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The Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health (CRECH) was established in 1998 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UMSPH) to lead the School's response to dramatic changes in the racial and ethnic composition of the United States. CRECH develops new approaches to research and research training relevant to the description and understanding of racial and ethnic health disparities. CRECH prepares students to address the public health needs of an increasingly diverse society by providing a forum for basic and applied research on racial and ethnic differences in health across all departments within the UMSPH. Currently, there are two components of the CRECH diversity training programs: The CRECH Doctoral Training Program, and the Paul B. Cornely Postdoctoral Program in Ethnicity, Culture and Health.

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Jonathan Metzl, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

March 16, 2010

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
1655 Crossroads
School of Public Health I

Public Talk, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease: Jonathan Metzl, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Women's Studies and Director of the Culture, Health, and Medicine Program at the University of Michigan; in conversation with Harold Neighbors, Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education, and Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health; Derek Griffith, Assistant Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education, and Director, Center on Men's Health Disparities.

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Community Lounge (Room 1680)
School of Public Health I
Book Signing and Refreshments
Books will be available for purchasing and signing

Invited Talk by David R. Williams

"The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America:
Challenges and Opportunities"

April 2, 2010
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
SPH II, Auditorium
1415 Washington Heights

David R. Williams is the Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology at Harvard University. His prior academic appointments were at the University of Michigan (14 years) and Yale University (6 years). He holds an MPH from Loma Linda University and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan. He is interested in social influences on health and has examined the trends and determinants of socioeconomic and racial differences in health. His research also addresses the ways in which racism can affect health and the effects of religious involvement on health. Dr. Williams was also a scientific advisor to the award-winning PBS film series, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick?

Co-sponsored by the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health (CRECH), and the School of Social Work's Research Administration Services.

This event is free and open to the public.
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UM SPH Forum on Gender, Sexual, and Reproductive Health

The Forum on Gender, Sexual, and Reproductive Health serves the UM SPH intellectual community through facilitating an interdisciplinary exchange on related public health research and activities. It does this through meetings and events, and support of course offerings and student internships. For more information on the Forum's Lecture Series for Winter 2010, visit http://www.sph.umich.edu/sgph/meetings.html.

2010 Annual Meeting of Michigan Academy

The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy
March 26, 2010
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Click here for details for Academy membership, and meeting registration

NHMA's 14th Annual Conference

SAVE THE DATE 14th Annual Conference Health Care Transformation to Expand Prevention and Health Promotion for Hispanic Communities March 25-28, 2010 * Washington, DC
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Commission to Build Heathier America

For Immediate Release Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build Healthier America "Education Matters for Health" A new Commission issue brief, Education Matters for Health, discusses the large body of evidence linking education and health and examines why, across America and generations, people with more education live longer and experience better health outcomes.
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