Conference Information
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Institute on Community Engagement and Research (ICER)
Beyond the Cathedral: Engaging Communities
in Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and ResearchDate: Monday, March 30, 2009
Agenda
Time: 1pm – 5pm
Location: Ohio State University (OSU)
- Conference Agenda
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Time: 7:45am – 5pm
Agenda - Featured Speaker
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Featured Speakers
Dorothy Roberts, JD, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Northwestern University, is a frequent speaker and prolific scholar on issues related to race and gender. She is currently conducting research on the effects of child welfare agency involvement in African-American neighborhoods and on race-based biotechnologies. She serves on the executive committee of Cells to Society: The Center on Social Disparities and Health. She is the author of the books Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and The Meaning of Liberty and Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare.
Electra Paskett, PhD, is the Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University. Her current work focuses on intervention research directed at cancer prevention, early detection and survivorship issues specifically among underserved populations. Dr. Paskett successfully competed for an NCI-funded P50, Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, to examine why rates of cervical cancer are high in Appalachia Ohio and is the principal investigator of the Ohio Patient Navigator Research Program. She is also director of the Diversity Enhancement Program at the James Cancer Hospital and president-elect of the American Society of Preventive Oncology.
Stephen Thomas, PhD, is the Philip Hallen Professor of Community Health and Social Justice and director of the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health. He is one of the nation’s leading scholars in the field of minority health and health disparity research. Unique programs and strategies implemented under Dr. Thomas’ leadership are translating NIH clinical trials research into community-based interventions designed to break the cycle of chronic diseases among African American populations residing in racially segregated neighborhoods characterized by concentrated poverty. He believes that establishing community engagement and research on a foundation of trust is essential to closing the health disparity gap.
Linda Burhansstipanov, DrPH, MSPH, is the director of Native American Cancer Research in Pine, Colo. She is an educator and researcher whose advocacy for the health needs of Native Americans has made her one of the nation's leading experts on cancer and Native populations. She has implemented more than 25 American Indian / Alaska Native (AIAN) community-based interventions in the last 35 years. She conducts trainings on how to implement and assess culturally respectful AIAN interventions with Native community leaders, outreach workers, researchers, academicians, clinicians, and state and federal public health professionals.