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We are delighted to congratulate HELI 2016 alum Dr. Fawn Cothran on her move to California! Fawn Cothran, PhD, RN, joined the faculty in May 2018 in the Family Caregiving Institute at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California, Davis, as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.  She works to advance the visionContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI Alum Dr. Fawn Cothran!”

Congratulations to HELI 2013 alum Dr. Colleen O’Neal on her promotion with tenure! Colleen O’Neal, PhD, was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. She problem-solved obstacles along the tenure path and credits her trainingContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI alum Dr. Colleen O’Neal!”

Thank you to HELI 2012 Alum Dr. Carmen Valdez for sharing this postdoctoral opportunity with us! The Steve Hicks School of Social Work and the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin are recruiting four postdoctoral fellows. The goal of the postdoctoral training program is to increase diversity in behavioral, population, andContinueContinue reading “Post-Doctoral Training Opportunity at UT-Austin”

We wish all the best to HELI 2012 alum Carmen Valdez, PhD, on her new position at the University of Texas at Austin starting this Fall! Dr. Valdez will be working as Senior Community Based Participatory Research faculty in the Department of Population Health for the Dell Medical School.  Dr. Valdez will also be involvedContinueContinue reading “Dr. Carmen Valdez is Headed to Texas!”

We’re happy to share two recent articles by HELI 2014 alum Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD, BPharm, and HELI 2010 alum Earlise Ward, PhD. “Sociocultural Influences on African Americans’ Representations of Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study” is published in the Journal of Ethnicity & Disease. A PDF of the article is available here. ‘”I did notContinueContinue reading “New Publications by HELI Alumni Dr. Shiyanbola & Dr. Ward!”

Congratulations to HELI 2010 alum Earlise Ward, PhD, on her appointment as the new director of the UW-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service! The Morgridge Center connects students, staff and faculty to local and global communities to build partnerships and address critical issues through service and learning. As Morgridge Center director, Dr. Ward will beContinueContinue reading “HELI Alum Earlise Ward Named New Director of Morgridge Center for Public Service!”

We are happy to congratulate HELI 2016 alum Charles Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, CHES, on his transition to a new role at the University of Utah School of Medicine! Starting June 2018, Dr. Rogers will be a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Family & Preventive Medicine in the Division of Public Health at Utah. Dr. Rogers will depart theContinueContinue reading “HELI Alum Dr. Charles Rogers is Headed to Utah!”

Two UW-Madison Professors involved with HELI were featured in an ‘Inside UW’ email that went out today, so we’d like to highlight them as well! Dr. Angela Byars-Winston leads a National Academy of Sciences committee studying whether mentoring can increase diversity in STEMM fields. Read all about it here. For HELI 2018, Dr. Byars-Winston willContinueContinue reading “Why Diversity in Mentoring Matters”

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology hosts the Leshner Leadership Institute for Public Engagement with Science. Each year, 15 AAAS Leshner Fellows are selected from disciplines at the nexus of an important science-society issue. They convene for a week of intensive public engagement and scienceContinueContinue reading “Leshner Leadership Institute for Public Engagement with Science”

The Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE), is excited to announce their Building Trust Workshop, Becoming a Self-Reflective Researcher: Successfully Engaging Minority Communities, will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park on June 27-28, 2018! This two-day workshop is geared to help researchers recruit and retain participants, especially racial and ethnic minorities and other healthContinueContinue reading “Save the Date! Building Trust Workshop at Maryland this June 27-28”