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Congratulations to HELI 2018 alumna Jamila Kwarteng, PhD, on her recent pilot award! Dr. Kwarteng has received $30,000 in pilot funding to support her community-engaged project entitled, “African American Cancer Survivor Network: Building Community among African American Cancer Survivors.” The award is an internal grant funded by the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center andContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI Alumna Dr. Jamila Kwarteng”

The University of Kentucky is seeking Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors for tenure track, full time positions in the newly established Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) in the College of Medicine. They seek health equity researchers with a dynamic, productive research agenda that aims to eliminate inequities in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity,ContinueContinue reading “Faculty Opportunity at University of Kentucky”

We are pleased to announce that our next Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI) will take place on Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26, 2020 in Madison, WI. 2020 is our 10 year anniversary, and instead of hosting our weeklong Institute, we will host a two-day anniversary conference celebrating 10 years of the evolution ofContinueContinue reading “Save the Date for HELI 2020!”

We are pleased to congratulate HELI 2018 alumna Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, on her selection to participate as an emerging scholar in the scientific training program, Interdisciplinary Aging Research to Address Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)! Funded by the National Institute on Aging, the two-year program supports 10 emerging scholars fromContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI Alumna Dr. Maria Mora Pinzon”

Congratulations to HELI 2015 alumna Dr. Anuli Njoku! Anuli Njoku, DrPH, MPH, was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene and Public Health in the College of Health Professions at Ferris State University. She is very grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in HELI and for the valuable supportContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI Alumna Dr. Anuli Njoku”

Congratulations to HELI 2015 Alumna Dr. Kristine Molina! Kristine Molina, PhD, joined the faculty in the Department of Psychological Science in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine as an Associate Professor on July 1st, 2019. As Director of the Research on Equity and Advancement of Latinxs (REAL) Lab, she looksContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI Alumna Dr. Kristine Molina”

This year, the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTR) Pilot Awards program distributed $1.3 million dollars for 26 awards, including two Clinical & Community Outcomes Research (CCOR) Pilot Grant Awards, and a Collaborative Health Equity Research (CHER) Pilot Grant Award to HELI Alumni! Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD, (HELI 2014), Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, (HELIContinueContinue reading “3 UW-Madison HELI Alumni Receive 2019 CTSA Pilot Awards!”

Congratulations to HELI 2018 Alumna Dr. Emily Hendrick! Emily Hendrick, PhD, is heading to the University of Nevada-Reno, where she will be an instructor for the Master of Public Health program. She will also do consulting research and evaluation work for public health-focused non-profit and governmental organizations in Northern Nevada and Northern California. Before making herContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI Alumna Dr. Emily Hendrick”

Congratulations to HELI 2013 alumna Jie Chen, PhD, on her recent R01 supplement award from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)! The new project, ‘Explore the Impact of Hospital Payment Models and Care Coordination on ADRD Prevention and Treatment,’ is a $363,902 award supplement to Dr. Chen’s NIH R01 award thatContinueContinue reading “New Award for HELI Alumna Dr. Jie Chen”