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Oct 14, 2008, 8:21:59 PM10/14/08
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The Health Disparities Student Collaborative Listserv is back! Please
feel free to post your own relevant announcements in the "discussion"
section of our site (http://groups.google.com/group/HDSC), or by
emailing them to healthdispari...@gmail.com. The listserv
moderators will include these announcements in the next digest sent to
the full HDSC listserv on a weekly to bi-weekly basis.
1. October 15 – MEDICAL ACTIVISM: THEN AND NOW
2. October 16 – ELIMINATING DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE LECTURE
3. October 17 – HSPH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP DAY
4. October 21 – COMMUNITY VOICES PUBLIC PRESENTATION
5. October 27 – WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
***Coming soon***
Information about leadership positions available with the Health
Disparities Student Collaborative! Stay tuned.
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October 15: MEDICAL ACTIVISM: THEN AND NOW
Boston University American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and the
Committee of Interns and Residents presents:
A multi-generational panel of physicians and medical students will
reflect on the role activism plays in their medical careers and
discuss the importance of activism in medicine today.
Panelists include:
Michael Grodin, MD (Professor of Bioethics, Human Rights, Philosophy,
and Psychiatry; Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
at Boston University)
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH (Medical Director Partners in Health, Director
of Institute for Health and Social Justice, Assistant Professor at
Harvard Medical School)
Felton Earls, MD (Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical
School, Professor of Human Behavior and Development at the Harvard
School of Public Health )
Jay Bhatt, DO (PGY1 at Cambridge Health Alliance, CIR member and past
president of AMSA)
6-8pm, Bakst Auditorium
Reception and dinner to follow
80 E. Concord St.
Boston University School of Medicine
Contact amsa@bu for more information
JOIN US & BRING YOUR FRIENDS
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October 16 – ELIMINATING DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE LECTURE
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study 2008-2009 Dean's Lecture
Series:
Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare:
The Role of Healthcare Professionals
Lisa A. Cooper, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:00 PM
Radcliffe Gymnasium
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This lecture is free and open to the public.
www.radcliffe.edu
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October 17 – HSPH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP DAY
Harvard School of Public Health
Community Partnership Day
Kresge Auditorium, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
8:30am-2:30pm
Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino and Boston Public Health Commisson
Director Dr. Barbarba Ferrer will address "Policy, Leadership and
Health Disparities in Boston"
Please RSVP online
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October 21 – COMMUNITY VOICES PUBLIC PRESENTATION
6:00-8:00 PM
Cabral Center, John D. O'Bryant African–American Institute,
Northeastern University
40 Leon Street - Boston, MA
This reception and public presentation will welcome health care
workers, educators, artists, politicians, and community members to
engage with the students' writing, photographs, research, and oral
histories on health disparities in the community. The student-led
presentation will explore a variety of health equity issues including
obesity and diabetes; immigrant health; and maternal and child health.
Community Voices is a program that aims to address health disparities
in Boston and to motivate low-income students of color to pursue
careers in the health professions. The interdisciplinary program
pairs a didactic curriculum of health, photography and journalism with
employment in community health centers. See http://www.cchers.org/communityvoices/index.html
Sponsored by the Center for Community Health Education, Research and
Service (CCHERS)
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October 27 – WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
5:30pm-8:00pm
NARAL Pro Choice Massachusetts
"When the Bough Breaks", Unnatural Causes film screening
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library
The film screening will be followed by discussion on race and
reproductive health.
Please RSVP online or call 617-556-8800 x10
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******Coming soon*******
Information about leadership positions available with the Health
Disparities Student Collaborative! Stay tuned.
feel free to post your own relevant announcements in the "discussion"
section of our site (http://groups.google.com/group/HDSC), or by
emailing them to healthdispari...@gmail.com. The listserv
moderators will include these announcements in the next digest sent to
the full HDSC listserv on a weekly to bi-weekly basis.
1. October 15 – MEDICAL ACTIVISM: THEN AND NOW
2. October 16 – ELIMINATING DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE LECTURE
3. October 17 – HSPH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP DAY
4. October 21 – COMMUNITY VOICES PUBLIC PRESENTATION
5. October 27 – WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
***Coming soon***
Information about leadership positions available with the Health
Disparities Student Collaborative! Stay tuned.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 15: MEDICAL ACTIVISM: THEN AND NOW
Boston University American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and the
Committee of Interns and Residents presents:
A multi-generational panel of physicians and medical students will
reflect on the role activism plays in their medical careers and
discuss the importance of activism in medicine today.
Panelists include:
Michael Grodin, MD (Professor of Bioethics, Human Rights, Philosophy,
and Psychiatry; Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
at Boston University)
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH (Medical Director Partners in Health, Director
of Institute for Health and Social Justice, Assistant Professor at
Harvard Medical School)
Felton Earls, MD (Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical
School, Professor of Human Behavior and Development at the Harvard
School of Public Health )
Jay Bhatt, DO (PGY1 at Cambridge Health Alliance, CIR member and past
president of AMSA)
6-8pm, Bakst Auditorium
Reception and dinner to follow
80 E. Concord St.
Boston University School of Medicine
Contact amsa@bu for more information
JOIN US & BRING YOUR FRIENDS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 16 – ELIMINATING DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE LECTURE
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study 2008-2009 Dean's Lecture
Series:
Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare:
The Role of Healthcare Professionals
Lisa A. Cooper, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:00 PM
Radcliffe Gymnasium
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This lecture is free and open to the public.
www.radcliffe.edu
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 17 – HSPH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP DAY
Harvard School of Public Health
Community Partnership Day
Kresge Auditorium, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
8:30am-2:30pm
Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino and Boston Public Health Commisson
Director Dr. Barbarba Ferrer will address "Policy, Leadership and
Health Disparities in Boston"
Please RSVP online
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 21 – COMMUNITY VOICES PUBLIC PRESENTATION
6:00-8:00 PM
Cabral Center, John D. O'Bryant African–American Institute,
Northeastern University
40 Leon Street - Boston, MA
This reception and public presentation will welcome health care
workers, educators, artists, politicians, and community members to
engage with the students' writing, photographs, research, and oral
histories on health disparities in the community. The student-led
presentation will explore a variety of health equity issues including
obesity and diabetes; immigrant health; and maternal and child health.
Community Voices is a program that aims to address health disparities
in Boston and to motivate low-income students of color to pursue
careers in the health professions. The interdisciplinary program
pairs a didactic curriculum of health, photography and journalism with
employment in community health centers. See http://www.cchers.org/communityvoices/index.html
Sponsored by the Center for Community Health Education, Research and
Service (CCHERS)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 27 – WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
5:30pm-8:00pm
NARAL Pro Choice Massachusetts
"When the Bough Breaks", Unnatural Causes film screening
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library
The film screening will be followed by discussion on race and
reproductive health.
Please RSVP online or call 617-556-8800 x10
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
******Coming soon*******
Information about leadership positions available with the Health
Disparities Student Collaborative! Stay tuned.
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