12th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health
June 24, 2006The 12th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health opens with a two-hour discussion on Race-Based Medicine, with Drs. Joseph Graves, Pilar Ossorio, and Morris Foster, moderated by Stephanie Crayton. The session will be broadcast from the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2:00pm-4:00pm EDT Monday, June 26, 2006).
The Videoconference continues with a two-hour session on Tobacco Use Prevention Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, with Adrienne Witherspoon, Michelle Cotton-Laws, Sharon Fryar Height, Dr. Allan Noonan (Moderator), and Dr. Helen Lettlow (Discussant). The session will be broadcast from the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University in Baltimore. (2:00pm-4:00pm EDT Wednesday, June 28, 2006).
Both sessions can be viewed over c-band satellite, on the Internet (webcast), and at the originating sites.
For broadcast information: http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2006/
To register a satellite downlink site:
http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2006/satellite/
- organizations that have registered for a previous broadcast may update their registration at:
http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2006/satellite/express/
To register for the Internet broadcast (both sessions will be webcast):
http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2006/preregist/
To attend the Institute and Videoconference in Chapel Hill:
http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2006/atunc.cfm
The Annual Videoconference is presented by the UNC SPH Minority Health Project (UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes) and the Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. Major sponsors of this year's Videoconference are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in association with the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), the UNC-CH School of Public Health Dean's Office, and the Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. The session on Race-based Medicine is co-sponsored by the UNC Institute for African American Research. The session on tobacco prevention initiatives at HBCU's is made possible by a grant from the American Legacy Foundation.
Please join us for these important events.
Vic Schoenbach
Minority Health Project
UNC-CH School of Public Health
Minority_Health@unc.edu
Other announcements:
Videotapes of many of our past broadcasts, including the February 2006 broadcast by Dr. Meredith Minkler, are available from the Public Health Foundation (http://bookstore.phf.org/ - click "Minority Health"). Fifteen health disparities-related broadcasts and seminars are available as on-demand webcasts at www.minority.unc.edu/resources/webcasts/.
"Promoting and Cultivating Health Disparities Research"
June 12, 2006; 8:30am-3:00pm, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) BBRI and School of Education
Disparities in Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice"
June 24-30, 2006, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
4th Annual Summer Workshop
(More at www.minority.unc.edu/events/)
