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Research Center of Excellence on Minority Health Disparities
Collegium of Scholars

Wednesdays

September 11; October 9; November 13; December 11

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

The Collegium of Scholars is a Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) forum, which through a range of activities, engages scholars in the exchange of meaningful discussions regarding the complexities and impact of race, racism, ethnicity, gender, class, and discrimination on health and wellness.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding "Old Man River and the 'Greatest Mother': Why History Matters in Understanding and Addressing Health Disparities."

Featured Speaker:

Dr. Marian Moser Jones
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Science
University of Maryland, SPH

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding "The Double Jeopardy of Racial and Gender Bias: Implications for the Health of Black Women."

Featured Speaker:

Dr. Kumea Shorter-Gooden,
Chief Diversity Officer
Associate Vice President
University of Maryland, College Park

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding "Substance Use and Mental Health Disparities among Sexual Minority Youth."

Featured Speaker:

Dr. Michael P. Marshal
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
Location:Eppley Recreation Center
Room #2113

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding “Public Health Critical Race Praxis.”

Featured Speakers:
Dr. Collins Airhihenbuwa

Professor and Head, Dept. of Biobehavioral Health
Pennsylvania State University  
and
Dr. Chandra Ford
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health, UCLA

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding "Cultural and Racial Factors Related to Asian Americans' Mental Health: A Psychological Perspective."

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Matthew J. Miller
Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling,
Higher Education, and Special Education

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding “Low income men in an era of rising inequality:Challenges for families and public health."

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Kevin Roy

Associate Professor, Family Science

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding
"The Role of Health Communication in Health Disparities and Health Equity Research."

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Linda Aldoory

Director, Center for Health Literacy
Associate Professor, Behavioral and Community Health

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding an Intervention to Address Barriers to African American Accrual to Cancer Clinical Trials.

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Deliya Banda
Program Coordinator, Oncology Research Program
Medstar Health Research Institute

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding Place-based vs. People-based Interventions to Address Social and Environmental Determinants of Health.

Featured Speaker:
Mr. Phil Tegeler, JD
Executive Director
Poverty & Race Research Action Council

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Celebrating National Minority Health Month
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Dean’s Suite, Conference Room, #2242H,SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding Implementing the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity.

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Rochelle Rollins
Director, Division of Policy and Data
Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding U.S. Latino Population Health: "New" Thinking to Inform Public Health Research.

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Ruth Zambrana
Professor, Department of Women's Studies
Director, Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding
"Environmental Justice and Health Disparities: Issues and Solutions in Maryland and Beyond."

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Sacoby Wilson
Assistant Professor, Maryland Institute for
Applied Environmental Health

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Dean's Suite Conference Room, #2242H, SPH (2nd Floor)

Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding "Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: Moving from Science to Policy and Practice."

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Brian Smedley
Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute
Joint Center of Political and Economic Studies

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room #3302, 3rd Floor, SPH

 Please join us for a presentation and interactive discussion regarding "Family Conversations about Race and Racial Identity in African American Youth".

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Mia Smith Bynum

Associate Professor, Department of Family Science

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Time: 12noon -1:30PM
Location: Maryland Center for Health Equity Conference Room #3302, 3rd Floor, SPH

Please join us an interactive discussion about the social construction of race and if race still matters in public health research.

Feel free to bring your lunch.

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