Recent Events (2002) - Minority Health Project at UNC-CH

Camara P.Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. - 5th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecturer - February 28, 2003

25th Annual Minority Health Conference

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program for Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes

Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D. - Keynote Lecturer - 9th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health - June 9-13, 2003

9th Annual SPHRIMH

Recent Events (2003)


Race and Ethnicity in Health Sciences Research.

December 12, 2003 at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Road, Arnold Kaluzny Conference room from 3:30-5:00 p.m. By Susan Moscou, FNP, MPH, Brandeis University, Heller School, Doctoral Student, Health Policy, Waltham, Massachusetts. Part of the Seminar series on Methods in Health Disparities Research. Presented by the Center of Excellence on Overcoming Racial Health Disparities which is funded by the Agency for Healthcare and Research. (Posted, 11/21/03)


"Write On! Strategies for Successful Publications" (FREE, one-day workshop): November 21, 2003, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Willie E. Grant Student Center Ballroom, Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. Workshop topics include: The Pangs & Pleasures of the Writing Process, Writing and Revising the Manuscript - The Steps Involved, Grammar & Style, Navigating the Channels to Publication and Coping with the Edited Manuscript. The conference is intended for the faculty, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows at Historical Minority Serving Institutions, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. (Posted, 10/01/03)
Understanding environmental influences for obesity prevention from the perspective of Latino families.: November 14, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the Arnold Kaluzny Conference Room, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC. By Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education. Brought to you by the Center of Excellence on Overcoming Racial Health Disparities, funded by the Agency for Healthcare and Research. (Posted, 11/14/03)
Mending the Health Care Divide: Eliminating Disparities in Access for Minority and Low Income Communities: November 1, 2003, William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, UNC-Chapel Hill. By U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. Sponsored by UNC’s Center for Civil Rights, a component of the School of Law, and the School of Public Health.The conference fee is $50 ($10 for students), and registration is due no later than Oct. 27. For more information, contact Allison Stelljes at (919) 843-3921 or stelljes@email.unc.edu. (Posted, 10/17/03)
Research Methodology in Perinatal Epidemiology: October 9, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, School of Public Health, UNC-CH. By James "Jimmy" W. Collins, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Part of Seminar series on Methods in Health Disparities Research. Presented by the Center of Excellence on Overcoming Racial Health Disparities - funded by the Agency for Healthcare and Research. (Posted, 10/01/03)
‘Race’: Conceptual challenges and practical applications: August 22, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Arnold D. Kaluzny Conference Room, Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 2nd Floor, 725 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC. By Giselle Corbie-Smith, Assistant Professor, Social Medicine, UNC-CH. Part of the Seminar Series on Methods in Health Disparities. (Posted, 08/04/03)
National Satelite Broadcast: "Cross Cultural Communication in Health Care: Building Organizational Capacity": June 4, 2003 from 1:00pm – 3:30pm. Speakers include cultural competence experts like Ms. Shani Dowd (Clinical Cultural Competency Training at Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare) and Dr. Robert Like (Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) and executives from best practice organizations.Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Center for Health Services Financing and Managed Care and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. For more inforamtion contact Cindy Yen at cyen@hrsa.gov. (Posted, 04/20/03)

African Americans and Mental Health: Bridging the Gap and Making the Connection: April 26, 2003, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m, New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street New York, New York, 10023. Keynote Speaker:Former Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher. Presented by the Black Psychiatrists of Greater New York (BPGNY). (Posted, 03/16/03)
Unraveling the relation of race and class in American politics: April 25, 2003; Room G111, Caldwell Hall, NC State University (directions). By Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor of Political Science, New School University. Sponsored by the NC State Department of Sociology and Anthropology. (Posted, 04/20/03)

The Science Mission of the Alzheimer's Association: Implications for Cultural and Ethnic Research: April 17, 2003, 12:15 p.m., 1301 McGavran-Greenberg, UNC-CH. By Jennie Ward Robinson, Ph.D., Director of Medical and Scientific Affairs, The Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, IL. Part of the Ethnicity, Culture, Race and Aging Research Seminar Series. Co-Sponsored by the UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO). RSVP at 919-966-9444 by April 10, 2003. (Posted, 04/06/03)
Tulane University SPH&TM/ Diversity Day 2003: “Public Health Careers Bridging the Gap for Change": April 17, 2003. Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (TUSPH&TM) will host Diversity Day 2003, an open house workshop, for students interested in pursuing careers in the public health sciences on Thursday, April 17, 2003. The one-day workshop will consist of departmental visits and discussions with current TUSPH&TM students and faculty which will include [multi]cultural competencies in public health. Please contact Melanie Ramson at (504) 452-9308 or email at mramson@tulane.edu. (Posted, 04/01/03)

Seminar Series on Methods in Health Disparities Resrearch: Income Inequality & Dualism.

April 11th, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Arnold D. Kaluzny Conference Room, Cecil G. Sheps Center, 725 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC. By Francois Nielsen, Professor, Department of Sociology,UNC-CH. Sponsored by the Center of Excellence on Overcoming Racial Health Disparities. (Posted, 04/06/03)
First Annual Symposium on: Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Research in the US at Harvard University.: April 11, 2003, 8:30-3:30pm at the Harvard School of Public Health - HSPH, Kresge Building (G-1). The theme of this year's symposium is: Future Directions for Racial/Ethnic US Health Disparities Research.Featured speakers include: Thomas LaVeist (disparities overview), Ichiro Kawachi (income inequality), Nancy Krieger (Racism), John Ayanian (Health Systems), Dolores Acevedo-Garcia (immigrant health), Robert Blendon (politics and policy), Joan Reede (Minority Medical Training) Joseph Betancourt (Cultural Competence), S.V. Subramanian (Methodology in Residential Segregation) Pedro and Noguera (disparities in education). Registration opens on Wednesday, March 12, 2003.For more information contact: Joy Perez, PhD candidate, Kellogg Fellow in Health Policy Research at djperez@fas.harvard.edu. (Posted, 04/01/03)

Thirteenth Annual Public Health Awareness Conference

April 1 - 4, 2003, at Morehouse College & Clark Atlanta University. Featured speakers include David Satcher, MD, PhD, Director, National Center for Primary Care, Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, Research Director on Social Determinants of Health, Centers for Disease Control and prevention, George Roberts, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Michael Sadowski, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cathy Cohen, PhD, Director, Center for the Study of Race University of Chicago, Daniel Blumenthal, MD, MPH, Lawrence Sanders Jr., MD, MBA, Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, Derreck Kayongo & Loretta Ross.(Posted, 03/10/03)
"Celebrating the Spirit" - 5th Annual African American Breast Cancer Awareness Conference: April 5th & 6th, 2003, Doubletree Hotel, Downtown, Houston. Featuring keynote lecture by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. The conference is open to public, costs $150 and includes workshops and exhibits to increase breast health awareness in the African American Community. Presented by Sisters Network Inc., the nation's largest African American breast cancer survivorship organization. To register call (713) 781 0255 or visit www.sistersnetworkinc.org (Posted, 03/16/03)

Affirmative Action Townhall Meeting: African Americans Speak Out

March 28, 2003, at 6:00 pm, Howard Law School, DC. Confirmed participants: CHARLES OGLETREE, Harvard Law School Professor KURT SCHMOKE, Howard Law School Dean & Former Mayor of Baltimore ELAINE JONES, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Executive Director DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX, Economist,Author & Syndicated Columnist GEORGE CURRY, NNPA Editor-in-Chief & former Emerge Magazine Editor WADE HENDERSON, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Executive Director RONALD WALTERS, University of Maryland Political Science Professor ROSA CLEMENTE, Hip Hop Activist JAMES FORMAN, JR., Michigan Law School Professor DR. A. KNIGHTON STANLEY, Peoples Cong. Church Pastor THEODORE V. WELLS, JR., Paul Weiss partner and BLSA Amicus Counsel in Grutter. Free and Open to Public, RSVP at AffirmativeActionTownHall@yahoo.com (Posted, 11/25/02)
Supporting Latino Achievement in NC Public Schools: March 21 & 22, 2003. Venue TBA, will be either in Durham or Chapel Hill. Presented by African and African American Studies Program, The John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University. For further information call at (919) 684- 2830. (Posted, 11/25/02)

Minority Health Project| Department of Maternal and Child Health
Campus Box 7445 | UNC School of Public Health | Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445
Phone 919-843-6758 | Fax 919-966-0458| E-mail Minority_Health@unc.edu

Last Updated:05/17/04 by Raj

Minority Health Project| Department of Maternal and Child Health Campus Box 7445 | UNC School of Public Health | Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445 Phone 919-843-6758 | Fax 919-966-0458| E-mail Minority_Health@unc.edu

Last Updated:05/17/04 by Raj

Minority Health Project| Department of Maternal and Child Health
Campus Box 7445 | UNC School of Public Health | Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445
Phone 919-843-6758 | Fax 919-966-0458| E-mail Minority_Health@unc.edu