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Save the Date! Walnut Way Rebuild Fundraiser in Madison Dec. 12th

The Center would like to encourage you to attend a December 12th fundraiser to assist with rebuilding at Walnut Way in Milwaukee!As you have already heard, our friends at Walnut Way suffered a tragedy earlier this fall when a fire destroyed the back part of their home office on 17th Street in Milwaukee. Friends andContinueContinue reading “Save the Date! Walnut Way Rebuild Fundraiser in Madison Dec. 12th”

NIH Native American Health Disparities Seminar Thursday, November 21

The Center would like to alert you to an upcoming NIH seminar focusing on Native American Health Disparities next Thursday, November 21 from 2-3:30pm.This seminar, Native American Health Disparities and “Native Navigators and the Cancer Continuum,” will be led by Dr. Linda Burhansstipanov, the Founder and Principal Investigator of the Native American  Cancer Research CorporationContinueContinue reading “NIH Native American Health Disparities Seminar Thursday, November 21”

University of Maryland Center for Health Equity – Public Health Critical Race Praxis Institute applications due 11/15!

The Center would like to alert/remind you that the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) is accepting applications for the inaugural Public Health Critical Race Praxis Institute, scheduled for February 17-19, 2014! The Institute will be a 3-day intensive workshop  focused on how best to utilize Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Public Health CriticalContinueContinue reading “University of Maryland Center for Health Equity – Public Health Critical Race Praxis Institute applications due 11/15!”

UW-SMPH Honored with Prestigious AAMC Spencer Foreman Award

The Center is pleased to announce that the UW School of Medicine and Public Health was honored this past Saturday, November 2, at the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) annual meeting with the Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service!This prestigious award honors member institutions with a longstanding, major institutional commitment to addressing communityContinueContinue reading “UW-SMPH Honored with Prestigious AAMC Spencer Foreman Award”

Dr. Abiola Keller’s New Faculty Position at Marquette University!

We would like to congratulate HELI alum Dr. Abiola Keller on her new faculty position as the Director of Clinical Research/Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University!Dr. Keller is a 2012 HELI alum and earned her MPH and PhD in Population Health Sciences here at UW-Madison. SheContinueContinue reading “Dr. Abiola Keller’s New Faculty Position at Marquette University!”

Walnut Way Rebuilding Efforts

This post is to let you know that our partners and friends, Sharon and Larry Adams at Walnut Way Conservation Corp in Milwaukee, alerted us to significant damage to the Walnut Way house from a fire in late September.  Many of you may remember touring the home and the gardens and neighborhood as part ofContinueContinue reading “Walnut Way Rebuilding Efforts”

Announcing new roles of Dr. Earlise Ward & Dr. Carmen Valdez in CCHE!

The Center would like to announce and congratulate Dr. Earlise Ward on accepting a new appointment with CCHE, recognizing and extending her contributions to the development and offering of the annual Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI) as well as her mentoring and support to health equity scholars at UW and elsewhere.  Since completing HELI inContinueContinue reading “Announcing new roles of Dr. Earlise Ward & Dr. Carmen Valdez in CCHE!”

Tenure track employment opportunities at University of Maryland

Thank you to Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, a CCHE academic collaborator and HELI faculty, for bringing to our attention three Assistant/Associate Professor faculty position openings within the Department of Family Science at the University of Maryland College Park. The three tenure-track positions are in the areas of Couple and Family Therapy, Family Health and Well-Being,ContinueContinue reading “Tenure track employment opportunities at University of Maryland”

Upcoming Facilitating Entering Mentoring Workshop Opportunities

The Collaborative Center for Health Equity would like to invite you to participate in a train-the-trainers facilitation workshop, Facilitating Entering Mentoring, to promote the spread of research mentor training!This workshop is being offered by UW-ICTR with support from the NIH to meet the growing demand for an evidence-based approach to research mentor training and toContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Facilitating Entering Mentoring Workshop Opportunities”