Center for Minority Health

National Events

Facing Race - A National Conference
Define Justice. Make Change.

Location: Applied Research Center
900 Alice Street, Suite 400
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510-653-3415
Fax: 510-986-1062




Eighth Annual Summer Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions

Location: Airlie Conference Center, Virginia
Ojbective: to provide a thorough grounding in the conduct of randomized clinical trials to researchers and health professionals interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of clinical trials involving behavioral or social interventions.
Costs: The Office of Behavioral Sciences Research, NIH, will pay for travel to and from the Summer Institute site, room and board, and course materials.  There are no additional fees. Family members may accompany participants at their own expense.  However, please note that the Airlie Conference Center is not set up as a vacation property.  If accepted as a Fellow, please contact Ms. Monica Duda at 301-57700244 ext. 56 or  mduda@blseamon.com to discuss this option before committing to the Institute.

APPLICATIONS Due January 31, 2008

Organized by
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research http://obssr.od.nih.gov

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The First National Conference of Academy for Health Equity

Location: Denver, Colorado

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14th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health
Time: 2:00-4:00pm EST
"Men's Health Disparities: Implications for Research and Intervention"
With:
Claudia R. Baquet, MD,MPH, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Dean for Policy and Planning; Director, Center for Health Disparities

Spero M. Manson, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center; Director, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research

Abel Valenzuela, Jr, PhD, Professor, Department of Urban Planning and the Cesar E. Chavez Department for Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Director, Center for the Study of Urban Poverty

Frank Y. Wong, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of International Health, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University

Moderator: Stephanie L. Crayton, Media Relations Manager, UNC Health Care

This interactive session will be broadcast in front of a live audience in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium at the UNC School of Social Work and can be viewed over c-band satellite and the Internet (webcast). Questions will be taken from Remote participants by email and toll-free telephone. WHEN: 2:00pm-4:00pm EDT Monday, June 3, 2008 (in order to avoid distractions during the broadcast, participants for the studio audience should arrive at TTK auditorium by 1:30pm and be seated by 1:45pm).

For more information: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/

Other Links:
To register a satellite downlink site: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/satellite/
To register for the Internet broadcast: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/webcast/
To register to participate at the TTK auditorium: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/preregist/
Participating programs: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/programs.cfm
Answers to frequently asked questions: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/faq.cfm

This year's Videoconference is presented by the UNC School of Public Health Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and NC A&T State University Institute for Public Health. Funding comes from the NC A&T Institute for Public Health, UNC SPH Dean's Office, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, UNC Campus Health Services Counseling and Wellness, NC Area Health Education Centers program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Poverty, Work, & Opportunity, UNC Center for Infectious Diseases, UNC Center for AIDS Research, and a growing list of cosponsors (www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/cosponsors.cfm).
Please consider becoming a cosponsor.
Vic Schoenbach (www.unc.edu/~vschoenb/)
Director, Minority Health Project
UNC School of Public Health

Dorothy Browne
Director, Institute for Public Health
NC A&T State University

Cookie Newsom
Director of Diversity Education and Research
UNC Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs


Building Inclusive and Multi-Culturally Competent Health Organizations: A Healing Approach to Addressing the "-Isms"

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - please visit

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~cphpweb/isms/conference.html

This spring conference is our 5th event sponsored by the ISMs Initiative, a School of Public Health and community partnership to provide training, resources and models for addressing the "isms" in health organizations.

In recent years, people working on health disparity and cultural competence initiatives in Bay Area public health and health care organizations have found that powerful and underlying "-isms" sometimes limit their ability to move these initiatives forward. These "-isms" include racism, class-ism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, able-body-ism, etc., and involve issues of oppression, bias, and privilege.

The "-isms" Planning Team: Roberto Almanzan, Contra Costa Crises Center Lynn Baskett, John Muir health Kimberly Bradley, Children's Hospital Oakland Lincoln Casimere, City of Berkeley Division of Public Health Thea Daniels, Children's Hospital Oakland Marge Deichman, Alameda County Dept of Public Health Miriam Eisenhardt, Samuel Merritt College of Nursing Danielle Le, School of Public Health Obiel Leyva, School of Public Health Mia Luluquisen, Alameda County Dept of Public health Jill Miller, Children's Hospital Oakland Ellie Schindelman, School of Public Health Kitsy Schoen, Kaiser East Bay, Dept of Psychiatry Christine Smallwood, Alta Bates-Summit Medical Center Dawna Vann, Contra Costa Health Services

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“Promising Practices Across Maryland”
Maryland’s 5th Annual Statewide
Minority Health Disparities Conference

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Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy
Center for Minority Health & Health Disparities Research and Education announces its 2nd Annual Health Disparities Conference

What: CALL FOR POSTERS: Improving Medical Effectiveness and Health Outcomes to Eliminate Health Disparities through Multidisciplinary Collaborations
Free Continuing Education Opportunity at Multidisciplinary Health Disparities Conference

Location: The Westin New Orleans Canal Place
100 Rue Iberville
New Orleans, LA
Fee: No Registration fee. Poster participants must pre-register and attend meeting.

Important Dates: February 1, 2008 – Deadline for all abstracts due to the Secretariat by 4:00 pm (EST).
February 28, 2008 – February 28, 2008 – All abstract acceptance notifications will be sent via email.
March 10, 2008 - Pre-Registration Deadline
March 10, 2008 - Lodging Discount Deadline
April 10, 2008 - Conference Begins

The Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy’s 2nd Annual Health Disparities Conference will present a comprehensive educational and informational forum of workshops and general sessions related to increasing SCIENTIFIC, CLINICAL and RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE about health disparities and HEALTHY BEHAVIORS. Most importantly, this conference will provide the opportunity to address a need for KEEPING OUR NATION HEALTHY utilizing mid-level providers and community-based programs.

This conference will present, examine and create replicable cross-disciplinary collaborative models, networks, and strategies that integrate all levels of providers to improve health outcomes, increase medical effectiveness, and eliminate health disparities.

This conference is expected to attract participants from clinical, research, and community audiences whose work incorporates the use of mid-level providers in an interdisciplinary manner to eliminate health disparities. Participants will include clinicians (pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, other allied health professionals, and physicians), social workers, health policy makers, health educators, researchers, and public and community health leaders.

A Friday Town Hall Meeting will be presented by conference attendees and health care consumers and providers in the Greater New Orleans area to address health disparities related issues, and will prepare those in attendance on how to become better self health advocates.

Who should attend: Clinicians (pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, other allied health professionals, and physicians), Social Workers, Health Policy Makers, Health Educators, Researchers, and Public and Community Health Leaders. This conference is expected to attract participants from clinical, research and community audiences whose work incorporates the use of mid-level providers in an interdisciplinary manner to eliminate health disparities. CE, CEU, and CME credit will be available at no cost to attendees.

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Listen to the live audio webcast of the Tax Policy Center Forum:
Race, Ethnicity, Poverty, and the Tax-Transfer System
Time: 9:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. CT / 7:00 a.m. MT / 6:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 1.5 hours

Panelists include:
* Melissa Favreault , senior research associate, Income and Benefit Policy Center, Urban Institute
* Kim Rueben , senior research associate, Urban Institute and Tax Policy Center
* Eugene Steuerle , senior fellow, Urban Institute, and codirector, Tax Policy Center
* Discussant: Mark Lopez , associate director, Pew Hispanic Center
* Discussant: William Spriggs , professor and chair, Department of Economics, Howard University
* Moderator: Margaret Simms , senior fellow and director of the Low-Income Working Families Project, Urban Institute

The tax and transfer systems in the United States are designed to be race blind, but they can affect racial and ethnic groups differently because of their unique socioeconomic characteristics. This seminar examines how well three programs work for racial and ethnic minorities (and poor people generally): wage subsidies, Social Security, and public education.

Most social welfare programs serving non-elderly families have focused on those with children. While undeniably worthwhile, that approach ignores other low-wage workers in need of assistance, including many young minority men, whose interaction with government is often through the criminal justice system or living with recipients of public assistance. Indeed, government programs often penalize low-income workers who marry or who formally provide for their children. Eugene Steuerle will discuss his research with Adam Carasso, Harry Holzer, and Elaine Maag on alternative more targeted ways to provide wage subsidies to those left outside the current system.

Most Americans pay more payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare than they do income taxes. These taxes are regressive, representing a larger share of income for low-income people than for those with higher incomes. However, Social Security benefits are highly progressive, replacing a much larger share of the earnings of those with low incomes than those with high incomes. But mortality and marriage rates that differ by race, gender, and education partially offset the program?s progressive design. Melissa Favreault will discuss her work with Gordon Mermin on these factors and options to make Social Security work better for disadvantaged populations.

Education is a key pathway out of poverty, yet schools that primarily serve minority students historically have failed to provide the opportunities available in predominantly white schools. A series of state court cases has addressed one cause of that disparity, the dramatic differences resulting from reliance on local property taxes to fund schools. Kim Rueben will examine the success of court mandates equalizing spending for minority and white students and why the rulings have nonetheless failed to narrow the large gaps in educational quality and outcomes. She will present alternatives addressing inequalities in education.

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To listen to previous Tax Policy Center forums, visit http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/events/index.cfm




Translating Evidenced-Based Research into Community-Based Prevention: The Healthy Black Family Project

Location: University of Maryland, College Park, Room 1312, Health and Human Performance Building
Time: 10-11:30 a.m

Dr. Stephen Thomas, director of the Center for Minority Health and professor of community health and social justice at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), will present a lecture on “Translating Evidence-Based Research into Community-Based Prevention: The Health Black Family Project” on Friday, March 28 from 10-11:30 a.m. (ET) at the University of Maryland, College Park, Room 1312, Health and Human Performance Building. Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, an associate dean at the University of Pittsburgh GSPH, will also present on “Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Lessons from the Past, Challenges Ahead.”

For more information, click here or contact Ms. Lynne Reilly at (301) 405-2437 or lreilly@umd.edu.



A Call for Papers, Panels and Posters
THE THIRD ANNUAL HEALTH DISPARITIES CONFERENCE

Location: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, New York

Submit by JANUARY 15, 2008 a 500 word abstract proposing a 45 minute paper, 90 minute panel, or poster (graduate students/new grads encouraged to submit) to: Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D. at: BCW3@Columbia.edu Dr. Wallace is Conference Director, and Director of the Research Group on Disparities in Health, Department of Health and Behavior Studies Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 114 525 West 120th Street NY, NY 10027, TEL: (212) 678-3966

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The Science and Epidemiology of Racism and Health in the United States: an Ecosocial Perspective:
The 10th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture
by Nancy Krieger, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health
Broadcast Friday, February 29, 2008 at 2:00pm-3:30pm EST.

The Lecture is the highlight of the 29th Annual UNC School of Public Health Minority Health Conference on “The Impact of Poverty, Culture, and Environment on Minority Health”, presented by the School's Minority Student Caucus, from 8:30am-4:30pm on February 29. The broadcast of the Keynote Lecture will include a live call-in question-and-answer session with Dr. Krieger, moderated by Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH.

For information about the Conference and the broadcast please visit www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2008/ (Note that only the Keynote Lecture will be broadcast.)

Online registration form to attend the entire conference (in person): https://oce.sph.unc.edu/forms/mhc/ (if you wish to attend in person, don't put off registering - the conference fills up early!
Satellite broadcast information: http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2008/satellite/
Webcast information: http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2008/webcast/






Zollicoffer/Merrimon Lecture
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
School of Medicine, Old Clinic Auditorium

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Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity: Bringing Human Rights Home. School of Law

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UNNATURAL CAUSES - Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Location: Mayflower Hotel - Washington, DC
Time: 6:15pm-8:15pm

RSVP: PLEASE RSVP BY JANUARY 16, 2008.
Join us for a sneak preview of an upcoming PBS documentary, panel discussion, and networking reception

Produced by California Newsreel and presented by the National Minority Consortia of public television, this four-hour documentary series investigates the sources of our nation’s health disparities and critically examines how social factors—like the environment, racism, and residence, impact one’s health. During this event, we’ll view a 30-minute clip as well as introduce tools and tactics designed to assist health advocates in addressing social determinants of health and achieving health equity. The panelists will also detail innovative case studies and share policy options for improving health equity around the country.

Panelists: Dr. Gail Christopher, Vice President for Programs, Health W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Marcella Martinez, Deputy Director, Constituency Services, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund; and Makani Themba-Nixon, Executive Director, The Praxis Project.

This program is sponsored by the National Health Policy Training Alliance for Communities of Color.  This initiative is a unique partnership between Families USA, the Joint Center Health Policy Institute (HPI), the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, and the National Medical Association (NMA). It is generously funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

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Today's Topics In Health Disparities - What Are the Current Federal Legislative Efforts to Address Health Disparities between Racial and Ethnic Groups?

Time: This LIVE webcast begins at 9 a.m. ET

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Reducing Health Disparities Faster: Addressing Social Determinants of Health

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Location: RAYBURN Bldg - Room B339

Time: 12:15pm - 2:00pm

A Disparities Foresight Briefing and Monthly Minority Health Briefing in conjunction with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Health care reform will do little to reduce health disparities unless we work on the social environment and the social determinants of health as well. This is happening in communities across the country in initiatives focusing on housing, access to healthy foods, safe and activity friendly neighborhoods, and transportation. CDC's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH U.S.) is a prime example. Such initiatives are part of an emerging social movement to reverse health disparities. This briefing will consider these efforts and their policy implications.

Speakers: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health

Amparo Castillo-Richmond, MD, MS, ProjectDirector, Midwest Latino Health Research, Training & Policy Center, University of Illinois Chicago (Invited)

Larry Cohen, MSW, Executive Director, Prevention Institute

Rosemarie M. Henson, MPH, MSSW, Deputy Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC

Stephen Thomas, PhD, Director of the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Philip Hallen Professor of Community Health & Social Justice

With comments from Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis

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Toward a Transformative Agenda Around Race

Location: Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, Ohio

Track: Thinking about Race

• Mass Incarceration as the New “Jim Crow”
• Politics, Culture, and Inequity: Structural Racism in Education
• Race and Spirituality
• Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the Aftermath of Parents v. Seattle and Meredith v. Jefferson County: A Racial Formative Approach
• "Raceing California:" Lessons in Transformation from the California Ballot Initiative Wars
• Race and Management in the United States: Past and Present
• Transforming the Dialogue on African American Males
• Race and Racial Theory Contested
• International Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity: A Dialogue
• Advancing Racial and Structural Justice in an Age of Mass Incarceration and Colorblindness
• Race, Housing and Opportunity: Critical Housing Challenges and Policy Solutions to Address Racial Disparity and Improve Housing Opportunity for All
• Culture, Context, and the Meaning of the Color Line

For a full listing of panels, go to: http://kirwaninstitute.turnstilesystems.com/PanelsWorkshops.aspx

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Frederick Douglass International Underground Railroad Conference

Location: Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Rochester, New York

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Targeting Disparities by Developing Diversity in Public Health Leadership

Time: 10-11am

Location: Loudermilk Center, Atlanta, GA

Sponsored by:
Satcher Health Learship Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in conjunction with the Seventh Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference

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National Health Conference: Community Connections:
Using Research Results to Reduce Health Disparities

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Or Call (423) 439-4093 for more information

Sponsored by the:
Appalachian Center for Translational Research in Disparities
A NIH/NCMHD Export Center

This conference will address::
The reduction of health disparities in Native American, African-American, Latino and rural populations, Translational Research, University-Community Partnerships, NIH E.X.P.O.R.T. Centers

Who Should Attend
Researchers, Community Partners, Those Interested in Translational Research, Physicians, and Other Medical Providers.

Call for Abstracs
To submit your abstract, please fill out this form.




Symposium:
Building Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities: Translating Integrated Approaches to Achieve Improved Health Outcomes

No Fee- Registration Required http://xula07.the1joshuagroup.com

Location:
InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue - New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Sponsored by:
Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy

Supported by:
The National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health



Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Ethical Issues in Research:
Presented by:
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) and the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care

CONFERENCE CALLS

Call #1 entitled "What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and What Purpose Does it Serve?" took place on February 14, 2007. An audiofile of the call and other resources are available at:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html

Call #2 entitled "Highlighting the Importance of the Non-Affiliated. (Community) IRB Member" took place on March 14, 2007. An audiofile of the call and other resources will be posted shortly at:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html

Call #3 Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Pacific Standard Time Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Proposals and the Human Subjects Review Process: Methods for Working with University IRBs

The series is intended to increase understanding of the role of IRBs and other mechanisms for assuring that human subjects research is ethical and appropriate - both at individual and community levels. The aim of the series is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the options and tools necessary for communities to determine the approach that is best for them. The series will also inform the development of future initiatives undertaken by CCPH and the Bioethics Center on IRBs and ethical issues in community-campus partnerships.
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NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Disparities in Health:
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Contributions The conference focused on three broad areas of action influencing health disparities: policy, prevention, and healthcare. It emphasized both basic research on the behavioral, social, and biomedical pathways giving rise to disparities in health and applied research on the development, testing, and delivery of interventions to reduce disparities in these three action areas.

http://obssr.od.nih.gov/HealthDisparities/presentation.html