The Minority Student Caucus, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, presents its 33rd Annual Minority Health Conference, including the 14th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Ana V. Diez-Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, professor and director of the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan. Dr. Diez-Roux's lecture will be broadcast as a free, interactive webcast.

When: Friday, February 24, 2012, 8:00am-4:30pm (broadcast at 2:00-3:30pm EST).
Where: UNC William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC and (Keynote only) on the web.
Conference theme: "Translational Research: The Road from Efficacy to Equity"

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Adam Becker, PhD, MPH, is Executive Director of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL.

February 2, 2012
3:00-4:30 p.m.
SPH I 1655

Sponsored by Rackham Faculty Allies Diversity Grant
Contact Information: Laura Hopkins, 734–764–1817

More Information: http://www.sph.umich.edu/cseph/events/healthequityseries.pdf

The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (APA Division 45) will be hosting its second biennial conference on May 24-26, 2012.  The conference will be held on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The conference will include a pre-conference professional  development opportunity for ethnic minority graduate students and early career professionals on Thursday, May 24, 2012.

There will be an opportunity to present posters, symposia, panel discussions and workshops.  The Call for Proposals ends on February 12, 2012 at 11:59 EST. Early registration ends on May 11, 2012 at 11:59 EST. You must register in Ann Arbor after that date at onsite rates. For more information and to register for the conference go to the conference website - Click here!

Health Equity Leadership Institute

Are you or someone you know interested in health equity research? Check out the application for the Health Equity Leadership Institute by clicking here!

The Robert Wood Johnson and Health Scholars Program at the University of Michigan announces its 2011-12 Seminar Series. 

The first speaker in the 2011 - 2012 Seminar Series is New Zealander Tony Blakely, MPH, PhD, who will present on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 4:00-5:30 p.m. in 1655 SPH Crossroads.  Dr. Tony Blakely will be speaking on:  "Social & Neighbourhood Determinants of Health in New Zealand:  Ethnic & Socioeconomic Trends in Mortality, Causal Explanations, & the Possible Role of Neighbourhoods"   To review the list of speakers for the series, click here rwj.pdf