Congratulations to 2012 HELI Alum Dr. Mindi Thompson on her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in the UW Madison School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology! Learn more about Dr. Thompson’s scholarly interests, here.
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February 2014 Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges
The Center would like to alert you to a call for poster submissions for the upcoming Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges conference, February 24-25, 2014 in Bethesda, Maryland.The University of Michigan Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health has organized this event to bring together scholars and practitioners from the United StatesContinueContinue reading “February 2014 Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges”
Training Opportunity on Randomized Clinical Trials – Deadline Jan. 24, 2014
The Center would like to alert you to an NIH Training Opportunity on Randomized Clinical Trials for early career scholars. The 14th Annual Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials will take place July 20-August 1, 2014 at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia. Applications are due Friday, January 24, 2014.Further details are available,ContinueContinue reading “Training Opportunity on Randomized Clinical Trials – Deadline Jan. 24, 2014”
HELI-2011 alum, Chidi Obasi MD MS PhD, seeking immediate research opportunity in health disparity/health equity research
Dr. Chidi Obasi recently contacted the Center about assistance with alerting HELI alum about his employment search – his academic interests include health disparities, public health and preventive medicine. His work has focused on developing research instruments and complementary medicine useful in evaluating the severity of acute respiratory infections in communities. He recently completed aContinueContinue reading “HELI-2011 alum, Chidi Obasi MD MS PhD, seeking immediate research opportunity in health disparity/health equity research”
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Call for Proposals – Round 8
Thank you to Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, CCHE academic collaborator and HELI faculty, for alerting us to the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) New Connections Call for Proposals!Today, the RWJF New Connections program launches its eighth annual Call for Proposals. New Connections offers early- and mid-career researchers from historically underrepresented backgrounds funding opportunities, as wellContinueContinue reading “Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Call for Proposals – Round 8”
New CRIHB Resource on Infant Health Outcomes
The Center would like to alert you to a new resource – the Community and Research Information for Healthy Births (CRIHB) website is a “one stop shop” for accessing data about factors that affect Milwaukee and Wisconsin infant health outcomes.Using a population health framework, CRIHB explores the broad social determinants of health and how theyContinueContinue reading “New CRIHB Resource on Infant Health Outcomes”
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”
Health Equity Leadership Institute 