Health Equity Seminar Series

• September 5, 2023 | The State of Health Equity Research | Michele Allen, MD, MS 
• October 6, 2023 | Use of Race in Research Symposium | Presented by PHDR, UMN SPH, And PHDR
• November 14, 2023 | C2DREAM Conceptual Framework | Kene Orakwue
• December 12, 2023 | Addressing Digital Equity and Literacy | Pravesh Sharma
• January 23, 2024 | PHDR Pilot Grant Awardee Group (TBD) | April Wilhelm et al 
• February 13, 2024 | Building Capacity for CHW Involvement in Research | Kristen Godfrey Walters (MDH), Kate Diaz Vickery (HHRI), Mariela Ardemagni-Tollin (HHRI), 
• March 12, 2024 | C2DREAM's Pilot Scholar Presentations | Kate Diaz Vickery, Erin Westfall, Mohamed Ibrahim
• April 9, 2024 | TRUTH Project | Misty Blue, MIAC TRUTH Project Coordinator  
• May 14, 2024 | C2DREAM Implementation Science | Dominique Earland, Lynn Andreae, Jessica Austin

The schedule will be updated as topics are finalized. Please check back for updates.

• September 13, 2022: The State of Health Equity Research | Michele Allen, MD MS ; Christi Patten, PhD ; Miamon Queeglay ; Tongtan "Bert" Chantarat, PhD, MPH

• October 11, 2022: A Collaboration to Promote Commercial Smoking Cessation Through Cultural Connectedness | Dana Carroll and Dylan Jennings

• November 8, 2022: Healthy Immigrant Community: Mobilizing the Power of Social Networks | Irene Sia, MD, MSc and Mark Wieland, MD, MPH

• December 13, 2022: Panel Discussion On Food Deserts & Community Gardens Across Minnesota | Miguel Valdez Soto, Kristi White, Daryl Olson, and Kayla Johnson | Co-Sponsored With UMN SPH Health Equity Work Group

• January 24, 2023: Partnering To Create Culturally Informed Diabetes Education Materials For The Hmong Community | Katherine Montag Schafer, PharmD | Joint DFMCH Research Division Seminar & Innovation Lab

• February 14, 2023: Nurturing the Next Generation of Health Equity Researchers | C2DREAM Investigator Development Core Leads

• March 14, 2023: Diversity Science: Creating a Culture that supports Health Equity | Gladys Asiedu, MD, MD, Renaldo Blocker, PhD, Ajay Jayakumar, MS, Adam Milam, MD, PhD, and Sean Phelan, PhD

• April 11, 2023: Smoking Cessation Outreach For Racial Equity |  Steven Fu, MD, MSCE and Sandra Japuntich, PhD, LP

• May 9, 2023: Engaging With Communities Of Practice |  C2DREAM Community Engagement Core Leads

• May 23 2023: C2DREAM Health Equity 2nd Annual Conference - Rochester, MN

• September 14, 2021: 2021 State of PHDR

• October 12, 2021: Stolen Breaths - Exploring Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of Police Violence and the COVID-19 Pandemic on Black Lives  |  Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH

• November 9, 2021: COVID-OUT: Outpatient Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 Infection, a Factorial Randomized Trial  |  Carolyn Baramante, MD

• December 14, 2021: Healthy Engaged Lifestyle to Prevent Stroke (HELPS) Study | HELPS Research Team      

• January 13, 2022: Conducting Research For and With Indigenous Communities  |  Mary Owen, MD

                     ^{*Joint PHDR/FMCH Research Division Seminar}  

• February 8, 2022: The University's Role in Substance Use Disorder Leadership Post-COVID  |  Laura Palombi, PharmD

• March 15, 2022: Comics as a Means Toward Radical Healing: The Other Ones by Lee  |  Richard Lee, PhD

                      ^{*Joint PHDR/HEWG Seminar}

• April 12, 2022: "After two years, how are Latino communities dealing with COVID -19 and the sequels? Sharing experiences from working with Latine People in MN." | Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER)

• May 10, 2022: Partnerships in Medical Education within Regional Indigenous Communities |  Michael Sundberg, MD, MPH & Mary Owen, MD 

• June 14, 2022: Reducing Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities Through A Primary Care-Based HPV Self Sampling Intervention  |  Rebekah Pratt, PhD & Rachel Winer, MD, MPH