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The
Annual Minority Health Conference was launched by the Minority
Student Caucus in 1977 and has been conducted nearly every
year since then. Major objectives are to highlight health issues
of concern to people of color and to attract students interested
in minority health to the School. Initially the Conference was
held in Rosenau Auditorium in the School of Public Health, but
when attendance increased to 300-400 during the 1990's, the Conference
moved to the William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center.
Planning
and implementation of the Conference are led by the School's Minority
Student Caucus, which designates the chair of the Planning
Committee each year. The Planning Committee includes representatives
of the sponsoring organizations (the Caucus, Dean's Office, NC Institute of Public Health,
Minority
Health Project) and student volunteers. The Conference is
co-sponsored by various organizations in and outside the University,
including the North Carolina Department of Health. Videotapes of
the Keynote Lecture are distributed by the
Public Health Foundation. |
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William T. Small Jr. |
In
1998, Dean William Roper named the Keynote Lecture after William
T. Small, Jr., Associate Dean and Senior Advisor for Multicultural
Affairs, who for over a quarter of a century worked on behalf
of and won the respect and affection of public health students
- enrolled students, former students, and prospective students,
and their families - as well as faculty, staff, and administrators.
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29th
Annual Minority Health Conference:
February 29, 2008
(link)
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Co-chairs
for the 29th Annual Minority Health Conference
Janelle Armstrong, Doctoral Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Eboni Taylor, Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology |
Conferences to date |
| 2008 |
The Impact of Poverty, Culture, and Environment on Minority Health |
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| 2007 |
AIDS at 25: It’s Time to Deliver |
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2006 |
Community-Based Research and Practice:
How Do We Make it Work for Everyone |
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2005 |
Health
and the Built Environment: The Effects of Where We Live, Work and
Play |
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2004 |
7th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Mary E. Northridge, Ph.D. (the Conference was cancelled due to adverse weather) |
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2003 |
The
Evolution of Health Policy: Influences, Interpretations and Implications |
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2002 |
Social
Determinants of Health: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle |
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2001 |
Race,
Class, and Environment: The State of Minority Health |
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2000 |
Public
Health 2000: Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future |
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1999 |
Raising
Resilient Children: How Communities of Color Respond to the Challenge |
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1977-98 |
Earlier
conferences |
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Related
conference series’ at UNC |
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Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health |
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The 13th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health was held June 25, 2007, on the topic “Does racism make us sick?” at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. (Archived webcast of this and other Minority Health Project broadcasts) |
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Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, January 2008 - Keynote Lecture |
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Zollicoffer Lecture, Friday, February 22, 2008, 4:00-5:00 p.m |
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Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity |
Links |
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29th Annual Minority Health Conference and 10th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture |
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28th Annual Minority Health Conference and 9th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture |
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Minority Student Caucus |
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About Dean William T. Small, Jr. |
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Scenes
from the 23rd Minority Health Conference |
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Scenes from the 22nd Minority Health Conference |
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Scenes
from the 1992 Minority Health Conference |
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Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health |
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Minority health-related links at UNC and elsewhere |
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Minority Health Project |
