15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health

Please join us for the 15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health.

When? Tuesday, June 9, 1:30-4:00pm EDT
Where? Webcast, C-band satellite (tentative), and Tate-Turner-Kuralt building auditorium - see www.minority.unc.edu

Topic: "Breaking the Cycle: Investigating the Intersection of Educational Inequities and Health Disparities"

Featuring:

Reginald Weaver, Vice President, Education International; Past President, National Education Association

Dina Castro, M.P.H., Ph.D., Scientist, UNC FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr.P.H., Distinguished Professor, Program in Urban Public Health, Hunter College School of Health Sciences/City University of New York

Moderator: Howard Lee, M.S.W., Executive Director, North Carolina Education Cabinet

This interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium at the UNC School of Social Work and can be viewed over the Internet (webcast) and (tentatively) c-band satellite. Questions will be taken from studio and broadcast participants by email and toll-free telephone.

For more information: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/

To register a viewing site: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/broadcast/

To register for the Internet broadcast: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/broadcast/

To register to participate in the studio audience at the TTK auditorium: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/studio/

Answers to frequently asked questions: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/faq.cfm

This year's Videoconference is presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and NC A&T State University Institute for Public Health. Funding comes from the Dean's Office of the UNC Gillings School of Globa Public Health, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, UNC FPG Child Development Institute, Counseling and Wellness Services (UNC Campus Health Services), and a growing list of cosponsors (www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/cosponsors.cfm). Please consider becoming a cosponsor.

20+ health disparities-related broadcasts and seminars are available as on-demand webcasts at www.minority.unc.edu/resources/webcasts/

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