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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:53:39 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: FW: Please post in HEIDR! Thank you
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Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Health Education & Recreation
Southern Illinois University
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From: Wallace, Barbara [mailto:wallace@exchange.tc.columbia.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:09 AM
To: kittle@siu.edu
Subject: Please post in HEIDR! Thank you
Calling all Health Professionals to attend the First Annual Health Disparities
Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University, March 10th-11th, 2006 at
525 West 120th St, NY, NY. in New York City. This conference theme is "Declaring
a Decade of Health Disparity Reduction:
Toward Evidence-Based Models."
For more information about the conference, please call 1-800-209-1245, or go to
our conference website: www.tc.edu/healthdisparity.
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) has
approved the conference program for 14 Continuing Education Contact Hours
(CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES). All interested should
register for the conference.
SELECTED CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FOLLOW..
.FRIDAY MARCH 10th FEATURED/INVITED SPEAKERS
Collins Airhihenbuwa, Ph.D., Professor of BioBehavioral Health, Penn State
University, Immediate Past-President, The Society of Public Health Education
(FRIDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS)
David Buchanan, DrPH,* Professor of Community Health Education, School of Public
Health and Health Sciences, Univ. Mass.
Mindy T. Fullilove, MD, Research Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric
Institute, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health, Columbia
University, NY NY
Robert Fullilove, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs,
Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences and Co-Director of the program in
Urbanism and Community Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia
University
Edmund Gordon, Ed.D.,** Professor Emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia
University and the Institute for Minority and Urban Education at the Edmund
Gordon Campus, Teachers College, Columbia University
Brenda D. Hayes, DSM, MPH, MSW, Research Assistant Professor, CHPM and Director,
Grant and Proposal Development, OSRA, Director, Community Partnership
Development, COEHD, Morehouse School of Medicine
Bill Jenkins, Ph.D., MPH,* Public Health Sciences Institte, Research Center on
Health Disparities, Morehouse College, Sch. of Med.
Frank A. Moretti, Ph.D., Executive Director, Columbia Center for New Media
Teaching and Learning, Columbia University, Professor of Communications,
Teachers College, Columbia University, NY NY,
Gbenga Ogedegbe, M.D. MPH, MS, Behavioral Cardiovascular Health and Hypertension
Program, Columbia University Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Division of General Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons, NY
Jamila R. Rashid, Ph.D., MPH, Senior Advisor for Special Populations, Centers
for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, Bailus Walker,
Ph.D., MPH,* Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, Howard University
College of Medicine
.FRIDAY SPECIAL CONFERENCE FEATURES
* A MORNING CONCERT/CULTURAL OPENING: Authentic African Akan Traditional
Drumming and..
*AUTHENTIC LIBATION, both provided by Nana Akomfohene Korantema Ayeboafo, Chief
Shaman, and representative in America of the Nana Akonnedi Shrine of Larteh,
Ghana, Africa.
* Community Forum Dialogue: "What Do Funding Agencies Need to Do, Given Our
Conference Declaration?"
.SATURDAY MARCH 11th FEATURED/INVITED SPEAKERS
Madonna G. Constantine, Ph.D., Professor, Chair, Dept. of Clinical and
Counseling Psychology, Teachers College
Arthur Whaley, Ph.D., Dr.P.H., Associate Director, Mental Health Services
Research, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, Austin Texas.
Annette M. Johnson M.S., R.D., CHES, New York State Department of Health, Bureau
of Child and Adolescent Health,
Anderson J. Franklin, Ph.D., Professor, PhD. Programs in Clinical and
Social-Personality Psychology, CUNY
Imani Ma'at, Ed.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health
Program, Morehouse College of Medicine,
Marie Miville, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Counseling
Psychology, Teachers College
Jose Nanin, Ed.D., CHES, Director of Education and Training, Center for HIV
Educational Studies & Training, Hunter College, CUNY
Margaret Rosario, Ph.D., Psychology Department, City University of New York, NY,
NY
Ethan A. Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance, NY NY
James O. Prochaska, Ph.D., Director of the Cancer Prevention Research
Consortium, and Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI. (SATURDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER)
Kenny Kwong, LMSW, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Flushing, Queens
Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D. ,Conference Director, Director, Research Group on
Disparities In Health, Teachers College
Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Clinical and Counseling
Psychology, Teachers College
Raymond Zakhari, MS, NP, CCRN, Primary Care Provider, NY NY
.SATURDAY SPECIAL CONFERENCE FEATURES
Poster Session 8:30-9:30 with posters remaining up for the Community Health Fair
portion (10:30-4:00)
A Community Health Fair. Free to the public, 10:30-4:00-with booths, free-give
aways, vendors, book sales, etc. We are kicking off a national community-based
grass-roots billboard campaign to STOP HIV/AIDS transmission, involving local
communities in creating their own health promotion and disease prevention
messages, including fund-raising for billboard ad space.
Closing Buffet Dinner and Awards Ceremony, honoring: *DR. MURIEL PETIONI *
PERNESSA SEELE * C.C. BLACKMAN.. and featuring a Gospel Music Concert! Those
interested in attending the Dinner, alone, can purchase a ticket for $20 in
advance by calling 1-800-209-1245!
Submitted by Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D., Conference Director, Director of the
Research Group on Disparities in Health, Teachers College, Columbia University.
(bcw3@columbia.edu)
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#186
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:35:21 -0500
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: CHHCS Grant Alerts -- February 28, 2006
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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) Grant Alerts --
February 28, 2006
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Local Initiative Funding Partners:
Local Initiative Funding Partners (LIFP) is a partnership program between the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers to fund projects to improve
the health and health care of vulnerable people in their communities. Projects
must be new, innovative, collaborative and community based, and must be
nominated by a local grantmaker interested in participating as a funding
partner.
http://www.healthinschools.org
Annie E. Casey Foundation -- Baltimore Direct Services Grant Program:
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is partnering with Associated Black Charities to
provide the Baltimore Direct Services Grant (BDSG) Program to fund grants that
initiate or supplement direct services for programs such as health care,
education, child care, violence prevention, counseling, recreation, cultural
arts, job training, etc., that improve the well-being and outcomes for the most
vulnerable children and families.
http://www.healthinschools.org
Starbucks Coffee Company -- California Giving Program:
Starbucks Coffee Company created the California Giving Program to support
organizations that provide vital services that allow children the opportunity to
grow and flourish. Grants will range from $10,000 to $50,000.
http://www.healthinschools.org
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org
Nancy Eichner
Senior Program Manager
202-466-3396 fax: 202-466-3467
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