Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity

                                             

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane".      Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Click link below for facts about Dr. King and suggested readings.

http://intranet.wakehealth.edu/About-Us/Diversity/Did-You-Knows/Facts-about-Dr--Martin-Luther-King,-Jr-.htm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01-17-2012

 

 

 

Upcoming Events 

 

"Empowering Healthy Decisions for African Americans:
Creating a Supportive Community for Those Who Experience Infant Loss"
Friday, February 17, 2012
8:00 am - 12:30 pm

Hospice & Palliative CareCenter is working to address the issue of infant loss in the African American community.  We want to respond to the families who have experienced an infant or fetal loss.  

Please see this brochure for information regarding a workshop that will address infant mortality in the African American community; and how the community, particularly faith communities, can respond.  The targeted audience is professionals who may come into contact with African Americans who have been impacted by a fetal or infant death.  

 

 

The Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) Working Group on Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments to "help inform the development of recommendations to present to the ACD and the NIH Director on actions the NIH can take to increase the diversity of the biomedical research workforce." The Working Group has identified a number of specific issues on which it is seeking input. Comments are due by February 24.  Please see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-031.html

 

HHMI Research Opportunities for Medical Students at U.S. Schools

HHMI Summer Medical Fellows Program will support up to 20 students working in HHMI laboratories (with HHMI investigators or at the Janelia Farm Research Campus), for a minimum of 8 consecutive weeks (10 weeks preferred). Students must be in good standing at a medical, dental, or veterinary school located in the U.S. Those who are enrolled in a combined professional degree/Ph.D. program or who have already received a one-year award from any year-out research training program are not eligible to apply. The program is primarily aimed at those students who wish to explore the summer research experience with the intent of applying for the year-long program. For the 2012 summer program, students will receive a stipend of $5,000 for 10 weeks ($500/week for less than 10 weeks) and up to $1,000 for roundtrip relocation costs. The Competition System opens on November 1, 2011 and the application deadline is February 15, 2012.

For further information, visit: www.hhmi.org/medfellowships or e-mail medfellows@hhmi.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina Black Repertory Co.
will present a DOUBLE BILL
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
Dr. May Edward Chinn
Written by Laurence Holder    and
Big Mama Speaks
Written by Hannibal B. Johnson
Directed by Imani (Audelco Best Director 2010)
Feb. 17 and 18 @8PM & Feb.18 and 19 @3PM, 2012
Arts Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive,
Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Dr. Chinn was the first female MD at Harlem Hospital

 

 

Save the Date! Share the opportunity!

Title:  Women in Medicine at Wake Forest: An Oral History through Living Stories
Date:  March 8, 2012 (International Women’s Day)
Time: 4-6pm
Location:  Babcock Auditorium on E-level at the Medical Center on Hawthorne Road (the parking deck across the street will be open, free to visitors starting at 3:30pm)

This is a cross-campus event. Panelists will include women who graduated from medical school over 40 years ago.

Panelists include: Joyce Reynolds (MD ’52), Gloria Graham (MD ’61) Caryl Guth (MD ’62) and Carolyn Ferree (MD ’70)
Moderator: Professor Simone Caron (Chair, History WFU). She will start the ball rolling with some questions for the panelists, and then she will open it up for questions from the audience.
Support is gratefully acknowledged from:

Wake Forest Women’s Forum; the Women and Gender Studies Program; the Department of Anthropology; and the undergraduate program in Health Policy and Administration at WFU

The Dean’s Office at the College of Wake Forest; the Dean’s Office of the Graduate School of Wake Forest University;

The Maya Angelou Center; The Women’s Health Center of Excellence; the Alumni and Development Office; and the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health

This is a great opportunity to celebrate these women as well as their stories and to network with other women in occasion of International Women's Day

 

 

American Association of Blacks in Higher Education - 2012 National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education
Conference Theme: Healthy Communities Through Access, Education, Research and Collaborationi
March 22-24, 2012
Loes Hotel in Atlanta
(for more information click here)

 

2012 National Hispanic Medical Association--Save the Date!
April 26-29, 2012
Washington, DC

Established in 1994 in Washington, DC, the National Hispanic Medical Association in a non-profit association representing the interests of 45,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States. NHMA is dedicated to empowering Hispanic physicians to be leaders who will help eliminate health disparities and improve the health of Hispanics. NHMA's vision is to be the national leader to improve the health of Hispanic populations.