28/2011)
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