Upcoming Events
DEACon Dash
Location: Davis Field, Wake Forest University (Undergraduate) Campus
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Want to get some exercise and support a great cause at the same time? Then sign up for the first-ever DEACon Dash!
The Class of 2016 is holding a 5K run/walk to support DEAC and its mission to provide high quality free healthcare to the underserved in our community.
Entry fees are only $30 per person/$25 per person if you're running with a group of 5 or more. Included in that entry fee is a snazzy t-shirt and the knowledge that your contribution is going to a great cause.
Race starts at 10 am. To sign up, follow both steps on this website.
We are taking credit/debit cards through Paypal, but if you want to pay with a cash or check you can drop it into one of our folders in the Medical Education office (be sure to include your name and email on it so we know who to credit it to).
WSSU Research Conference: Moving from Disparities to Health Equity
April 18, 2013
9:00-4:00pm
Dillard Auditorium at Winston Salem State University
A Call for Abstracts - Moving from Disparities to Health Equity: The Search for Solutions
The School of Health Sciences is soliciting abstracts of research, programmatic, and/or evidence-based strategies showcasing health disparities solutions. We welcome abstracts that highlight proven models and promising strategies for achieving health equity. While we are particularly interested in programs that have been rigorously evaluated and demonstrated success over time, we encourage the presentation of faculty and student scholarly work and ideas in the area of health disparities.
Authors may indicate their preference for an oral or poster presentation or may choose either which allows the Conference Planning Committee to select a best fit for the conference.
Abstracts should not exceed 350 words. Abstracts should clearly:
- Identify the target population
- State how the content addresses a health disparity and/or promotes health equity
- Identify challenges encountered and how they were overcome
Submissions will be reviewed by the Conference Planning Committee. Authors selected for oral presentations should prepare for a 15 minute presentation (10 minute presentation and 5 minutes for discussion) during a concurrent session. Authors selected for a poster presentation should prepare a standard poster size of 42 x 42 inches.
Abstracts are due by Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
For questions regarding abstract submission, please contact Dr. Vanessa Duren-Winfield at 336-750-8677, or email at winfieldva@wssu.edu.
Register Online
Student National Medical Association
19th Annual Medical Excellence Banquet
May 19, 2013
6:30-10:00pm
Biotech Atrium
Dr. Maya Angelou - Guest Speaker
Translational Health Disparities Research Course
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is hosting a translational health disparities research course. The course, “Integrating Principles of Science, Practice and Policy in Health Disparities Research” will take place on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland from June 20, 2011 to July 1, 2011. Click here for course information and application.
PLEASE JOIN US - in person or online - for the 19th National Health Equity Research
Webcast (formerly known as the Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health).
When? Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:30-4:00pm EDT
Where? Webcast and Tate-Turner-Kuralt building auditorium
Topic: "Early Childhood Development: Investing in our Children and Our Future"
Featuring:
- Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, B.A., Director, Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services
- Portia R. Kennel, M.S.W., Senior Vice President, Program Innovation, Ounce of Prevention Fund and Executive Director, Educare Learning Network
- Sarah L. (Hicks) Kastelic, M.S.W.,Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association
- Moderator: Khari M. Garvin, M.Ed., Director, NC Head Start-State Collaboration Office, Office of Early Learning (Pre-K - Grade 3), State Board of Education/Department of Public Instruction
This free, interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium at the UNC School of Social Work and can be viewed over the Internet (webcast). Questions will be taken from broadcast participants by email and toll-free telephone.
This free, interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium at the UNC School of Social Work and can be viewed over the Internet (webcast). Questions will be taken from broadcast participants by email and toll-free telephone.
For more information: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2013/
To register a group viewing site: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2013/broadcast/
To register to view on your personal computer: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2013/register/
To register for the studio audience at the TTK auditorium: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2013/studio/
Answers to frequently asked questions: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2013/faq.cfm
Participant comments from a previous year: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2011/eval/comments.cfm
The 19th National Health Equity Research Webcast is presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Health Project and UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, in association with Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Please consider becoming a cosponsor or providing an endorsement!
6th Disparities Partnership Forum - Overcoming Disparities: Diabetes Care In High Risk Populations
October 21-22, 2013
Hilton Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
(for registration and information click here)